Los sobrevivientes escogidos

Título original: Chosen Survivors

1974
PG
1h 39min

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A group of individuals are taken from their homes and flown to a futuristic bomb shelter in the desert. There, they learn that a nuclear holocaust is taking place and that they've been "chosen" by computer to survive in the shelter in order to continue the human race.

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Dirección
- Sutton Roley
Guionistas
- Harry Spalding
- Joe Reb Moffly
Elenco

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5.4/10

1 k

TU CALIFICACIÓN

Dirección
- Sutton Roley
Guionistas
- Harry Spalding
- Joe Reb Moffly
Elenco

Ver la información de producción en IMDbPro

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6planktonrules

A great story idea ruined.....

"Chosen Survivors" is a rare film. It has a GREAT story idea but it's completely undone by bad writing. It's a shame, as the main plot is fantastic.

A small group of people find themselves sedated and brought to a shelter more than 1700 feet underground. It seems that the dreaded nuclear apocalypse has arrived and the government has picked a few people to secure in various bunkers under the earth in order to propagate the human race. Much of the film concerns how these folks adapt to their new lives--or, rather, how some of them cannot cope. I loved the film up to this point and felt it was a brilliant study of human nature. Then, abruptly, the film took a detour to Stupidville! That's because without warning, insane vampire bats invade the bunker. I say insane because these bats in real life are NOT killers--but here in the film they are worse than killer bees, piranhas and Cobras combined!!! Bats just don't behave that way and then too much of a once-interesting story is spent focusing on how to survive with these murderous beasts flapping about....which is a shame, as the film has a wonderful twist that is lost in the process. A great example of a wonderful story idea that is ultimately ruined.

5Cinemayo

Chosen Survivors (1974) **

This is a movie I've wanted to see for over 30 years now; I first read about it in horror magazines when it first came out, but it soon turned into a lost film that went completely out of circulation. It has now been made available by Fox as part of their Midnite Movies Collection, and I'm a little disappointed to say I wasn't missing all that much. It's not a "bad" genre film and it's got a good premise, but it's still rather ordinary in the way it's executed. A group of people are selected by computer, sedated, and then sent down 1,758 feet into an underground bomb shelter to see if they might sustain life in the event of a nuclear war. It was another of those perfect experiments hatched by the government, except they overlooked the fact that this project was built down within caves, so now swarms of hungry vampire bats manage to find their way into the bunker and chomp on these frantic chosen survivors. There's more talk going on than anything else, but when the bat attacks do occur, they're pretty satisfying, even if sometimes the special optical effects amount to little more than a flurry of dark splotches.

I got a kick out of seeing former Our Gang child actor Jackie Cooper as the main loudmouth of the bunch who at one point goes on a bender and becomes your basic arrogant pain in the ass character. Other '70s regulars among this cast are Richard Jaeckel (GRIZZLY) Bradford Dillman (BUG), and Lincoln Kilpatrick (THE OMEGA MAN). I thought I recognized director Sutton Roley's name from somewhere, and later I found out that's because he directed some LOST IN SPACE episodes and was primarily a TV show director. I'm not sorry I saw this, but it sure was some tepid tea. ** out of ****

7texasarcane

A Deeply Disturbing Z-Grade Film About Nuclear War

One of the biggest challenges to movie makers is conveying the horror of nuclear war in post-atomic film. The reality is that shelter life isn't that glamorous if depicted realistically. The threats present aren't very dramatic and in most cases stealthy and lacking in suspense. The madness of nuclear war has to be communicated instead through contrivances, like atomic mutations or pervasive inescapable radiation like in ON THE BEACH. These things are not realistic but somehow they can often transmit the bleak and terrifying plight of the survivors.

CHOSEN SURVIVORS uses vampire bats to contrast with the serene tranquility of the expensive government shelter the characters take refuge in. No matter how safe they may think they will be, it turns out that the bats are determined to intrude in their sanitary environment and prey on them where they believed they were safe.

It's very effective for a low budget film. It is well acted and well directed and has an interesting score that complements the story. There are times you really feel claustrophobic and at the mercy of the bats who can penetrate even what they think are secure places.

The color scheme was pretty good considering it was accomplished before CGI filters existed for post-production and the special effects are pretty convincing as well. The somber blue shades over everything in the darkness combined with the lively shadows of the bats is very well done. The sequences of bats attacking is extremely well choreographed with the human actors.

This movie is a rare sci-fi gem with a bleak apocalyptic ending that is common for this genre of cinema but somehow satisfying. The movie stopped a little short of being a classic but is well worth viewing.

Roadkill1962

Would love to find a copy of film

Like the other person that reviewed the film, I was young (12) when I saw the film but I have thought about it many times since.

In fact, I was able to finally track down the title. I cannot say the movie was great but the premise was interesting and, for a 12 year old, plenty of frights. I must have checked over 100 sites to try and find the name of this film. Several scenes were memorable such as when the were being attacked in the control room and then when they were trying to escape by climbing out, since the elevator no longer was operable. If anyone has a copy of the film, I would appreciate being contacted so I can share it with my children.

foxion

Scared the hell out of a couple of kids when it first came out

Is this movie really as gory as I remember it? My younger sister and I still talk about the time one of our older sisters dumped us off at the theater in order to get us out of the house while the parents were away. The movie playing that day was "Chosen Survivors". Yikes. If memory serves this one had plenty of blood on the walls and lots of bat attacks. Maybe there is more to this movie than blood and bats but that's all I can remember from it. I'd love to find this one on video to see how it has held up over the years.

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Trivia
Bats were caught in nets on a daily basis for use in this movie. Moreover, said captured bats were only used for a single day and alas many of them died throughout the production of the film. As a direct result of this latter occurrence, both Jackie Cooper and Barbara Babcock subsequently spoke to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences about universalizing the methods of treating animals in a humane fashion in American movies shot in other countries.

Errores
Vampire bats aren't nearly as aggressive as portrayed in the film, in fact they prefer to quietly bite sleeping victims while going unnoticed due to the pain blocking nature of their saliva. Also given that the nuclear war was not real they would have had no reason to go after difficult prey deep underground when one's much easier were still available outside.

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Mary Louise Borden: May I have your attention, please? On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I would like to welcome you to the beginning of the greatest adventure of your lives. You are all sedated to ease the shock of what has happened. Faced with the threat of world-wide development of atomic weapons, a special government committee set into action a plan to provide for the continuation of the human race, in the event of global, thermonuclear war. You are here because we are now engaged in such a war.
Mary Louise Borden: [she continues] Foresight on the part of this nation's leaders has allowed us to make limited survival possible. In twelve locations within the borders of this country, installations such as this are now operational. Those of you in this room, along with the 168 men and women in the other installations, were computer-selected for the special knowledge each of you can transmit to the future. Other considerations were, sex, age and physical superiority. Within the 26 rooms and more than 18,000 square feet in this self-maintained installation, you will find all necessary life-support supplies, allowing for up to five years confinement, and all necessary instructional material. You can view any part of North America in detail via a synchronous, observational satellite to which you are linked.
Mary Louise Borden: [she continues] Ultimately, when your computers indicate that the radiation level on the surface has fallen below the safety threshold, the elevator in your complex will become automatically operable and you will be able to return to the surface. It is our hope that you, and the 168 chosen survivors like you, will find the strength to transcend this greatest of all tragedies so that humanity will not perish because of the actions of a few but will flourish again because of the courage of a few. May God bless you. This message was pre-recorded and automatically programmed.