I've just been reading about this old movie on Fortean Times, I've never heard of it before and went to Youtube to see if they had anything. They have four clips and it is so creepy, below is the link to Clip 2.
I have to see this movie, has anyone seen it? I think it's Swedish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yYGCZnbEXE
Reg
Full Version: The Phantom Carriage
Hi Reg...I've never heard of it, but I did check out the video's....#4, was eerie and really left you hanging...I'm not sure I would want to watch the whole thing, but if you do, let me know how it goes.... 
QUOTE (goalienan @ Feb 19 2008, 03:26 PM) 
Hi Reg...I've never heard of it, but I did check out the video's....#4, was eerie and really left you hanging...I'm not sure I would want to watch the whole thing, but if you do, let me know how it goes....
Will do. I've just found it on Play, this is what it says about it:
The Phantom Carriage:
Legend has it that whoever is the last person to die on New Year's Eve will be destined to drive the Phantom Carriage, collecting dead souls for a year. When a drunkard is found at the stroke of midnight, the victim of a vicious fight, he is forced to relive his past to see how he and those around him have been destroyed by his selfish and destructive ways.
Directed by pioneering Swedish film-maker Victor Sjostrom, The Phantom Carriage is arguably the most influential and enduring horror film of all time. Powerful acting and groundbreaking trick photography lend it an otherworldly atmosphere not since matched in modern cinema. Cited as being one of Ingmar Bergman's primary inspirations, The Phantom Carriage depicted death as a physical and industrious presence, something later echoed in The Seventh Seal.
sounds a bit like Christmas Carol.
QUOTE (Regency @ Feb 19 2008, 06:24 PM)
Will do. I've just found it on Play, this is what it says about it:
The Phantom Carriage:
Legend has it that whoever is the last person to die on New Year's Eve will be destined to drive the Phantom Carriage, collecting dead souls for a year. When a drunkard is found at the stroke of midnight, the victim of a vicious fight, he is forced to relive his past to see how he and those around him have been destroyed by his selfish and destructive ways.
Directed by pioneering Swedish film-maker Victor Sjostrom, The Phantom Carriage is arguably the most influential and enduring horror film of all time. Powerful acting and groundbreaking trick photography lend it an otherworldly atmosphere not since matched in modern cinema. Cited as being one of Ingmar Bergman's primary inspirations, The Phantom Carriage depicted death as a physical and industrious presence, something later echoed in The Seventh Seal.
sounds a bit like Christmas Carol.
The Phantom Carriage:
Legend has it that whoever is the last person to die on New Year's Eve will be destined to drive the Phantom Carriage, collecting dead souls for a year. When a drunkard is found at the stroke of midnight, the victim of a vicious fight, he is forced to relive his past to see how he and those around him have been destroyed by his selfish and destructive ways.
Directed by pioneering Swedish film-maker Victor Sjostrom, The Phantom Carriage is arguably the most influential and enduring horror film of all time. Powerful acting and groundbreaking trick photography lend it an otherworldly atmosphere not since matched in modern cinema. Cited as being one of Ingmar Bergman's primary inspirations, The Phantom Carriage depicted death as a physical and industrious presence, something later echoed in The Seventh Seal.
sounds a bit like Christmas Carol.
Yes it does sound like a Christmas Carol, but I've seen that movie so many times, and in different versions that it doesn't faze me anymore....This one, from the vid's, looked really complex, but very interesting......
Can't see it on YOUTUBE here at work,so will have to check it out at the library.Never heard of this movie
In our family on my grandmother's side there is a story about the family going out for a sleighride ,back in the old country,which would be Latvia,and seeing a ghostly sleigh.
They clearly saw the people in the sleigh who had terrified faces and I think daddy said this sleigh was being chased by ghostly wolves.Anyhow,I wish I could recall all the details.I stupidly never thought to ask my late father to write down these family ghost stories from Europe, and not it's too late..
In our family on my grandmother's side there is a story about the family going out for a sleighride ,back in the old country,which would be Latvia,and seeing a ghostly sleigh.
They clearly saw the people in the sleigh who had terrified faces and I think daddy said this sleigh was being chased by ghostly wolves.Anyhow,I wish I could recall all the details.I stupidly never thought to ask my late father to write down these family ghost stories from Europe, and not it's too late..
QUOTE (HollyDolly @ Feb 20 2008, 05:32 PM)
Can't see it on YOUTUBE here at work,so will have to check it out at the library.Never heard of this movie
In our family on my grandmother's side there is a story about the family going out for a sleighride ,back in the old country,which would be Latvia,and seeing a ghostly sleigh.
They clearly saw the people in the sleigh who had terrified faces and I think daddy said this sleigh was being chased by ghostly wolves.Anyhow,I wish I could recall all the details.I stupidly never thought to ask my late father to write down these family ghost stories from Europe, and not it's too late..
In our family on my grandmother's side there is a story about the family going out for a sleighride ,back in the old country,which would be Latvia,and seeing a ghostly sleigh.
They clearly saw the people in the sleigh who had terrified faces and I think daddy said this sleigh was being chased by ghostly wolves.Anyhow,I wish I could recall all the details.I stupidly never thought to ask my late father to write down these family ghost stories from Europe, and not it's too late..
Hi, your story sounds interesting...Perhaps someone else in your family may remember it, and if so, you can post it...
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