After inexplicably surviving a plane crash, TV station worker Denise tries to get on with her life. After she learns that she was actually supposed to die in the crash, the unseen specter of death starts sending its minions, people that have recently died, to collect her.
Anita Skinner Kurt Johnson Robin Davidson Caren L. Larkey Andrew Boyer Daniel Bryan Cartwell Brinke Stevens Al Valletta Toni Lawrence Leon Richard Bosworth Peggy McClure Roberta Kay Kathleen Blyth Steve Krause Dominic Manano Randy Stripling Richard Bosworth Laurie Wendorf Rudy Challenger Brian Ann Zoccola Linda Rose Cynthia Weislogel Jennifer Sullivan Wendy Dake Susan Malter Gino Gaudio Lloyd Stevens Eldon Randall Show All…
L'Unique survivante, Único superviviente, Nur Tote überleben, Ragnatela di morte, Sole Survivor: Único Superviviente, 勾魂天魔, O Único Sobrevivente
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“This woman has cheated death. Now, Death wants to even the score."
Suspenseful, esoteric slow-burn creepfest opens with wide shots of a small town’s street at night, immediately setting the tone I go bonkers for as Sole Survivor begins its descent into claustrophobic stress building—with effective lighting, an eerie score, the appearance of recently deceased zombie-like death spectres, and the subtle sounds of a storm brewing—all key contributing factors in the carefully constructed ominous atmosphere... drenched in a shroud of foreboding doom.
I heard about this a few years ago on the killer POV podcast and the possibilities of its influence on both Final Destination and It Follows peaked my interest, but even moreso than those two films, Sole Survivor immediately sent me to Twilight…
Annual rewatch of just one of the best damn horror movies period. Like how is this movie not more well known?! I guess I’m actually kinda glad it’s not because it feels like a fun secret I share just with people I like, and by that I mean friends I’ve made here.
The atmosphere is so thick and heavy and there are creepy ass scenes all throughout and it’s set at Christmas! As soon as this started playing, I got a warm tingly feeling inside me that surprisingly wasn’t vodka and I guess that’s what the holidays are all about.
80
Scary as hell. The prime influence of both It Follows and Final Destination. Sleepy, quiet, but deliberate until the very end.
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Rainy, clammy XMZZ Southern California days & nights result in cozy sweaters, lit fireplaces, layered casuals, an extra warmth between neighbors and loved ones while a quietly creeping, spiralling doom announces itself, locking in unswerved. Denise as played by Anita Skinner is one of my favorite horror heroines, funny, charming and kind, whether producing tv advertisements, romancing a cute doctor, hanging out with her teenage neighbor or attempting to avoid death from claiming her after a catastrophic airline disaster that only she appears to have escaped with her life and now death wants her where she belongs and is using the recently dead to achieve its end, coincident with her own! Denise's soft charcoal business suit with lavender scarf is now…
“Let me tell you something, either the cops are wrong about that guy being dead or there’s some real spooky shit going on.”
Man oh man! All the Final Destination, Dead & Buried, Carnival of Souls vibes you can think of, all in this one suspenseful underrated piece of horror! Eerie as fuck, well directed and hauntingly slow paced. You really would never guess that this was made with a budget of $350,000.
I’m impressed, not gonna lie.
An unscathed & unharmed lone survivor of a plane crash is later tormented by recently deceased zombified people that stare ever so creepily at our survivor waiting to bring her with them into the afterlife.
It’s quite charming and near perfect.
Will I pay $40 for the oop code red bluray? ummm fuck yeah.
It’s a goodie.
“You can not stop it and anyone who stands in its way or finds out or even remotely suspects, they will be dealt with.”
Maybe the prime example of how to successfully craft an eerie, atmospheric horror movie on a tight budget. There were a couple of moments that felt very uncanny to me and those really creeped me out. Quite a feat for a movie that basically looks like it was made for television (it actually got a limited theatrical release).
Btw. I love that in Brinke Stevens' little throw-away scene she still managed to show off the girls.
Death Stares You Down.
My favorite thing about horror movies is you never know what you’re gonna get. After you’ve seen the classics, then found your favorites as you make your way deep into the genre, it gets to be that you will watch a few (maybe a lot) of horror flicks and they’ll range anywhere from really bad to pretty good. Then, all of a sudden, you’ll stumble upon one that rewards the years of laborious crate-digging. Sole Survivor is one of them.
The cozy-yet-super-disquieting sense of dread; the primo narrative that went onto influence so many subsequent films (as many have pointed out: It Follows and Final Destination are the two most obvious); the feuille morte fall atmosphere despite the film apparently taking place…
Finally tracked this down on dvd for a reasonable price and this higher quality rewatch just made me realize this maybe one of the most underrated horror films of all time and that deserves all the recognition.
It’s creepy as hell and makes the absolute most out of its tiny budget! Plenty of exciting scenes, a great lead actress, and a creepy atmosphere make this a solid 5 star film and I am so sorry I rated it 4.5 stars the last time I watched it. That was foolish and irresponsible and I’m sorry for my error.
This was a delight. A slow-burn, entirely atmospheric creep-show filled with dense tension. One that drowns you in its eerie tendencies and spine-tingling exchanges between characters. It's kinda corny but in a cute and oddly chilling kinda way with its chaotic editing choices and overly-dramatic line delivery.
This one feels like a supernatural slasher with the kills drained right out of it, leaving just a solid brick of gloom to drag you down into the depths of despair.
Denise Watson was supposed to die. She was on that plane that crashed, with every passenger decimated but her, making her the Sole Survivor. As she tries to regain normalcy in her life after experiencing such an intense brush with death, things begin to unravel in her world, with a touch of ghostly zombies lurking in the furthest corners of the frame.
It should be noted that this is incredibly subdued, dive in too hard expecting pure spectacle and you'll crack your neck in this empty swimming pool of…
