extremely effective idea get an admirable treatment and 70 style and in this seemingly lose film that concern a group of stranger select by computer to enter a hi tech bomb shelter . there no explanation give a to when this be suppose to be take place and but that doesn not matter and we can clearly tell that this be the 1970s and due to the groovy space age decor and the fact that several of the cast member have a sleazy 70 porno look to them and particularly alex cord ( which sound like a porno name anyway . ) . we never see the character in their real life and we meet them a they be flown via helicopter to a remote desert location . they be shuttle into an elevator which carry them nearly two mile into the ground to a futuristic underground shelter . well and at least it what be consider futuristic in 1974. some of the stuff in there be so kitschy it funny and like the big rolling readout clock that change number like the speedometer on a car . an annoy female guide make pre programmed announcement on their giant video screen and her voice electronically alter for maximum futurism and irritation . she explain that the entire planet have be wipe out by nuclear weapon and that they be part of an effort to keep mankind alive . they and along with other shelter of people in other location and will survive the holocaust and restart society once the nuclear threat be over . what they do not predict be that thousand of vampire bat from a nearby cave will find their way into the shelter and kill the survivor in a series of vicious attack . the film have a reputation for be gory and which it really be not while the special effect be surprisingly good and although date and with the bat mostly be realize by blue screen composite . still and there be several shot of the bat swarm out of small opening that really get under your skin . the other dated aspect of the film ( like the aforementioned decor and hairstyle and and clothing ) threaten to drag it into the realm of the absurd and too . however and the movie remain extremely grim and effective in spite of all that . bradford dillman be great a a duplicitous scientist involve with the survival project and harbor a secret that turn the other shelter member against him . once the threat of the bat be realize and the human realize they must stick together in order to deal with the problem and and the expected dissent and infighting threatens to turn them all into bat food . the one thing that keep the movie from be well be the overall silliness of the situation and particularly the death scene . we can not help but wonder how anybody could be kill by vampire bat and especially when we view the corps of the victim and which look like a series of bad shave accident . what exactly be cause these people to die . a dozen or so bite on the skin . how deep could those wound be . although bat evoke a sense of revulsion and and theyre damn ugly and theyre not life threaten . if the violence be more shocking and it could have make the dread a little more palpable . however and since choose survivor isn not only about bat attack and there more to hold our interest . the claustrophobic environment of the shelter be extremely disturb in some place and and one of the best sequence involve an escape attempt where one of the character climb precariously up the mile plus long elevator shaft . it a nightmarish set piece and the idea of which alone be enough to give me the shudder . a a matter of fact and i be wonder if the print i saw wasn not edit in some way . it seem like some of the character development be miss while for instance and some of the character pair up into couple and and i never saw one scene that establish any of them hook up . this do not bother me though and it make the movie even more bizarre and dreamlike and somewhat european . if you can find a copy of chosen survivor i would say it definitely worth the effort . the film seem to have slip away into oblivion and but unofficial copy be float around out there and apparently strike from 16mm print of the film that still exist . watch it may bring back the delicious dread of the scary 70 movie for you .