i must have seen a different film!!

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

I haven't seen 'carnival of souls' which some reviewers have suggested this film imitates. But this was a pretty diverting hour and a half of cinema. Full of atmosphere, great visuals. Some elements recall David Lynch, others 'Don't Look Now', others various horror movies and devil movies from the seventies where paranoia is the overarching theme. A good film to get lost if one has a couple of glasses of wine and a desire to flirt with the dark side. Last couple of minutes are a bit of a disappointment but they don't ruin the overall effect. Probably a 'cult' film eventually... Oh - I've just been told that my review doesn't contain enough lines so here is another line. And this is another one. Is that enough?

A shoddily made "horror flick" that's actually a bad mash-up of romance and psychological thriller. I wonder how anybody's career survived this dud.Dumb college kids go to a Goth party. A girl and her ex-boyfriend make out in an 'innocent' way. Her boyfriend gets ticked off, she gets her friends into a car accident, and the movie borrows from "Vanilla Sky", "Jacob's Ladder", and "Romeo and Juliet" (its supposed source of inspiration). Is the chick hallucinating? Is all this trouble she's going through really happening? Who cares?Rumor has it, the script was good. Looks awfully messy to me. Either that, or some insidiously haphazard editing made it so that nothing made sense, just for the sake of a PG-13 rating. The "restored" Killer Cut which offered "MOAR 53X!!1!!! MOAR BLOOD AND GOAR!!!!1!! MOAR TERROR!!!1!!1!!!" still didn't bring any clarity. A marketing fail on Artisan Entertainment's part, the same studio which promoted "The Ninth Gate" as an action movie. Enough about that. This is anemic in terms of entertainment value, lacking chemistry, thrills, or even any unintentional humor. None of the younger actors could even act their way out of being a human centipede. With a rather hackneyed twist in an ending that took forever to reach, it's finally placed the final nail in its coffin. Just to add more suffering, you have to go through a lame soundtrack and the least consistent score ever heard. I mean, music you would hear during "Half-Life 2" incorporated into a 'scary, intense' chase scene in a swimming pool complex? No, that does not go there. Don't get me started on those main titles! And I thought "Chained" (a similarly bad film, only from Australia) was bad.However, the only saving grace this film seems to have from it rotting along with the sparkly vampires and fake-CG pups is... Luke Wilson, as the sensitive priest dude. He was alright, doing the best he could with this material. The visual aspect, rancid as it is in the club, is only worth looking at in the reality and dream scenes.Since there is nothing that can redeem this botched-up travesty, "Soul Survivors" is a disaster in every sense of the word. It delivers... a middle finger to horror fans looking for something simple or spooky, a steaming pile of crap to the psychological thriller lovers, and virtually nothing for there to appeal to everyone else. This is indeed one of the worst films I've laid my eyes upon.Now, it's time for me to rinse them out so I could eliminate the burn that this travesty has cursed me with.

You may not be, but I certainly am thinking that I was going to get something extra with a R-rated "Killer Kut." When you make a PG-13 teenspoitation movie with the usual suspects (Melissa Sagemiller, Wes Bentley, Casey Affleck, Eliza Dushku, Luke Wilson) and put out a supposedly unrated or R version, you will not get anything more for your money. Stupid to think I would. I just got ripped by the makers of this trash.Yes, it does seem like a Carnival of Souls remake with some damn obnoxious music - a goth rave, for god's sake! It just seemed to go every which way and never made any sense. Needless to say, there wasn't much blood, and certainly nothing to make it R Rated.Be warned.

*Soul SPOILERS* On their way home from a rave, friends Cassie (Melissa Sagebrecht), Matt (Wes Bentley), Annabel (Eliza Dushku) and Sean (Casey Affleck) get in a terrible accident.Sean dies, and the other three try to get on with their life. Cassie, though, begins to experience mysterious phenomenons, like seeing and hearing Sean, mysterious dreams, and a lot of confusion...This movie stood on Artisan's shelf for more than a year, and after having watched it, I can understand why; the actors do their best (which in case of newcomer Sagebrecht really isn't much), but the script, which tries for a 'Carnival Of Souls' - 'Jacob's Ladder' thriller, is way too muddled, having the ending being both obvious and confusing (quite a task!).Nothing to say about the directing if not that it's the most anonymous this side of Alan Smithee.End line - this movie is boring. Handle with care.Soul Survivors: 3/10.