Lost Souls (DVD)

...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. ...

baddog 10.06.2001 · Read full review
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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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...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. Go see ...

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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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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 ...

crazymullets 23.05.2001 · Read full review
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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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The fate of the world lays on Winona Ryder’s shoulders in this movie where she is cast as a religious fanatic who believes that a crime writer (played by Ben Chaplin) has been chosen as Satan’s body here on earth. This new modern take on the old horror great The Exorcist looks different and imaginative. As you can guess this is another attempt to bring the forces of good and evil to the big screen and you guessed it evil loses again ...
...devil is so evil, but hopeless when it comes to fighting? Also how long will it before he gives up and goes into retirement? You just can’t go on fighting and losing forever. Directed by Janusz Kaminski (well known for Saving Private Ryan and Schindlers List) the film could be better in places. Ryder is miscast, yet it does not show up due to excellent supporting cast including John Hurt. Overall the film is dull and boring. Avoid at all costs. ...

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Lost Souls is a lame and unoriginal film which has everything you've seen before but better in other movies. The plot follows Maya Larkin who extracts a code from a possessed mans rantings when she attends an exorcism. She has the belief that this code is a signal that Stan plans to re-birth himslef on earth via a human being. I'm sure just reading the last few sentences eill have had you thinking 'weak'. Of course Larkin tries to convince the human ...
...quite limited. Chaplin is quite lost and the elder members of the cast such as Hurt and Baker Hall can do this type of thing while asleep. The man behind the camera is Janusz Kaminski who is an academy award winner twice for his fantatsic cinematograohy on Spielberg films. His background shows in the film as the look is quite stylised and atmospheric. However his films look can't save what is a weak script. This is a bad film that looks great in ...

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Lost Souls stars Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin and John Hurt to name a few. Winona Ryder plays a recovering exorcist victim. She is plagued by evil imagery, and through out the film has to control her fear. The film starts off well with an exorcism but it struggles to build up the plot to an ending, which is very dull indeed. Its seem dark and yet very unsatanic making evil seem well nothing out of the usual. Its temperament is mild compared to the ...
...and makes Satan to be a regular person like you or me. I do not know what I have missed but there seems to be a flurry of ghost and end of world films in the last year, is there something I do not know about? To me the film was too long and drawn out, and not violent and lacked horror content. Okay it had a few “I jumped” scenes but all in all it was not a film to make a sunflower in my pants. The ending confused me and I did not know ...

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...is screened on TV. Lost Souls stars Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, Sarah Wynter, Philip Baker Hall, John Hurt, Elias Koteas, and was directored by Janusz Kaminski. When Maya Larkin, (Winona Ryder) attends an exorcism of a psychopath with Priest Father Lareaux (John Hurt), she extracts a numerical code from the possessed man's rantings. She believes that it signals Satan's plans to be born on earth, via a human being - named Peter Kelson (Ben Chaplin) ...

unichorn 18.10.2001 · Read full review
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When saw this film last week, and in particular the built up from the trailers, I thought it might be one of those typical ‘deliver us from evil’ stories straight out of the Halloween meets Exorcist genre. But it isn’t, it is quite watchable, okay it bears some of the Exorcist hallmarks but has a strong supernatural storyline that is both pacy and thrilling. The film is only 90 minutes so it tries to cram the character and story ...
...the endeavour. The basic story is that Maya Larkin played by Winona Ryder, belongs to a group of exorcists and during a very messy exorcism, she stumbles upon a conspiracy that could bring Satan to Earth. As she investigates further it transpires that Satan will arrive in the shape of a prominent trial analyst played by Ben Chaplin. The plot seems to lack atmosphere and is roughly scripted in places….but I liked it. ...

runmedownmissy 28.01.2001 · Read full review
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I was really looking forward to this film - firstly its a horror film (and I love horror films) and secondly it had Winona Ryder in!! The film starts with Ryder being invited along to an exorcism on a mental patient. Through flashbacks you learn that she was once the subject of exactly the same treatment. The exorcism complete - though not neccessarily successful - Ryder's character steals the books the patient had been writing in and begins to ...
...of this supposed possessed inmate - who is now comatose after a stroke - she finds that Ben Chaplin is to become the reincarnation of the Devil. Chaplin's character is a sceptic who writes books about mass murderers. Having been warned by Ryder and various other lunatic priests and psychics - he starts to believe and ... well, that would be telling. I was extremely disappointed with the film. It was bitty and the story was difficult to follow. It ...

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