At a cemetary that has seen better days, a widow (Karen Lynn) mourns for her deceased husband (Eric Bower) - until she's addressed by an old woman (Betty Roehm Widdoss) who promises to bring her husband back if only our widow helps the old woman fill the cemetary, which the old woman calls her "garden" with souls. Seeing this as her only means to overcome her grief, the widow works hard to do the old woman's bidding - and then one day her husband does come back, mostly rotten away to a skeleton but still alive ...

A very nice piece of macabre horror, done as an hommage to silent cinema - so it's shot in black and white in mostly long takes with no dialogue but title cards, with somewhat over-the-top acting. And filmmaker Chris Milewski really makes this work as he very obviously understands and loves cinema of old, and understands the reliance of a film of this ilk on atmosphere - which Garden of Souls offers in droves -, and despite of all the stylistic techniques described above, the film still puts story first, and even though this story might not exactly be unique, it's very well told, with all its macabre touches in all the right places, to make this just a real joy to watch.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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