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Buy This Item Lost by ANCHOR BAY  Available from Amazon  $24.29  on 8-29-2008     Once upon a time, a boy named Ray Pye put crushed beer cans in his boots to make himself taller. But this is no fairy tale: For suburban sociopath Ray (Marc Senter) and his friends, small-town life is a dead-end road of sex, drugs, liars and losers. And what begins with a sudden act of senseless violence will climax in a mind-blowing frenzy of depravitywith the worst still yet to come. Michael Bowen (Kill Bill), Dee Wallace-Stone (The Hills Have Eyes), Ed Lauter (True Romance), Megan Henning (Seventh Heaven), Katie Cassidy (Black Christmas) and Erin Brown (aka Misty Mundae) co-star in this controversial shocker adapted from the infamous novel by Jack Ketchum and based on the true story that stunned America. Reader Reviews The second film to come out based on a Jack Ketchum novel is very disappointing. The first, The Girl Next Door, stuck close to the novel and was a very compelling movie. The Lost is a rare example of how you can stick very close to your source material yet miss so much. The story concerns a short fused, womanizing psycho named Ray Pye who one day for kicks, kills two girls in the woods on a camping trip. Ray's girlfriend, Jennifer and his best friend, Tim are also there and sworn to secrecy. Four years later, the police are still investigating. They know it was Ray, but have no proof. Ray becomes smitten with a sexy brunette named Katherine. He also has eyes for fellow employee(he works at a motel with his mother)Sally, who is involved with one of the detectives who had investigated the murders. Sally has no interest, but Katherine gets involved with Ray. Ray drops his guard a bit as he becomes quite taken with Katherine, but she more or less sees Ray as a way to pass the time. When he's kicked to the curb by all the women in his life, he snaps, making way for a bloody climax. The novel was great, and like The Girl Next Door was based on a true crime. The movie however isn't great. First off, the story took place in the 60s, but for no good reason is now updated to modern times. It's shot in that typical irritating style that most movies are done in now. The camera jumps around, goes to grainy stock, blurs, speeds up, and this is usually accompanied by a loud blast of death metal or some other junk. Speaking of which, this has some of the worst friggin music in it, though the inclusion of The Pied Piper is fitting. If I wanted to watch a damn music video, I'd watch a music video. Most importantly, there is a complete lack of characterization here. Ray is given depth, but no one else is. In the novel, Ketchum gave every character depth and personality. Tim's crush on Jennifer is nonexistent in the film. In fact, Tim is rather pointless, period. The character of the detective, Ed(played by Ed Lauter), a major player in the book is only in a few fleeting scenes and you wonder what the point of his character is at all. Nobody is fleshed out and you couldn't care less about any of them. You don't even need to have read the book to see how boring, underdeveloped and lifeless these people are. I do have to give praise for the casting of Marc Senter as Ray. He's the only good thing about the movie. He's got the right slimy yet suave demeanor. He has Ray's swagger down pat and a great rockabilly-type look that's fitting to the character. When it's time for him to go psycho, he's pretty convincing and creepy. The climax of the film is well done, not because it's brutal and violent, but it's only then that the film seems to work up any of the tension and suspense of the novel. By then it's too little, too late though. Now, this is all just one guy's opinion. You may very well like this movie, and think I'm talking straight outta my behind. That's not only fine, but dandy as well. I just have strong feelings about it coz I liked the book so much, and I hate seeing a great story turned into a very typical movie. I guess the only thing to do is check it out and see for yourself.

Lost Available from Amazon Price: $24.29 Updated on 8-29-2008.

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