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Carnival of Souls, indeed! I have that and 3 other older horror films on DVD that my dad got at Meijer for like five bucks. That movie is so creepy, with a sense that the main character will never escape the unknown fate she seems destined for. Plus the creepy organ music. Generally I think it's kind of cheap to build suspense with music, but it adds to the atmosphere of the film. I think my problem with primarily using score to set the mood is that what's on screen often relies completely on the music and an occasional loud cue or noise to shock the viewer. Though, if the score is well done it becomes intertwined with the action on screen and can be so much more effective than the film alone, so it's really something to be judged on a case-to-case basis.

Has anybody here seen The Brain that Wouldn't Die? And House on Haunted Hill with Vincent Price. That movie will always have a special place in my heart.