6 Souls (2010)

A forensic psychiatrist discovers that all but one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished.

Directors:

Måns Mårlind (as Mårlind & Stein), Björn Stein (as Mårlind & Stein)

Writer:

Michael Cooney

Stars:

Julianne Moore, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jeffrey DeMunn

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Julianne Moore	...	Cara Harding
Jonathan Rhys Meyers	...	David / Adam / Wesley
Jeffrey DeMunn	...	Dr. Harding
Frances Conroy	...	Mrs. Bernburg
Nate Corddry	...	Stephen Harding
Brooklynn Proulx	...	Sammy
Brian Anthony Wilson	...	Virgil (as Brian A. Wilson)
Joyce Feurring	...	Granny Holler Witch
Steven Rishard	...	Detective Danton
Charles Techman	...	Monty Hughes
John Peakes	...	Dr. Charles Foster
Michael Graves	...	Holler Man
Chaz Moneypenny	...	Adam Sabre
Charles David Richards	...	Holiday Inn Bar Keep (as Charles D. Richards)
Rick Applegate	...	Warden Collins

Storyline

After the death of her husband, Dr. Cara Harding's faith in God has been shaken, but not her belief in science. In an attempt to get her more open to accepting unexplainable psychiatric theories, her father introduces her to Adam, a patient with multiple personalities who also takes on some of the physical characteristics of his other personalities. But Cara quickly discovers that his other personalities were murder victims and the more she finds out about Adam and his past, the closer she and her loved ones are to becoming murder victims themselves.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | multiple personality | death | psychiatrist | soul | 

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Taglines:

The sheltering has begun.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violent content, disturbing images and terror

Did You Know?

Trivia

A poster for Night of the Living Dead (1968) is frequently seen on the wall of Stephen's apartment. Both films were filmed in and around the city of Pittsburgh, PA.

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Goofs

Cara says that Adam was diagnosed as having "multiple personality syndrome" by her father, when its correct name is dissociative identity disorder.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Cara Harding: Do you ever have emotions that you can't explain? Have you ever lost control of these emotions? Do these emotions have a name? These were the first three questions that Dr. Malison asked of Joesph Kinkirk, just six hours after his arrest. To which Kinkirk answered: yes, yes, and Henry.

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Crazy Credits

God is the first credited on "the producers wish to thank" part of closing credits.

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Connections

References Night of the Living Dead (1968)

User Reviews

Could of been so good....disappointing but watchable.

Adding together the presence of Michael Cooney as the writer who gave us 'Identity', which boasted originality and a fast paced story AND with the addition of Julianne Moore who eats this genre for breakfast, my expectations for this were high. The movie starts off well, 'on the edge'; with Jonathan Rhys Meyer's character being introduced perfectly. Plenty of reason to call it a horror/thriller at this point with excellent use of sound to create the jumpy vibe. However the direction from the Swedish duo Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein soon starts to really let the grip of the film slip. OK admittedly there are plot holes and the pace is slow after the initial quick start which covers a lot of explanatory material for the theory behind the story. But to have taken the obviousness out of that, the direction could have been so much more original and less armature looking, with close ups and set ups for jumps so obvious and dull. The first 30 minutes or so of the film has the horror edge, after that a Sunday paced drama with a frankly ridiculous set of ideas behind Meyers character which are not overly original sets this up to mainly let moviegoers expectations down. Meyer's brilliant acting including his shift in accents and characters and Moore's usual type cast brilliant acting make this watchable and average. This could have been so good and does not fit into the horror/thriller genre well and do it justice. An average supernatural thriller with a couple of jumps at best as horror. What a shame.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 March 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

6 Souls

Filming Locations:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$22,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,205,167

Company Credits

Production Co:

NALA Films, Macari/Edelstein, IM Global

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1