Lost Souls (2000)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

Janusz Kaminski

Writers (WGA):

Pierce Gardner (story) &
Betsy Stahl (story) ...

Release Date:

13 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Deliver us from evil.

Plot:

A small group of Catholics led by an ailing priest believe that Satan intends to become man, just as God did in the person of Jesus...

Plot Keywords:

Secret Parent | Asylum | Religion | Crucifix | Possession

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Winona Ryder	...	Maya Larkin
Ben Chaplin	...	Peter Kelson
Sarah Wynter	...	Claire Van Owen
Philip Baker Hall	...	Father James
John Hurt	...	Father Lareaux
Elias Koteas	...	John Townsend
Brian Reddy	...	Father Frank Page
John Beasley	...	Det. Mike Smythe
John Diehl	...	Henry Birdson
Paul Kleiman	...	Paramedic
Bob Clendenin	...	Mental Patient (as Robert Clenendin)
Oliver Clark	...	Mr. Silberman
Michael Mantell	...	Kleiman
Brad Greenquist	...	George Viznik
Lo Ming	...	Michael Kim 'Robert' (as Ming Lo)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/terror and some language.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18PL (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Finland:K-15 | USA:R (certificate #36647) | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | Australia:M (original rating) | Chile:14 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Hungary:16 | Mexico:B | Netherlands:12 | Norway:18 | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Avery Pix

Trivia:

"Deuteronomy Book 17" is not a reference to the Bible.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Maya and Peter meet for the first time, the word processor screen on his laptop repeatedly changes. The screen alternates between a whole-page layout and split-page depending on the shot.

Quotes:

John Townsend: God will forgive me. The transformation is near.

Soundtrack:

TIJUANA LADY

This movie was horrible

This movie was horrible. This was a rip off of "The Exorcist". There was absolutely no point to the movie, and so many different plots were presented but never emphasized! Pointless and weird happenings would occur with no explanation, the characters would talk about things we don't know about and/or will never know about, and the entire movie turns out to be a confusing, pointless, let-down. Not only was there no character development at all, but on top of that the acting was pretty terrible. The only two good points of this film where Philip Baker Hall (a phenomenal actor) and the cinematography. The cinematography was fairly decent. With limited scary parts and no plot or point at all, "Lost Souls" scores a very shady 1 star.