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Sole Survivor
Credits
Title: Sole Survivor
Genres: Horror
Directed by: Thom Eberhardt
Written by: Thom Eberhardt
Produced by: Sal Romeo; Don Barkemeyer; Caren L. Larkey; Robert D. Larkey
Music by: David F. Anthony
Cinematography: Russ Carpenter
Edited by: Thom Eberhardt
Production
Distributed by: Grand National Pictures
Moviestore Entertainment
Released: January 27th, 1984
Rating: R
Running time: 85 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
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Sole Survivor is an American independent feature film of the horror genre. It was written and directed by Thom Eberhardt. It was produced by Grand National Pictures and Moviestore Entertainment. It premiered in the United States on January 27th, 1984. The movie stars Anita Skinner as Denise Watson - the sole survivor of an airplane crash, who is now suffering from survivor's syndrome. Now... throw in some zombies and the fun really begins!

Cast[]

Actor Role
Anita Skinner Denise Watson
Kurt Johnson Brian Richardson
Robin Davidson Kristy Cutler
Caren Larkey Karla Davis
Andrew Boyer Blake
Daniel Cartwell Lieutenant Patterson
Wendy Dake Roxie
Steve Isbell Cabbie
William Snare Artie
Peggy McClure Crash victim
Roberta Kay Crash victim
Kathleen Blyth Crash victim
Steve Krause Crash victim
Dominic Manano Crash victim
Randolph Stripling Crash victim

Notes[]

  • There are a total of forty-eight credited cast members in this film.
  • This movie features the directorial debut of Thom Eberhardt. He will go on to direct such memorable classics such as Night of the Comet, Gross Anatomy and Captain Ron.
  • This is Thom Eberhardt's first work as a screenplay writer. As a writer, he will also work on Night of the Comet, Honey, I Blew Up the Kid and Captain Ron.
  • The movie was released on Blu-ray by Code Red in 2017. The video box cover promotes the new tagline, "Before there was Final Destination... There was Sole Survivors".

Fun Facts[]

  • The tagline for this film is "This woman has cheated death. Now, Death wants to even the score".
  • This is Anita Skinner's second and final film role. She also played Anne Munroe in the 1978 movie Girlfriends.

Review Scores[]

  • This film has a rating of 6.2 on IMDB.
  • This film has an audience score of 55% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 233 users.
  • This film has a rating of 3.3 on Letterboxd.
  • This film has a rating of 6.8 at The Brimstone Pit.

Recommendations[]

  • Airplane
  • Carnival of Souls
  • Final Destination

External Links[]

References[]

  1. IMDB; Sole Survivor (1984); Filming & Production.

Keywords[]

Aircraft | Cab driver | Crash landings | Drowning | Female topless nudity | Ghosts | Gunshot victims | Nightmares | Premonitions | Psychic | Suicide | Survivor's syndrome | Taxicab | Undead | Zombies