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Soul Survivors (2001)
Sadly misunderstood
This is one of the best horror movies I've ever seen, and it's a shame that it exists in ignominy, with most people under the vast misapprehension that it's another movie where "it was all a dream," when this is not the case. Most of the movie does not take place in reality as we know it, but it is not a dream.
This is a movie that requires its audience to think, and works on several levels ... as a regular horror movie, as a treatment of death and the afterlife and how people deal with it, including a lot of symbolism and some subtle dialogue to accompany this, and as an allegory for the transitory nature of human relationships and experiences.
The movie suffers most when it tries too hard to cleave to horror archetypes, such as scary characters, chase scenes, and the rewritten ending (the original ending, on the DVD as an alternate scene, is much more appropriate). Despite these shortcomings, however, the movie draws the viewer into the story and never makes it easy to understand. This can be frustrating in some cases, but here it enriches the movie and elevates it above most of its brainless ilk.
Repossessed (2002)
Yawn
An 8-minute short that feels like 20 minutes, "Repossessed" (a horrible pun) features good cinematography and smart directing, as well as above-average performances from Juliet Landau and Jo Beth Williams, but is ultimately mired in a weak story. The movie takes 3 or 4 minutes to really get started, which isn't a good idea for an 8-minute movie, and once it does get into the story, it immediately falls apart, as the surprise is telegraphed minutes before it occurs, and the movie makes the same mistake as many other horror movies ... namely, in drawing out scenes, it aims for suspense, but only produces boredom. Juliet Landau looks wonderful, and does what she can with some silly dialogue, but she can't salvage this.