Legend says 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.

The Phantom Carriage is a classic supernatural tale by master film-maker Victor Sjöström, and was the inspiration for Ingmar Bergman’s career as a director (Bergman actually later cast Sjöström in Wild Strawberries). Made in 1920, it remains as a mesmerising and extraordinary film with still-outstanding special photo-effects and dramatic camerawork.

In addition, an atmospheric and evocative new score has been written and recorded by KTL, the unique sonic collaboration between Stephen O’Malley [SunnO)))] and Peter Rehberg [aka Pita], who have previously worked together soundtracking the bizarre theatrical production of Dennis Cooper’s ‘Kindertotenlieder’.  For this Limited Edition release, the packaging has specially created artwork by Stephen O’Malley and film notes by the Brothers Quay.