Nightworld: Lost Souls (1999)
As a family moves into their new country home, strange events occur, making them believe that their autistic daughter is somehow communicating with the victims of an unsolved murder 8 years earlier.
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Powerful
If you don't like this, we can't be friends.
Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.
A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.
Great film I was looking through you tube for films to watch through my television as I have a smart one and found Lost Souls the full movie and decided to watch it and liked it you can find many films that you want to see in full for free like if yo missed the beginning or end or are looking for something try you tube. this films is great it gets you hooked to the end.
I'll just be vague about my potential spoiling comments. There are enough canned plot elements in this movie that it's essentially pre-spoiled.This movie derives a few ideas from a Southern classic, To Kill A Mockingbird. I suppose maybe TKOM got its ideas from some source.... at any rate, after you watch this, you'll say, "Oh yeah, that is a ripoff".I think the truly entertaining thing about these McMovies is once you've identified a plot element, is to figure out whether they'll stick with the original, or try to twist it around. Not a lot of twists in this one.
Right from the start, this is a gripping horror. You know there's someone out there, watching...Some of the scenes reminded me of Poltergeist - inexplicable happenings, strange voices, dramatic music and the like. Very creepy throughout and full of suspense.My only criticism is that the ending is slightly O.T.T., but it's a good watch all the same.
I enjoyed the film, for its own sake. However, I could not help but notice a substantial number of similarities between it and the Orson Scott Card book titled "Lost Boys."Starting with the introductory scene of the killer (film: we see the killer; book: we are privy to his thoughts), and progressing through a drive through the countryside to a new house. The father works in a technical field where he can be home most of the time (film: bicycle tech manual writing; book: software tech manual writing). His child can contact the dead through an electronic device (film: some strange "Edison" invention, book: the TV). One of the children has a debilitating medical condition (film: autism; book: MS). Both involve a suspicious groundskeeper and interactions with police. In both, the family is nearby a specialized medical institution which is geared towards helping their ill child.I could go on, but you should read the book for yourself, before I give too much away! If you liked this movie, then you'll love the OSC book.Please feel free to e-mail me if you have any comments.--Steve