Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Gymnopedies Sole Survivor predates Final Destination by 17 years and you can see it had an obvious influence on Final Destination although Sole Survivor is the more well made film of the two and it is the far more creepy. The movie focuses on a young woman who happens to be the only survivor of a tragic plane crash. Following after being discharged from the hospital, she begins getting the foreboding feeling like she is in danger or harm, she begins to see these strange "people" following her and watching her every movement. All her friends and her doctors are convinced that she is suffering from a type of "survivor syndrome," where she feels guilt for being the only survivor and seeing so many people die from the crash. She begins to feel unworthy or not deserving of her life. It becomes apparent that "death" is not pleased with her for having survived its grip so it begins to send the recently dead to claim what it believes its due.Not only has it a great screenplay but it is also genuinely- terrifying. It packs in many jump scares where the protagonist could be carrying out unexciting tasks and then suddenly these deceased "people" who do not reflect any life behind the eyes begin to show up. The soundtrack is both eerie and distressing in equal measure to already heightens the bleak, atmospheric and foreboding tone. There is also a nice amount of gore in the film to satisfy those inclined to that and there is some nudity involving strip poker to satisfy all the needs of the horror movie goer.It was released in 1983 when the "slashers" and sequel fads were just taking off. It was a breath of fresh air in the horror genre that was beginning to run out of ideas in that decade. There is a nice tension that builds and builds to a chilling climax but it is never in a rush to get to that point which allows it to focus on nice character development. There is a strange beauty in the neon colors that are very much present in some important scenes.Can we escape "deaths" cold grasp? Can we outsmart "death"? Does "death" chase us for what it believes its due? In conclusion, I truly believe that Sole Survivor is just too good to remain as obscure as it is. It is on Youtube as I speak, so don't miss your chance to see this work of art.

fedor8 SS is a daft semi-amateurish horror film from which the makers of the "Final Destination" serial might have "borrowed" the basic premise. Except that FD movies make sense, while this one does not. SS would make sense (at least its premise) if Denise were the only person to be targeted by the freshly undead. But she isn't. In fact, zombies don't even try to kill her during the first few days. Instead, they just stare at her from the distance like a bunch of retards, while cliché horror music "composed" by music amateurs doodles in the background. If only these scenes looked menacing; they don't. And when these pasty-faced zombies finally get down to the business of murder (as we knew they would) they kill Denise's pal Karla first. They got the wrong woman!Or did they? They then slay a taxi-driver and then Denise's new boyfriend as well. Denise snuffs it only a little later. Apparently, these zombies FORGOT whom they were sent out to hunt down, and end up attacking ANYBODY they can get their hands on, not just the "sole survivor" Denise – who is the only victim it would make sense that they pursue. Dumber yet, these zombies WAIT a few days before they start their killing spree. (The notion that zombies may have poor memory – perhaps even extremely advanced Alzheimer's – makes sense, in a way, considering their low IQs, so perhaps I'm being a little harsh.)Absolutely nothing makes sense in the 2nd half. Are we to deduce that the plane crash started off a zombie apocalypse? There was no mysterious gas involved, nor did the airplane crash into a nuclear reactor or anything like that; it was just a bloody plane crash, one of many. So what made THIS plane crash so special that it started off what seems like the early stages of a "Dawn of the Dead"-type scenario? How the hell does a movie with an obvious ghosts-gotta-collect-her-sole-coz-she-shouldn't-be-alive shtick become a random-killing zombie-dawn flick? (BTW, for all of you who think the premise was original, consider the fact that it is stolen from "The Twilight Zone" episode "The Hitchhiker" AND the movie "Carnival of Souls".) Whoever wrote this nonsense was just as confused as the guy who cast Anita Skinner to play the lead: no boobs, no womanly hips, and a fairly mediocre face. In fact, during the opening bus scene, from the distance I thought she was a man. No joke.Speaking of which, the opening scene serves as a SPOILER. I've never understood movies that start off with one of its last scenes. I'm against it because if I wanted to watch a trailer I would have done so before pressing "play" for this piece of crap. I don't want to know anything in advance. I mean, horror flicks of this kind are dull enough as it is, without having the handful of its flimsy plot-twists given away early on. Duh.There is a particularly baffling segment around the mid-section when Denise's neighbor is playing strip-poker: one dweeb and three women, to be exact. Is this even possible? How does a DWEEB convince three young women to play strip poker? I mean, what is in it for THEM? To see him naked? But wait; things get even dumber pretty soon. Her neighbor Karla gets drowned – for zero reason – by one of the zombies that have been stalking Survivor Girl Denise for days. So why would they kill her friend instead of her? But I repeat myself.Back to the strip-poker: the woman with the small boobs gets naked – instead of Karla who seems to be very well endowed. The director must be a boy-lover because all 4 boobs that he shows in SS are small.

movieman_kev Denise Watson (Anita Skinner) is a TV reporter who's the lone survivor of an airplane crash, thing is she wasn't supposed to. Now with dead people after her and cryptic warnings from her actress friend (whom happens to be a psychic), she's getting more and more unsettled. I enjoyed this little film, it's slow-moving and low key, but at the same time has an effectively unnerving atmosphere and pretty cool ending.Eye Candy: Scream queen Brinke Stevens gets topless and Anita Skinner shows her left boob briefly My Grade: B- Deep red DVD Extras: An intro by producer/actress Caren Larkey; Commentary with Larkey, executive producer Sal Romeo, film historian Jeff McKay, and director Jeff Burr; 8 & a half minute Interview with Larkey and Romeo; theatrical trailer; and trailers for "the Unseen", "the Farmer", "the Dead pit", "the Silent Scream", & "Human experiments"

The_Void Sole Survivor features a plot that begins a lot like James Herbert's classic book 'The Survivor', and turns into something much more like the modern thriller 'Final Destination'. The idea behind the film is always going to be interesting, as death is the ultimate unknown and stories about the other-worldly forces that govern the afterlife are always bound to be intriguing; but due to this film's low budget and generally slow plot, what could have been a great thriller is left only as an interesting attempt at a good thriller. There were a lot of low budget horror films made during the eighties, many of which are now classics - but this film feels more like a seventies movie, and that's not a good thing as the paltry acting and low quality feel don't bode well with the ambitious plot line. The story follows a woman that is the only survivor of a plane crash. She is haunted by a feeling that her doctor describes as 'sole survivor syndrome', but it turns out that she actually should have died in the crash; and the powers that be have sent their minions to get rid of her.The film gets off to a strong start, and writer-director Thom Eberhardt seems keen to explore all the implications of the central idea. However, it soon goes downhill as the film never really gets going, and most of the ideas don't end up being fully explored, which is a shame. The film does benefit from a continually creepy atmosphere, which bodes well with the central plot in that it makes the finished piece more horrifying. It's always obvious that the film has been made on a shoestring, however, and the director never really makes any attempt to mask this, which is disappointing. The acting isn't exactly brilliant, but it's one of the better things about the piece, and Anita Skinner does well at heading a cast of other unknowns. Eberhardt's script is good in that it manages to give credence to its characters as well, which ends up making the film more credible as we are given a reason to care about the plight of the lead character. Overall, Sole Survivor isn't essentially a 'bad' film; but it is extremely disappointing in that it could have been a lot better.