Sole Survivor (1983)

Sole Survivor (1983)
Director: Thom Eberhardt
Writer: Thom Eberhardt
Cast: Anita Skinner, Kurt Johnson, Robin Davidson
Denise Watson is a TV station worker who is the only survivor of a unexplained, horrific airplane crash in which she is completely unscratched. Soon, Denise becomes haunted by feelings of unworthiness as well as seeing strange people following her and hearing voices calling her name which no one but she can hear. Disregarding warnings from a psychic actress friend, Denise tries to get on with her life while it´s revealed that she was supposed to die in the crash, but somehow escaped, now the unseen specter of death wants to collect her by sending its minions, people that have recently died, to kill Denise and finish the job what death had planed for.

Denise Watson is the sole survivor of flight CON86, only it seems she's cheated death and something still wants her dead. At first she puts these strange occurences down to post crash stress, and her new boyfriend Dr Brain Richardson blames it on sole survivor syndrome. But she keeps seeing supposedly dead people, after a few startling incidents Dr Richardson starts to be believe Denise but can he save her or as fate got other plans in store for her.

For most part this person cheats death tale feels very made for televison feeling, but for a few brief moments of very mild sleaze like a strip poker scene and a crude taxi driver and his smutty talk radio station. It's very slow to start with focasing more on our leads relationship with the doctor. Thankfully though theres some really good creepy moments to keep it worthwhile watching, I loved the drowned dead girl scene and the follow up later when the doctor said someone stole her body for a few hours. Not so much a classic then in the same way as the similar Carnival Of Lost Souls was, but its still a well rounded slow burning suspense yarn.

(5 out of 10)