Best known for playing Faith on Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Eliza Dushku is also famous for starring in Bring It Down, Dollhouse, and Tru Calling. The actress was also part of a 2000s horror movie that many might not even know exists: Soul Survivors.

The movie was released in 2001 and it's fair to say that it didn't make much of an impression on horror fans or critics, or much money at the box office. While the story is interesting and the film has a great college setting, Soul Survivors doesn't do its audience any storytelling favors and ultimately is a disappointing horror film. By the time that audiences get to the ending, they will be confused by what they have just watched and they will definitely have some thoughts about what the movie should have been like instead.

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Soul Survivors has a simple enough story: Cassie (Melissa Sagemiller) is in college and after going to a club with her pals Matt (Wes Bentley), Annabel (Eliza Dushku), and her boyfriend Sean (Casey Affleck), their car crashes and Sean dies. This is interesting enough, as Cassie is now grieving and wondering how to live without the person who she loves, creating some depth and emotion for the rest of the film. Unfortunately, Soul Survivors is a horror movie that wastes a good idea.

Matt (Wes Bentley) and Annabel (Eliza Dushku) in Soul Survivors

The movie feels like a bit of a strange fever dream, with random characters popping in and out, and nothing really lands. When Cassie goes to a club, she sees her friend Annabel with Raven (Angela Featherstone), and Raven says that Cassie should "leave or die." Cassie also keeps seeing characters called "Hideous Dancer" and "Deathmask" throughout the film. At first, she sees them at the club at the beginning of the movie. These names are so ridiculous that it's hard to take the movie seriously, especially since it's supposed to be terrifying.

One of the worst parts of the movie is Father Jude (Luke Wilson), who is supposed to help Cassie through her grief and who talks to her whenever she needs someone to listen. Having a priest is often a horror or thriller trope as this type of character can offer up their knowledge, expertise, and deep thoughts. This is rarely well done and, instead, comes off as cheesy. Eliza Dushku's acting talents are also wasted here. While Dushku often plays strong, tough, and compelling characters, none of the characters here seem to have bold or interesting personalities. Matt, Cassie, and Sean especially are cookie cutter college students, leaving audiences to wonder how to really tell them apart.

Cassie (Melissa Sagemiller) in Soul Survivors

Soul Survivors has a bonkers ending that really doesn't make any sense. It turns out that Hideous Dancer, Deathmask, and Raven were in the other car, which is why Cassie keeps seeing them everywhere. It also turns out that Cassie and Sean survived the car accident. Matt and Annabel are the ones who passed away. Matt and Annabel want to keep Cassie dead and that's why she thought that they were the ones still alive. As the movie concludes, Cassie and Sean are together again, and Cassie in the hospital, wanting to live.

While the movie doesn't feel scary, it's fair to say that the ending ruins any hope that the movie did have of seeming horrifying. If Cassie was really seeing the ghosts of her dead friends, that would at least make the film seem creepy, strange, and watchable. Instead, audiences are told that nothing wild or unnerving really happened and Cassie and Sean are both the survivors of the car crash. This ending feels like such a let-down and since the movie itself isn't very exciting, it adds up to an inspiring movie watching experience. It's also confusing that Sean has been alive this entire too because it's unclear where he has been and how he fits into this.

A main character being haunted by the spirits of their best friends while dealing with some survivor's guilt would make for a great movie. It would be scary, have a solid main storyline, and offer up the opportunity for a great conclusion. Audiences are instead given a main character who isn't fun to watch who keeps seeing random characters here and there, which doesn't add up to a satisfying whole.

There are many underrated 2000s horror movies, but Soul Survivors isn't one of them. It's a huge cliche for a main character to say that "it was all a dream" and the events of the story didn't actually happen, and that's exactly what happens here. Instead of making Soul Survivors a thrilling ghost story, much like The Night House talks about grief, the 2000s horror movie goes in a weird direction.

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