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 movie had provided me with more entertainment that the when I sat down to watch 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 possibly Rosmary's Baby have come close to doing this form of stroy telling any real justice in the past 30 years, as for the rest they often prove to be cheap flops, expensive flops, or like Lost Souls just a plain and bland disapointment.
Any potential twists in the Movie were predictable, the scares were substandard and the acting mediocre in a scrip and story that wastes talent like Winonna Ryder and Ben Chaplin. All in all Lost Souls is a very forgettable experience.
I went in to this movie with the attitude of "Show me something new" but came out with the words "seen it all before and seen it done better" ringing in my head. A big, big disapointmentIf anyone is going to make a Movie about the Devil / Satan and exorsism then they're going to have to have to have a mind blowing script, an amazing story and an original angle if they are even going to begin to pull off the tough task of turning a difficult subject element into a top notch worthwhile movie
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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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Jan 20th, 2001
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