Review – Lost Souls

This is what New Line decided to pit up against Warner’s re-release of The Exorcist? This movie got on my bad side almost right from the very beginning, leading with a quote about Satan from “Deuteronomy Book 17”; I don’t know if that’s meant to be a reference to chapter 17 of the Book of Deuteronomy, but if so then it’s a fake because the quote isn’t in there. Strike two is the pretentious art direction and cinematography. Honestly, I don’t think there’s a single second of natural, unfiltered light in the entire movie. Strike three is the almost constant chain smoking by just about every character in the entire movie (especially professional chimney Wynona Ryder); I don’t object to an occasional butt or two, but here it’s just obsessive. Strike four is the empty-headed excuse for a story about an author who apparently is about to become the Antichrist without knowing it. Strike five is the copious “borrowing” from other movies, including its aforementioned competition. Strike six is ... well, let’s just say this stinker has had its time at the plate and leave it at that. Goodness knows that if my griping about this dog is anywhere near as boring as the movie itself then you probably already stopped reading this review. See if desperate