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Soul Survivors (2001)

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Reviews Counted:47

Fresh:2

Rotten:45

Average Rating:2.6/10

Consensus: Soul Survivors' stock characters and utter lack of suspense gives viewers little reason to attempt deciphering the confusing plot.

Runtime: 85 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: After surviving a car crash that killed her boyfriend (Casey Affleck), Cassandra (Melissa Sagemiller) finds herself haunted by his ghost. A priest (Luke Wilson) tries to exorcize these frightful... After surviving a car crash that killed her boyfriend (Casey Affleck), Cassandra (Melissa Sagemiller) finds herself haunted by his ghost. A priest (Luke Wilson) tries to exorcize these frightful visions from Cassandra's mind, but her college friends see her vulnerability as the perfect outlet for their malicious plans. She tries to carry on her life like all the other college freshmen, but it unravels when she begins to believe she is being stalked. Then Cassandra has horrifying hallucinations; during a midterm, she bleeds profusely all over her desk, and the drain in her shower explodes with blood. Gradually, Cassandra understands what is happening to her, but will she be able to survive? Neal H. Moritz and Stokley Chaffin, the producers of I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, deliver another teenage horror gore flick, but this one has a punk rock edginess that bests their previous efforts. Wes Bentley (AMERICAN BEAUTY) is creepy as Cassandra's obsessive ex-boyfriend, and Eliza Dushku is hilarious as his slutty girlfriend. SOUL SURVIVORS borrows the visually murky slime of JACOB'S LADDER and mixes it with the gradually unveiling horror of STIR OF ECHOES for a uniquely haunting result. [More]

Starring: Melissa Sagemiller, Casey Affleck, Wes Bentley, Eliza Dushku

Starring: Melissa Sagemiller, Casey Affleck, Wes Bentley, Eliza Dushku, Angela Featherstone

Director: Steve Carpenter

Director: Steve Carpenter
Screenwriter: Steve Carpenter
Producer: Neal H. Moritz, Stokely Chaffin, Jonathan Shestack
Composer: Dan Licht
Studio: Artisan Entertainment

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We’ve been here before, and we’ll be here again.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
12/30/06
Empire Magazine
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'Soul' is the one of the many things lacking in this sad excuse for a horror film.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
10/30/02
Brian Walker
Brian Walker
ViewLondon

[A] dodo of suspense.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out
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When it thinks it is building atmosphere and mystery, it's really just meandering and suffering from dank cinematography.

Full Review Source: UK Critic | comment Comment
01/20/02
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
UK Critic

Blatantly cannibalising every horror movie it can think of in the attempt to produce some patchwork Frankenstein's monster.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
01/07/02
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
BBC
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It's a terrible punning title... Quite apart from being lame in itself, it actually helps to give away the correspondingly lame ending in this teen horror vehicle for Hollywood's newest, cutest young stars.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
01/22/02
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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Yawn.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
06/20/02
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

If most thrillers were as original and well-made as this one, we'd all be very lucky.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
09/08/01
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

A serviceable entry in the low-budget horror column, and makes the most of its limited resources with stirring imagery and a full-blown performance by its star.

Full Review Source: Film Quips Online | comment Comment
02/08/03
John R. McEwen
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online

Nothing can breathe life into this corpse of a flick.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
09/14/01
E! Online
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A badly acted, unoriginal, irritating movie...Easily one of the worst films of 2001.

Full Review Source: Radio Free Entertainment | comment Comment
09/30/01
Andrew Manning
Andrew Manning
Radio Free Entertainment

A muddled script and sloppy editing render the first half of the film nearly incomprehensible.

Full Review Source: Citysearch | comment Comment
09/10/01
Bill Pearis
Bill Pearis
Citysearch

The problem here isn’t just the ludicrous and sometimes-confusing story. It also features awesomely awful dialogue.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
09/07/01
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

A cinematic oxymoron: the tasteful teensploitation pic.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
09/14/01
Bruce Fretts
Bruce Fretts
Entertainment Weekly

For an exploitation flick, Soul Survivors also is woefully slow.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
09/10/01
Bruce Westbrook
Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle

Survivors is a truly awful mix of bad direction, nonsensical story line and dialogue that appears to have been made up on the spot.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
09/10/01
Carla Meyer
Carla Meyer
San Francisco Chronicle

For all its eerie lighting, chase scenes and people in glass masks, this film doesn't have a single good boo in it.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
09/07/01
Claire Bickley
Claire Bickley
Jam! Movies

Twenty or more minutes of this movie could put you into coma.

Full Review Source: IFilm | comment Comment
09/10/01
Dave White
Dave White
IFilm

...[a] dead zone of a movie.

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08/01/03
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

An incoherent jumble of horror-movie cliches, capped by a post- 'Sixth Sense' surprise twist that falls completely flat.

Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | comment Comment
09/08/01
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
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