Flight 7500

Flight 7500

Year: 2014

Runtime: 79 mins

Language: English

Director: Takashi Shimizu

HorrorMysteryThrillerHorror

During an overnight flight from Los Angeles to Tokyo, passengers aboard Flight 7500 encounter a disturbing and inexplicable supernatural phenomenon in the cabin. As the plane travels over the Pacific Ocean, the situation escalates, leaving those on board facing a terrifying and seemingly inescapable threat at 30,000 feet.

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1

Boarding and takeoff from Los Angeles

On Vista Pacific Airlines Flight 7500, passengers board for the Los Angeles to Tokyo flight as Laura and Suzy greet them. Suzy teases Laura about a forbidden relationship with Captain Pete, hinting at hidden tensions in the cockpit. The long-haul journey begins as the aircraft climbs away from Los Angeles.

Pre-flight / takeoff Los Angeles (LAX)
2

Lance's panic attack and death

Hours into the flight, turbulence rumbles through the cabin and Lance Morrell experiences a crippling panic attack, bleeding from the mouth. He dies and Captain Pete moves the first-class passengers to the Economy cabin, sealing Lance’s body in the empty first class. The mood sharpens from uneasy to ominous as the crew presses on.

A few hours into flight Main cabin / First class
3

Pressure drop and cabin smoke

A sudden pressure drop triggers oxygen masks to deploy while thick smoke threads its way along the cabin floor. The co-pilot collapses unconscious as one oxygen mask fails, leaving the crew scrambling to manage the emergency. Passengers sense something is terribly wrong beyond the usual turbulence.

During mid-flight Main cabin
4

Laura rescues Raquel; radio goes quiet

Laura rescues Raquel Mendoza from the lavatory using an oxygen tank, saving her from suffocation. The plane’s radio goes silent, cutting Captain Pete off from Tokyo air traffic controllers. Laura warns passengers to brace for trouble as the crisis deepens.

Post-pressurization Main cabin and lavatory
5

Jake's theft and vanishing bodies

Jake slips into first class to steal Lance’s Rolex, his hands tremble with nerves. As he exposes Lance’s body, an unseen force lashes out, leaving him shaken and suddenly alone. Suzy later discovers that both Jake and Lance’s bodies have vanished, triggering alarms throughout the cabin.

Shortly after the theft First class
6

Escort jet sighting and radio silence

Laura glimpses an F-16 escort jet idling near the plane, suggesting outside involvement. Captain Pete insists there is no fighter jet in sight, and the communications remain down as the aircraft continues toward Tokyo in eerie isolation.

Mid-flight Exterior vicinity / cockpit area
7

Media glitches and Lance's presence

An in-flight TV broadcast glitches, displaying a deathly image of Lance that unsettles the passengers. Liz sees a ghostly Lance reflection on her laptop, intensifying the sense that something supernatural is at work. Raquel checks for a pregnancy test and breathes a sigh of relief when it’s negative, though tension remains.

Mid to late flight Cabin / personal devices
8

Raquel's lavatory incident and underground encounter

Raquel heads to the lavatory for a pregnancy test, only to find the cabin filling with smoke and a force pulling her underground. The eerie events mount as the sense of danger deepens for the remaining travelers. The mystery of Lance’s death seems to be spreading through the plane.

Late flight Lavatory and adjacent corridor
9

Hair tubes and the death doll reveal

Passengers uncover hair tubes labeled with women’s names inside Lance’s carry-on, hinting at a ritualistic pattern. In Lance’s wooden box lies a 'death doll,' understood by Jacinta as a Shinigami that claims souls when someone releases their hold on life. Suzy confesses that her engagement with Captain Pete is causing her to doubt their future.

Late flight Lance's luggage / cargo area
10

Cargo hold abduction and hatch mystery

Driven by fear, Laura crawls into the cargo hold to search Lance’s luggage, only to be seized by a disembodied hand. Suzy, waiting by the hatch, is also dragged away, and a hidden overhead compartment swallows another crew member. The aircraft grows increasingly surreal and dangerous.

Later Cargo hold / hatch area
11

Captain Pete and crew dead; truth emerges

Captain Pete and the co-pilot lie dead in their seats, while other passengers slump as the truth of the nightmarish flight becomes clear. A breaking-news broadcast announces catastrophic decompression and loss of communications, and the escort jet vanishes from radar. The Boeing 747-300 drifts into ghost-plane territory.

Soon after Cockpit / cabin
12

Hypoxia realization and the crash toward the sea

The survivors realize they perished from hypoxic hypoxia, while those who disappeared let go of the thing tethering them to the world. Brad and Pia reconcile as the fuel gauge drops toward zero. The aircraft plummets into the ocean, ending the terrifying ordeal.

End of flight Over the Pacific / interior to exterior
13

Epilogue: Liz and the haunting continues

Sometime later, Liz sits pale and shaken as the cabin appears inexplicably empty again. The death doll’s echo haunts a waste bin and a discolored hand emerges, signaling that the cycle may begin anew. The scene fades to the endless sea, leaving the fate of the passengers unresolved.

Aftermath / epilogue Cabin / sea

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