like a relative that give you a bad gift and soul survivor have it heart in the right place but trip up with a bad execution . stephen carpenter write or direct effort borrows freely from other and good film and such a jacob ladder and abre los ojos ( open your eye ) . for those who haven not see either of these film and i would not give the premise away while suffice to say it not nearly as well handle here than in those two superior film . melissa sagemiller star a cassie and about to go away to college . her current boyfriend sean ( ben affleck ) and ex boyfriend matt ( wes bentley ) and both friend and and annabel ( acerbic eliza dushku ) be in a car accident after be pursue by two killer ( . ) in transparent mask . she survive the wreck and but while attend college have vision of the hospital ordeal and dead people reappear and disappear and leave her in a state of total confusion represent who be dead . who alive . what real . soul survivor have the look of a bad be there and do that and gore fill and blood splatter and body stack teen exploitation flick . true and it have it share of killer stalk the victim scene ( plentiful and repetitive and and mind numbing ) and but at least it attempt to build suspense through idea rather than cliche and unfortunately rather unsuccessfully . it breed confusion much more often than cohesion and a the story become jumbled and messy and incoherent near key point of the mystery ( predictable a it be . ) horror fan who pick up a copy will have no idea they be in for a film that be more concerned with build an uneasy facade of reality than deliver a body count . credit go to carpenter for attempt to create something beyond a derivative teen horror flick while too bad he create a derivative psychological thriller . sagemiller also deserve kudos for show strength in the central performance and actually develop her character and evoke some sense of emotion a the unraveling cassie . it great the filmmaker try something different and but the film end up a mixed bag and fail experiment . 4 out of 10 .