The Phantom Carriage

About The Phantom Carriage

An alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well is shown the error of his ways through a legend that dooms the last person to die on New Year's Eve before the clock strikes twelve to take the reins of Death's chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year.

Victor Sjöström's The Phantom Carriage is a 1921 fantasy horror film. At 108 minutes long, it arrived in January 1921.

The film is filed under alcoholic, new year's eve, cemetery, and poison. It is adapted from a novel.

Victor Sjöström stars as David Holm, Hilda Borgström as Mrs. Holm, Tore Svennberg as Georges, and Astrid Holm as Sister Edit. The screenplay is by Victor Sjöström. In the United States it streams on Criterion Channel, IndieFlix, and IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel.

The Shining, Nocturnal Animals, and The Lost Weekend make useful companions to The Phantom Carriage, all filed under subjective and story within the story. TMDB voters put it at 7.7 out of 10 across 378 votes and it carries a NR rating.