Sole Survivor (1984)

Plotzle Horror · Puzzle #4 · March 21, 2026 · Horror / Thriller

Six plot descriptions for Sole Survivor (1984). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. A widower inherits his late wife's lakeside cabin and discovers she maintained a second identity there, complete with photographs of children he never knew existed or understood.
2. After a cult's mass suicide in rural Vermont leaves only one member alive, the lone woman returns to her childhood home where she resumes the rituals in solitude.
3. A television station employee survives a plane crash and discovers she was supposed to die, as recently deceased people begin pursuing her to correct this mistake and claim her life.
4. A programmer debugging code for a military drone discovers the sole survivor of a mistargeted strike and surveillance footage reveals the victim now tracks the operators responsible for authorization.
5. Two teenagers exploring an abandoned asylum find a patient still living in the basement, and they decide to keep him secret while bringing him food stolen from their parents.
6. A rescue diver recovering bodies from a capsized cruise ship begins experiencing vivid hallucinations of the deceased passengers while his marriage disintegrates from untreated trauma and alcoholism.