Movie Type: Supernatural Thriller, Psychological Thriller
Themes: Haunted By the Past
Main Cast: Melissa Sagemiller, Casey Affleck, Wes Bentley, Eliza Dushku, Angela Featherstone, Luke Wilson
Release Year: 2001
Country: US
Run Time: 84 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
This entry in the perennially popular teen horror genre is from writer/director Steve Carpenter and the producers of I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and Urban Legend (1998). Melissa Sagemiller stars as Cassie, a college freshman trying to get over the death of her boyfriend Sean (Casey Affleck) in an auto accident. Making matters worse is that ever since the car crash, which also nearly claimed her own life, Cassie has seemed to hover in a netherworld between the living and the dead, where she believes she's hallucinating some spooky, emotional visitations from Sean. In the meantime, she's also coming under the sway of her mysterious friends Matt (Wes Bentley) and Annabel (Eliza Dushku) as well as an androgynous acquaintance (Angela Featherstone) of theirs. Unsure whom she can trust, Cassie turns for aid to an enigmatic young priest, Father Jude (Luke Wilson), but the ultimate truth about her condition and state of mind may come as a shocking revelation. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Allen Hamilton - Dr. Haverston; Ken Moreno - Hideous Dancer; Carl Paoli - Deathmask; Barbara Robertson - Margaret; Richard Pickren - Ben; Candace Kaye Kroslak - Cool Blond; Ryan Kitley - Young Cop; Rick Snyder - Father McManus; Danny Goldberg - Campus Cop; T.J. Jagodowski - ER Doctor; Christine Dunford - ER Nurse; Scott Benjaminson - Second Campus Cop; Amy Farrington - ER Doctor (Midtown); Lily Mojekwu - ER Nurse (Midtown); Alex Schlegel - Jump Rope Twin; Sam Schlegel - Jump Rope Twin; Michael Sassone - Minister; Lusia Strus - Stern Nurse; Adam Joyce - Male Student; Kelli Nonnemacher - Coed #1; Jaclyn Barker - Halloween Child; Susan Wiltrakis - Halloween Child; Alberto J. Arias - Dancer; Tina Cannon - Dancer; Nicholas Foote - Dancer; Devert Hickman - Dancer; Trisha Lee - Dancer; Stephanie Martinez - Dancer; Shana Montanez - Dancer; Christopher Perricelli - Dancer; Laurie Canning - Dancer; Shannon Elliot - Dancer; James Gregg - Dancer; Kelly Tonge Hill - Dancer; Marcellina Marshall - Dancer; Elaine McLaurin - Dancer; Eddy Ocampo - Dancer; Lara E. Tinari - Dancer; Robyn M. Williams - Dancer; Iake Eissinmann; Keith Ferguson; Hallie Golov; JoAnna McCullough; John McCullough; Jacquey Rosati; Christopher Senger; Marcelo Tubert; Margo Hara - actor/leader; Harvey Jason - actor/leader
Credit
Keith P. Cunningham - Art Director, Jason Johnston - Boom Operator, Jane Alderman - Casting, Mary Vernieu - Casting, Anne McCarthy - Casting, Tony Savino - Choreography, James Wright - Consultant/advisor, Denise Wingate - Costume Designer, Sam Hill - First Assistant Director, Stephen W. Carpenter - Director, Janice Hampton - Editor, Todd Ramsay - Editor, The EFX Shop - Editor, Jonathan Shestack - Executive Producer, Michele Weisler - Executive Producer, James McAllister - Location Manager, Daniel Licht - Composer (Music Score), Jennifer Pyken - Musical Direction/Supervision, Madonna Wade-Reed - Musical Direction/Supervision, Matthew Mungle - Makeup Special Effects, Clinton Wayne - Makeup Special Effects, Jeff Tufano - Camera Operator, Larry Fulton - Production Designer, Fred Murphy - Cinematographer, Stokely Chaffin - Producer, Neal H. Moritz - Producer, Douglas Mowat - Set Designer, Pat Raney - Set Designer, Ray Cymoszinski - Sound Mixer, The EFX Shop - Sound/Sound Designer, Henry Kingi - Stunts, Ken Moreno - Stunts, Donna Keegan - Stunts, Carl Peoli - Stunts, Linda Perlin - Stunts, Dana Stein - Stunts, Michele Weisler - Unit Production Manager, Stephan Benseman - Unit Production Manager, Paul Curtis - Dialogue Writer, Stephen W. Carpenter - Screenwriter, Michael Kohnhurst - Additional Cinematography, Aaron "AJ" Richmond - Production Assistant, Joanna Stewart - Production Assistant, Brian Cho - Production Assistant, Ernie Malik - Unit Publicist, Steve Hiller - First Assistant Camera, Bob Faison - First Assistant Camera, David Moenkhaus - First Assistant Camera, John Friday - Gaffer, Jim Handley - Grip, Lee Gillespie - Grip, Chris Glasgow - Grip, Chris Ryerson - Grip, Koren Salajka - Grip, Dave Tomita - Grip, James Hartnett - Grip, Mark Castelaz - Grip, David Stephenson - Grip, Robert Wadell - Grip, Kelly Borisy - Key Grip, Charles Orr - Key Grip, Robert Garrett - Music Editor, Lisé Richardson - Music Editor, Jacquey Rosati - Post Production Coordinator, Tonya Bowen - Post Production Coordinator, Mark Eiges - Post Production Supervisor, Kimberly Rach - Production Supervisor, David J. Chamerski - Properties Master, Terry Rodman - Re-Recording Mixer, Chris David - Re-Recording Mixer, Heather Pollock - Script Supervisor, Julie Chandler - Script Supervisor, Don Julien - Second Assistant Director, Jeff Whitcher - Sound Effects Director, Michael Orlowski - Sound Effects Director, John D. Milinac - Special Effects Coordinator, Gerrit Dangremond - Steadicam Operator, Chuck Hodes - Still Photographer, Paul Curtis - Supervising Sound Editor, Matthew C. Beville - ADR Mixer, Chad Blinman - ADR Recordist, Joanna Mickey - Art Department Assistant, Tara McCarthy - Assistant Hair, Jennifer Baron - Assistant Location Manager, Brian S. Kalata - Assistant Location Manager, Adam Graham - Assistant Location Manager, Bradley Stenson - Assistant Makeup, Tiffany Taylor - Assistant Properties, Sam Bertone - Best Boy Electric, Fred Folmer - Best Boy Grip, Steve Matthys - Best Boy Grip, Peter Donoghue - Best Boy Grip, James Dewinski - Best Boy Grip, Colin Slaby - Camera Loader, Janelle Snow - Casting Assistant, Andrew Vincent - Casting Assistant, Alex Newman - Casting Associate, Anthony J. Lullo - Chief Lighting Technician, Michael P. Morris - Construction Coordinator, John Stuver - Dialogue Editor, Jason Storandt - Dolly Grip, Chad Catuara - Electrician, James Haworth - Electrician, Rory Herbster - Electrician, Donna McLain - Electrician, Joe Menzione - Electrician, Ray Pope - Electrician, Chris Stoulkai - Electrician, Park Taylor - Electrician, David Conaghan - Electrician, Tyree Miller II - Electrician, James Ritchie - Electrician, William J. Wauer - Electrician, Mark Ridge - Extra Casting, Jolanta Piwowarczyk - First Assistant Accountant, Jim Hill - First Assistant Editor, Sean Thompson - First Assistant Editor, Aaron Stanford - First Assistant Editor, Gregg Barbanell - Foley Artist, Joan Rowe - Foley Artist, Sean Rowe - Foley Artist, Laura Macias - Foley Artist, Michael Broomberg - Foley Artist, Jason Lezama - Foley Editor, Patrick Caulfield - Key Costumer, Lun Ye'Marsh - Key Hairstylist, Linda Melazzo - Key Make-up, Phil Ellman - Leadman, Michelle A. De Mayo - Post Production Accountant, Tim Baldwin - Post Production Assistant, Stef Topvar - Post Production Assistant, Rob Matheson - Post Production Assistant, Kiley Fascia - Production Accountant, Linda Gacsko - Second Assistant Camera, Rich Szydlo - Second Assistant Camera, Anthony Joseph Camaioni - Second Assistant Editor, Jon Mallard - Second Second Assistant Director, Lawrence Hammer - Set Dresser, Helmer Claesson - Set Dresser, Joyce Green - Set Production Assistant, David Mendoza - Set Production Assistant, Reggie Hendrix - Storyboard Artist, LHJ Voice Works - ADR Loop Group, Ron Sherman - Generator Operator, Viv Kim Negative Cutting - Negative Cutter
Not to be confused with the Philadelphia group who had a huge 1967 hit with "Expressway to Your Heart," these Soul Survivors were from Colorado and cut a couple of fair garage-pop singles in 1965 and 1966. The best of these, "Can't Stand to Be in Love With You," was a good, tough mix of Merseybeat, the Zombies, and American garage. The group's most known, though, for containing some of the members of the Poor, formed by ex-Soul Survivors Allen Kemp and Pat Shanahan with Randy Meisner and Randy Naylor after the Soul Survivors broke up. The Poor had a run of their own taking in four obscure 1966-68 singles before breaking up. Kemp and Shanahan went on to play with the Stone Canyon Band, Rick Nelson's backing group, before joining New Riders of the Purple Sage; Meisner also did time in the Stone Canyon Band, and Poco, before joining the Eagles. Both sides of the two Soul Survivors singles have been reissued on the 2003 compilation The Poor, which also has everything from the Poor's singles. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
Soul Survivors is a 2001 psychological thriller film starring Melissa Sagemiller as a college student named Cassie, whose boyfriend Sean (Casey Affleck) died in a car accident that resulted from her driving after a night of partying. The accident starts to take its toll when she begins hallucinating and regularly having strange visions even though Cassie's friends Annabel (Eliza Dushku) and Matt (Wes Bentley) try helping her through everything.
