NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Dotsthavesp I wanted to but couldn't!

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

jessegehrig Eliza Dushku is in this movie. Sometimes I feel sorry for Eliza, sometimes I believe that Hollywood used her up then threw her aside, and while Hollywood was using her up, she was used hard. Perhaps it contributed to her drinking, she's had a long road back to recovery with each day of sobriety being a gift, Hollywood don't give a sh*t. Hollywood is all like " show us your tits, Eliza!" then a decade later Hollywood is all " You're too old, Eliza!" Why don't you make up your f*cking mind Hollywood? I missed the middle part of the movie so I'm not sure what happens, but I can live with that. I saw the beginning and the last five minutes, I feel like that's enough.

jimanuel12 I had never heard of this movie. Just happened upon it and decided to take a chance and buy it. i was very surprised how good this movie was. the rating on here are very poor but you really have to follow this movie and you have to think about it. it is not a stupid teenage movie with blood and guts - so maybe that is why most people here did not like it. it is a very deep movie, you have to stay with it but as the story goes on, you start to realize there is allot more to it. i was very moved by the acting, i thought the acting was very good, the special effects were pretty good - they could have been better but overall the movies was great. i loved it. i love movies that make you think and this was one of them. i also thought that Melissa Sagemiller was beautiful, her character was sweet and innocent but at the same time, she portrays an inner strength. i loved the ending - i won't tell you in the review, you will have to see it yourself. Overall - it is well worth your time if you love movies that make you think and love the supernatural. I gave it an 8.0 overall.

Scarecrow-88 Cassie(Melissa Sagemiller, whose face is forced into the background of the movie poster behind the recognizable faces of Eliza Dushku, Casey Affleck and Wes Bentley, despite being the main star)shares a forbidden kiss with an ex-boyfriend, Matt(Bentley)who still carries a torch for her as current beau Sean(Affleck)watches. Annabel(..the absolutely sexy Dushku)was dancing in the goth club playing loud industrial rock music as Sean went after her as Matt pursued that "innocent" kiss with Cassie, whose head-over-heels for Sean. With Sean mum due to being appropriately angry with that kiss he witnessed, Cassie's eyes are on him when a car in front of her Bronco(..carrying "thrashers" who were inside the club) skids leading to a head-on collision. Awakening to find Sean supposedly dead while the remaining party survived, Cassie attempts unsuccessfully to move on with school, but her whole world spirals out of control as people appear and disappear, those thrashers(..one with long hair and a facial scar, another wearing a mask)often either follow her, chase her, even threatening her life, and visits from Sean begging her to return with him. Matt returns from Harvard to help guide her through the pain and misery of Sean's death, while attempting to win her adoration, meanwhile Annabel begins to carry on relations with the third thrasher in that car the night they wrecked, Raven(Angela Featherstone). For about 70 minutes, we watch as Cassie attempts to convince Matt and Annabel that people are after her and that Sean is with her. But, we see that perhaps everything that happens to her may be fiction created by some sort of head trauma as a result of her crash, or maybe even some sort of near-death journey with a "priest", Jude(Luke Wilson, never more angelic)trying to help her.About 70 minutes of this film is rather disorienting with constant nightmare scenarios, characters who behave normal one minute and oddly the next, blood making appearances often in bizarre ways(..from Cassie's nose, mainly), constant dangerous figures who appear and vanish, with Cassie constantly wondering what the hell is going on. I must admit that I found this rather frustrating, but I guess that's part of what director Stephen Carpenter is aiming for, creating a difficult experience where nothing is what it seems and questioning Cassie's mental state. I do feel Carpenter is certainly ambitious, trying to challenge the viewer, but I personally found this rather tedious. I think those who buy into the "love conquers all" concept at the heart of the film(Cassie and Sean's love can go up against any odds, including death), will like this best. But, the film's freakish nature, constantly hurling one bizarre sequence involving Cassie and her remaining pals(..and those creepy folks after her)after another, might turn many off. After a while, I gave up on it, but the ending does bring everything full circle, and Carpenter does shed light on various characters and things Cassie sees which don't make sense at first, so maybe it's a sleeper for horror fans looking for this sort of thing. Not really as violent or lurid as it could've been thanks to the teen-friendly PG-13 rating. Fans of Dushku might wish to check it out just to see her in tight little outfits and during certain scenes with the goth look. She's a babe, no doubt. Pretty blond Sagemiller spends most of the film conflicted, frightened, and miserable. Bentley is wooden and Affleck plays up the perfect, sensitive, gentlemanly dreamboat boyfriend every 18-25 year old girly could possibly hope for. I think the film echoes "Carnival of Souls" in some ways, with Cassie(..like the character is CoS) actually trying to escape fate.

Paul Andrews Soul Survivors starts as teenager Cassie (Melissa Sagemiller) moves out of her home to attend Middleton University in Chicago, there her current boyfriend Sean (Casey Affleck), her ex-boyfriend Matt (Wes Bentley) & his current girlfriend Annie (Eliza Dushku) all decide to go out clubbing together. However emotions run high & while driving back to the campus they are involved in a serious car accident in which Sean is killed. Three weeks later after the funeral & Cassie is trying to get on with her life but she starts to see Sean, she starts to see people chasing her who she thinks are out to kill her, she experiences hallucinations & her life begins to fall apart as she tries to understand what is happening to her...Written & directed by Stephen Carpenter a lot of people seem to hate Soul Survivors which is fair enough, there's absolutely nothing that says anyone has to like it in any way shape or form but I have to say I did actually like it to a degree. Originally made as an 'R' rated film Soul Survivors was cut down to get a 'PG-13' & thus appeal to a larger audience with the obligatory uncut version (called the 'The Killer Cut') being released on DVD shortly after, I will be basing my comments on the original shorter theatrical cut. The script has a few interesting ideas that I liked, I never quite knew what the makers were aiming for as it seems to switch between a psychological supernatural horror & a plain teen slasher (it starts off like a carbon copy of I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) with a car accident involving drunk teens) & I quite liked the unpredictability of it. At just over eighty odd minutes at least it's short, it's not the quickest film ever or even the most incident packed but it kept me interested throughout. I liked the character's & the mystery based plot had me fairly intrigued & I definitely wanted to know how it was going to finish. While watching Soul Survivors I suspect many people just thought it was various unconnected subplots that go nowhere & make no sense but I thought the ending was great & while it's a bit silly & maybe a bit of a cop out I thought it explained all the mysterious events neatly & tidily enough. I was going to say that Soul Survivors stole it's twist ending from Dead End (2003) but then I realised Soul Survivors was made two years prior, in fact both twist endings are basically exactly the same but since Soul Survivors came first I have to give this film the credit for it.Director Carpenter does alright, there could have been a few more scares & more gore (even 'The Killer Cut' is supposedly pretty tame & bloodless) but it sure does look good with some great cinematography. Although having said that I brought a new High Definition Sony telly yesterday & Soul Survivors was the first film I had seen on it so maybe it was just the sheer quality of the picture that impressed me, it did look bloody good though. There are some lesbian overtones but like the gore they are played down & very tame.With a supposed budget of about $14,000,000 Soul Survivors flopped at the box-office but it has good production values & is very well made. Filmed largely in Cicago in Illinois. The acting is alright, I quite liked all the character's & the young teen actors are suitably good looking.Soul Survivors is a film that most people seem to dislike, I wasn't expecting much at all with it's bad reputation but I actually ended up rather liking it for some strange reason I can't quite put my finger on.