Author: Winona Ryder

Brand: Alliance

Format: NTSC

Details: Product description "Lost Souls is The Omen of the new millennium." -- Earl Dittman, Wireless Magazine Two-time Academy Award winning cinematographer Janusz Kaminski (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List) directs Oscar nominee Winona Ryder (Girl Interrupted) and Ben Chaplin (The Thin Red Line) in a riveting supernatural thriller. For 2000 years, he has feasted on pain, sown the seeds of chaos... and waited. But now, the Devil will take human form and plunge humanity into eternal darkeness unless one woman can stop him. Maya Larkin (Winona Ryder) must race against time and all the forces of evil to convince a born skeptic (Ben Chaplin) that he's unwitting, chosen pawn in a shocking Satanic conspiracy that will end the world as we know it. In the terrifying tradition of the Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby, Lost Souls is a pulse-pounding rush that'll scare the hell out of you! Amazon.ca Lost Souls is certainly one of the most gorgeous-looking movies to come out in 2000. The cinematography has a striking, visual texture reminiscent of old photographs, all the color bleeding out into rich and evocative shades of grey and black. The movie doesn't quite live up to its look, though it's not without its pleasures. The broader outlines of its story--about a true-crime writer (Ben Chaplin) who discovers, through the efforts of a former victim of possession (Winona Ryder), that he's about to become the Antichrist--lack any surprises or ingenuity. But individual scenes are largely well-written, spookily directed, and acted with commitment and intensity. Chaplin is particularly good, Ryder does her best, and a crew of superb character actors (including John Hurt, Elias Koteas, and Philip Baker Hall) flesh out the skeletally scripted supporting characters with skill and intelligence. Some of the special effects go a little overboard, but the movie is surprisingly free of the cheesy, demonic posturing and portentous speeches that afflict too many religious thrillers. Fans of The Exorcist or The Omen may find Lost Souls to be a modest but flavorful variation on the "devil-is-coming-to-get-you" genre. --Bret Fetzer

UPC: 065935205173

EAN: 0065935205173

Languages: English

Binding: DVD

Item Condition: New