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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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[A] dodo of suspense.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out
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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

Yawn.

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

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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When it thinks it is building atmosphere and mystery, it's really just meandering and suffering from dank cinematography.

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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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A horror movie without horror, a spook pic without spookiness and a metaphysical drama without the slightest spiritual tug.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/27/09
Robert Koehler
Robert Koehler
Variety
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...[a] dead zone of a movie.

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
08/01/03
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

You'd probably get the same enjoyment out of watching a public safety advert.

Full Review Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) | comment Comment
04/16/03
Harry Guerin
Harry Guerin
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

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

An exercise in spinning wheels, a muddle of images, ideas, and characters that don't go anywhere, let alone make any sense.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
Film Threat

Things just get sillier and sillier until even the silliness is overwhelmed by the crushing banality of the denouement.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
08/17/02
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Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
06/13/02
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

Dull and inept. It probably won't offend your sensibilities but it may insult your intelligence.

Full Review Source: Film Experience | comment Comment
06/03/02
Nathaniel Rogers
Nathaniel Rogers
Film Experience

It's another pale attempt to mollify an underestimated teenage audience with a slapped together horror premise.

Full Review Source: Matinee Magazine | comment Comment
02/04/02
Jeremiah Kipp
Jeremiah Kipp
Matinee Magazine

A toothless, fright-free journey into dullsville.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
10/15/01
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

'Different' doesn't exactly mean 'good,' and this surprisingly sedate supernatural story proves that point quite well.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
10/09/01
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

[A] jumbled botch.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
10/08/01
Greg Muskewitz
Greg Muskewitz
eFilmCritic.com

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
 
 
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