[The Lost]
Plot:Hanging out at some campgrounds one nice summer day, 19-year-old Ray Pye (Marc Senter) decides to murder two young women. His friends, Jen (Shay Astar) and Tim (Alex Frost), witness the murder and help him cover it up. Four years later, Ray has never been arrested for the crime. Detective Charlie Schilling (Michael Bowen) and his ex-partner, Ed Anderson (Ed Lauter), know that Ray did it. They just could never prove it. Charlie figures it's about time they did prove it. He's ready to push Ray harder than ever.

Meanwhile, Ray has met his match in a new girl in town. Her name's Katherine Wallace (Robin Sydney). Kath is a bad girl. Her and Ray are a potentially explosive combination. Throw in the fact that Ed is having a summer fling with Sally Richmond (Megan Henning) - a girl young enough to be his daughter. And Sally's just gotten a job at the motel that Ray manages. Ray has his eye on her. Charlie and Ed never found the gun that Ray used to murder the women at the campground. That rifle, as well as a handgun, are hidden behind the mirror in Ray's bathroom. Ray can only be pushed so far. The time will come when he takes the mirror off the wall and shows everyone who is in charge.

Cast:Marc Senter, Shay Astar, Alex Frost, Megan Henning, Robin Sydney, Michael Bowen, Ed Lauter, Dee Wallace, Erin Brown, Ruby Larocca.

My Thoughts:Same ole, same ole.

Review:I was expecting alot more from Chris Sivertson's "The Lost", as I had heard so many good things about it. But, alas.....the film to sum it all up, is simply nothing special. It tells the story of a white trash-esque wannabe cowboy type named Ray Pye. He's the typical small town yokel, only alot more well-kept than the usual small town redneck types. Pye, while hanging out with some friends at a local camp ground...decides to massacre two women by simply blowing them away with a shotgun. He's successful in his crime, and to this day...him and his friends have kept the crime secret.

Despite having never been caught and prosecuted for the crime, some in the town...including a local lawman, still suspect Pye of the murders. They just can't prove it.....yet anyways. In current time, Pye is still the same deadly, mean-spirited, and egotistical person he was back then. But when a series of women begin to turn him down, and screw him over...Ray's dark side slowly begins to emerge once more, which could be the one thing the local lawman needs to put Pye away for good. "The Lost" is based on the novel by Jack Ketchum, and like most of Ketchum's books, it should've stayed simply that.....a book. The film is really reminiscent of something Rob Zombie would write and direct.

A mysoginistic redneck dude, who loves to get his jollies by bullying people, and doing harm to women. Similar to some of the characters from "The Devil's Rejects" and before that, "House Of 1000 Corpses". This is the sort of stuff I like to refer to as bad horror (talking The Lost her,e not the aforementioned two RZ films). A crazy guy with a penchant for murdering folks in a town where he can get away with pushing people around because everyone is mostly scared of him, isn't good horror. It's just another crazy person tale, and stuff like this doesn't transfer to the big screen all that well.

Especially because nothing separates Ray Pye from a Dahmer, Bundy, Manson, or Gacy. If you've seen any films or documentaries about those guys, then there's really no need to see "The Lost".....as it basically involves a character much like those guys, only alot younger. But there's nothing different here from the thousands of B-horror films that hit DVD every year, where some screwed up small towner just goes around killing people. I honestly cannot see what people saw that was so special in this film. There's nothing big time, or even cool about it. It's a replica of alot of other horror films, mostly poor ones.

But being that it's based off of a Jack Ketchum novel, and had alot of young up and comers in it such as Senter, Sydney, and even Katie Cassidy....I guess people thought that' what separated it from other films where kooky hillbillies kill their friends and neighbors. I on the other hand felt different about it. The movie, while well performed by the actors in some areas, is really not something most people could relate to on any level. Even if you live in a small town and know someone who's this screwed up or is on their way to becoming as screwed up as Ray Pye.

The fact that Pye is able to go around town being a prick, throwing parties, and threatening people...after having gotten away with two murders earlier is totally unbelieveable. Especially considering heavy attention is what brings people like this down all the time, I mean it never fails. But in the end, the film finally manages to atleast go out with somewhat of a bang, and while the climax of the movie provides some much needed excitement (as most of this movie is quite boring).....the overlal ending is very anti-climatic and really doesn't offer up anything fulfilling or breathtaking as far as the finale is concerned.

"The Lost" is all about sex, drugs, and crazy youngsters who are lured in by this hidden-psychotic personality Ray Pye, only to suffer some brutalconsequences later on. A good book indeed, but good books nine times out of ten...don't make good movies..."The Lost" is living proof of that.

Positives:Senter gives a good performance, even though his character becomes extremely annoying after 15 minutes..(or less depending on your level of tolerance).

Negatives:Boring overall script, a lack of interesting characters...even Pye who only remains intriguing for about 5 minutes. Hardly any entertainment value, and a bad finale.

Overall:Not worth all the hype.





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