Production Year: 2000 - Horror - Director: Janusz Kaminski - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, Sarah Wynter, Philip Baker Hall, John Hurt, Elias Koteas more
Years ago, priests exorcised a demon out of young Maya Larkin (Winona Ryder). Now she uses her unusual sensitivity to the same demons who once came after her to help the priests in... more
Lost Souls [DVD] [2001]
Almost the last of the millennial blip of disappointing Devil movies,Lost Soulsis a ... more
scrambling of themes fromThe Omen,The ExorcistandRosemary's Baby. It is more serious and stylish thanEnd of Days,StigmataandBless the Child, but stuck with a screenplay...
Lost Souls [DVD] [2001]
Almost the last of the millennial blip of disappointing Devil movies,Lost Soulsis a ... more
scrambling of themes fromThe Omen,The ExorcistandRosemary's Baby. It is more serious and stylish thanEnd of Days,StigmataandBless the Child, but stuck with a screenplay...
Lost Souls
Sometimes the worst nightmares happen in broad daylight! An utterly gripping novel for ... more
fans of Peter James and Mark Billingham from a rising star in the crime genre. A woman is found brutally murdered on a quiet housing estate her tongue and eyes ritualistically gouged out. Children are being abducted and then returned to their families days later without a scratch and with no knowledge or where they have been - or with whom. If DC Laura McGanity thought moving from London to sleepy Lancashire was taking the easy option then she can think again. Already worried about uprooting young son Bobby to follow her reporter boyfriend Jack Garrett back to his hometown she must quickly get a handle on these mystifying cases terrifying the people of Blackley - without putting the local officers' noses out of joint. Meanwhile restless Jack is itching to get back to his writing and the cases provide the perfect opportunity to do so. But as he delves deeper into them he finds murky connections between the two crimes and skeletons buried in the most unlikely of closets.Most astonishing of all he meets a man who 'paints' the future - terrible events come to him in vivid dreams which he then puts onto canvas.This 'precognition' is not so much a gift as a curse and to Jack it becomes terrifyingly that many people including his own family are in danger!
Lost Souls
From Janusz Kaminski, the Academy Award-winning cinematographer of Schindler's List and ... more
Saving Private Ryan, comes the supernatural thriller Lost Souls. It stars Winona Rider as devout Catholic Maya Larkin, who is convinced that the devil is about to walk the earth, and Ben Chaplin as non-believer Peter Kelson, whose soul is the battleground for the forces of good and evil. When the two of them unite to fight against the infinite nature of evil, they uncover a vast conspiracy to claim Peter's soul and to establish a new world order controlled by the Anti-Christ...
Lost Souls - Spaccanapoli
Coming across like a Neapolitan Fairport Convention, Spaccanapoli's roots lie in an even ... more
earlier age, harking back to the pre-Christian rites of Dionysus. The band sprouted from the remains of the communistically inclined Grupo Operario E Zezi (a worker's collective ensemble, formed in 1974), with some of their old repertoire still surviving on this album. The musical concept was based on the "zeza", an eating-drinking-dancing street party, packed with theatre, song and salami. Spaccanapoli share direct influences from the post-1970s industrialisation (mostly Alfa Romeo car factories) that had spread out like a canker around the foothills of Vesuvius. The "new" band is named after an ancient part of Naples which has a twin existence as spruced-up tourist site and vibrant cultural heartland. Even though possessed of a folk-rock attack, their sound is resolutely acoustic, packed with pipes, flutes, guitars, accordion, jaw harp, double bass, rattling percussion and exuberant vocal chorus. The unhinged carousing of "O Mare" features clarinet, fiddle and dishevelled brass, leading into the more liturgically flavoured "Sant' Anastasia" and "Vesuvio". It's back to the rollicking spirit for the title track, alternating between a relay of solo singers and hearty chorus, then hurtling towards the final knees-up of "Moezzo A Festa" and "O Rinillo O Rinello". --Martin Longley
Lost Souls - Doves
In an about-face that will infuriate technophiles, this group of dance revisionists ... more
celebrate guitars and "real instruments" in the face of processed music. The Williams brothers and their mate Jim Goodwin first had a hit with the disco-charged "Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)", but disillusionment with the Manchester scene set in, so they picked up guitars and formed Doves--a band determined to infuse raw emotion into music. From instrumental opener "Firesuite"--which showcases their rumbling, restrained guitar firepower--to the tumbling acoustic shanty "Sea Song", the Latin guitar lines of "The Man Who Told Everything", the balmy Technique-era New Order rocker "Catch The Sun" and the aqueous, soaring "Rise", none of the album's 11 tracks bear any real resemblance to each other. Doves have produced an outstanding debut album in Lost Souls, alternately melancholy and uplifting, sparkling darkly with charged atmospherics. --Mike Pattenden
Lost Souls
In the French Quarter of New Orleans the Mardi Gras celebrations conceal a different group ... more
of pleasure-seekers. For Zillah Molochai and Twig the party has been going on for centuries fuelled by sexual frenzy green Chartreuse and innocent blood. Born in horror and brought up in suburban Maryland Nothing has always suspected he's different from other teenagers - and when he has his first taste of human blood he knows he is right. Ghost is the singer of the band Lost Souls. When Nothing is drawn into Zillah's fatal circle Ghost has to decide whether to save the boy - or abandon him to his bloody birthright. "Lost Souls" is a dark decadent and delicious work of fantasy from the mistress of modern horror.
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Production Year: 2005 - Horror - Director: Eli Roth - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Shane Daly, Lenka Vlasakova, Eythor Gudjonsson, Jan Vlasak
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A review by baddog on Lost Souls (DVD) June 10th, 2001
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Did you enjoy it?
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Story
Satisfactory
Characters / Performances
Good
Special Effects
Standard
How does it compare to similar films?
Good
Advantages:
Well crafted, well acted thriller .
Disadvantages:
Originality, soundtrack .
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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Comparisons are odious, but unfortunately this film invites them. ‘The Exorcist’ set the standard for films about demonic possession. ‘The Omen’ is the classic about the return of Satan to claim his inheritance and ‘Lost Souls’ wants the best of both worlds.
It begins with the botched exorcism of a psychiatric patient. During the exorcism the name of the Anti-Christ is revealed to Maya (Winona Ryder) and the film follows her attempts to convince him of the coming Transformation which will occur on his thirty third birthday. The plot then, is not too complex.
The real strength of this film is in the characterisation of the main players. Winona Ryder gives a superb performance as a girl teetering on the edge of madness; you can almost feel the pressure. Similarly, Ben Chaplin, who plays Peter Kelson, the soon to be Anti-Christ, gives a bravura display. Initially sceptical, as the plot unwinds, you can almost taste his growing fear and panic. John Hurt, as a priest, is in there as well, but spends most of the time catatonic. Still, it pays the rent I suppose. The ending is original and surprising, so I’ll say no more about it.
Where this film scores highly is in its realism. It is thoughtful. It doesn’t rely on projectile vomit or gratuitous decapitations; instead it has people reacting as they might really react when told that they are the spawn of Satan. The lighting is atmospheric to the point where you wonder if they can make a decent light bulb in the U. S., but the suspense builds nicely.
Had I never seen the two films that I mentioned, then I think that ‘The Lost Souls’ might be up there in the top ten, however where it really loses out is in the soundtrack. Both ‘The Exorcist’ and ‘The Omen’ had tremendous, rip-roaring, unforgettable soundtracks, which added immeasurably to the suspense and anticipation, but ‘The Lost Souls’ has nothing comparable.
An excellent film then, but it misses out on greatness.
Ironically for an industry so clearly embarrassed by the genre that spawned enfant terribles such as Hooper and Romero, Hollywood has a long-held tradition of cannibalising itself, with every conceivable cinematic and generic theme being constantly explored, revisited, updated and rehashed. In some instances these revised texts are successful in breathing new life into a tired old formula, the most obvious example being he recent glut of horror movies ... ...its particular blend of post-modern irony and prerequisite lashings of blood, but it didn’t take long for a succession of sequels and blatant rip-offs to follow this slasher into the multiplexes. It’s popularity proved a couple of things; people enjoy watching beautiful 90210-types being brutally butchered by a masked maniac (no surprises there) and that horror has some of the most loyal fans of any genre. Audiences flocked to The Blair Witch Project ...
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Advantages: Scary Disadvantages: Not a surprice ending
...best out of those three.
Lost Souls, is a modern horror movie which has all the elements of the classic moments. Many shocking seconds, where the audience will break the back of their seats. A serious and gripping amosphere was build up straight away during the first 15 mins of the film. It is very much a flim to do with exorcism and the Evil. Driving out evil spirits by prayers, sometime it worked, sometime it doesn't, and have the opposite effect. ... ...would! Because of all that, the whole film is full of tension and very very scary moments. Plus a great soundtrack from 'Gomez', perfectly directed and casted.
Winona Ryder's performence seems to be good, but really all she has to do is being herself in her usual roles. I am not a big fan of the endings of this sort of films from the pass experience with the 'Exorcist' and 'Stigmata', and 'Lost Souls' is the same. The rest is brillient.
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Advantages: Nice Trailer, actually more promising than the movie itself! Disadvantages: They tried and they failed to make a movie about a difficult genre
I first heard of Lost Souls in a Trailer clip that advertised it before as I was waiting for Unbreakable to start in a local Cinema...
I must admit the initial trailer for the movie had me gripped as it portrayed what I felt looked and sounded like an excellent potential movie for me to see on my next trip to Warner Village Cinema... Sadly however when I did return to see the 'full' version of Lost Souls it turned out that the original trailer for ... ...the Film in its entirety.. Lost Souls is one of those very poor films that somehow managed to make it to the Cinema instead of going straight to its rightful home on the bottom shelf of the Video Store or the obscure late night TV schedule of Bravo or the Sci Fi Channel...
The Genre of Satan / The Devil / Exorcsism is a very tough genre to tell a decent story with it seems when it comes to the movie world. Indeed only the Exorcist, The Omen amd ...
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20.01.2001
Worth a Watch Review ofLost Souls (DVD)by
crazymullets
Advantages: The atmosphere created Disadvantages: The ending
The film is about religious fanatic (played by Winona Ryder) who believes Satan is about to take a man’s body and walk the earth. She finds out a man that writes about murderers is the body that Satan will take. She has to try to do something to stop this from happening. This film is very easy to get into. The plot develops quite early in the film so you get interested straight away. The atmosphere built up quickly. There are some weird moments ... ...but there were strange and creepy. It had an eerie feel to it. The content and the subject of the film really makes you think about the powers of good and evil and whether or not they really exist. It leaves you with something to think about as well as being slightly creepy.
This film isn’t really as good as some of the other horror films. I much preferred ‘The Exorcist’. This is because ‘The Exorcist’ was more visually ...
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Advantages: Above average horror - with Winona Ryder! Disadvantages: Could have been a lot better
I should state early on that I am a big fan of Horror (especially religious/psychological horror) and I’m also a huge fan of Winona Ryder. Although I will try to be objective, a small amount of bias is bound to creep in…sorry!
Winona Ryder plays a woman who was once possessed by a demon who had to be exorcised. After several years have passed she finds herself helping to exorcise a guy who also claims to be possessed. At this exorcism ... ...reborn soon in the body of a man, Ben Chaplin. Winona then has to convince him of this and help him before it is too late, problem is, Chaplin is an atheist…
OK so this isn’t exactly as good as the Exorcist but it ain't bad either. It is by far the best horror film to be released this year (so far and that’s excluding The Hole as horror). Winona doesn’t exactly push herself to great new heights but she is still good, as is ...
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Advantages: Cheap and cheesy Disadvantages: cheap and cheesy?
...for the night, until strange happenings in the middle of the night disturb their sleep??
Will they all escape the House Of LostSouls in one piece? Why will the spirits not leave them alone and what is their story?
On the face of it this film sounds like a typical 'Group of kids break down and pull up at a scary mansion' cliché, and I suppose to a certain extent it is but the thing that makes it work is that the hotel is not some crumbly Addams Family style building but could be any simple European hotel (except for the strange happenings, obviously, although if you have encountered spirits hell-bent on evil in Magaluf, please feel free to correct me.) The setting is quite unremarkable - which is why you could forgive them for not realising the place was haunted when they first check in, unlike some films where you wonder how they could...
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Advantages: Stylish, Fun, Action Filled, Off The Wall Thriller Disadvantages: Boring Central Character and Weak Ending
...The City Of LostSouls - 2000 - Japan
Supercharged fantasy thriller from Takashi (Audtion & Ichi The Killer) Miike. I think this is one of Miike's most accessible films it's more fun, less violent and faster moving than most of his films.
In this violent action/comedy/thriller, Teah (A half Brazilian half Japanese model) plays Mario a supercool gunman trying to save his girlfriend from the clutches of an evil, bondage obsessed Triad boss who loves playing Ping Pong.
Mario accidently steals a bundle of cocaine from the triads and all hell breaks loose. Throw in a bad guy with a mohawk, martial arts, a cockfight filmed in the style of the matrix, plenty of Hong Kong inspired shoot outs, a blind girl and a booby trapped ping pong table you start to get the idea.
As usual with Miike the cinematography is crisp glossy...
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Advantages: A stellar seminar in self-destruction Disadvantages: Slightly over-long; the seventies setting dates it.
...of a tutorial with a quip like "a bit fishmongery, that," after an earnest student, reading her essay, uses the phrase "the frozen soul."
Gray sums up Butley's "self-destructive vanity" in his DVD commentary, saying that he's "Got a lot of passion, but it hasn't got a focus. He's a lostsoul. He's full of a sort of energy that's become demonic. He's not sure that teaching is of any use; he's feasting off the dregs of his relationships. The other characters all have something in their lives that mean something to them. He clearly doesn't."
So we have Richard O'Callaghan as the prissy, but slimily ambitious Joey. He's clearly still attracted to Butley's bitchy snobbery, whilst tiring of the endless cynicism. Eventually he has to decide between this and the straightforward honesty of Reg.
The other outstanding performance comes from Jessica...
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Plot: Maya Larkin was once demonically possessed and discovers that an author is about to become the antichrist incarnate. She is determined that this will not happen...
Release details
DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Years ago, priests exorcised a demon out of young Maya Larkin (Winona Ryder). Now she uses her unusual sensitivity to the same demons who once came after her to help the priests in other exorcisms. In one such case, a serial killer named Henry Birdson (John Diehl) claims to know the name of a man who will soon be possessed by Satan, beginning a reign of evil over the world. Maya discovers that the man in question is Peter Kelson (Ben Chaplin), an author of true-crime books who has both wealth and fame but no religious faith. At first Peter is skeptical, but a series of strange and mysterious clues indicates that he might indeed be the victim of a massive satanic conspiracy. Maya and Peter must work together to learn how to reverse what has already begun before time runs out. A haunting and creepy religious horror movie in the tradition of ROSEMARY'S BABY and THE EXORCIST, LOST SOULS features shocking, disturbing imagery and a deeply rooted sense of human mortality.
Languages
Main Language: English
Subtitle Language: English
Technical information
Special Features: Directors Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Theatrical Trailer, Cast And Crew
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Stereo
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Stereo English
Professional reviews
Review: "...[A] solid cast....Kaminski has created a dark destabilized universe that was apparently inspired by the paintings of Francis Bacon..." (Variety, p.22, 09/10/2000)
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