Lost Souls

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

A grade-B rumination on what a nasty guy the devil can be.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Possesses the art and craft of a good movie, but not the story.

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

Predictable, rarely scary.

Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan

Fails to be resonant and, more important, scary.

USA Today Susan Wloszczyna

It's a dated effort.

Boston Globe Jay Carr

Full of atmosphere and visuals, it's empty of anything that really matters.

Chicago Tribune John Petrakis

So filled with illogical twists and ridiculous turns, that eventually it evokes unintentional laughs.

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

Dark and murky, grainy and grim.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

A screaming, silly cliche -- and somehow not a bit scary.

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

Silly, undone by lack of faith in its own subject.

LA Weekly Hazel-Dawn Dumpert

While Kaminski understands that movie terror comes in at the eyes, he has little skill for connecting sensation to hearts and minds.

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Preposterous plot, bad acting, and dialogue that provokes more laughs than shivers.

San Francisco Chronicle Carla Meyer

While it's beautifully shot, it's way too slow.

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

His (Kaminski) first feature is so thoroughly awful, it isn't even interesting to look at.

Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez

The most intriguing thing about Lost Souls is how it managed to attract so much talent.

The New York Times A.O. Scott

It's the central story that's lacking.

Washington Post Stephen Hunter

It's a loose reassembly of plot points from "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Exorcist" that never achieves the emotional intensity of either.

Variety Lael Loewenstein

The hallucination sequences are among the pic's creepiest.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Muddled tale of demonic hijinks and devil worship. It's terrible.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

A dreary tale of supernatural horror.

Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir

A lugubrious sub-"Exorcist" demonic possession film that's absolutely no fun at all.

Washington Post Desson Thomson

A pretty dreary affair to sit through. It's not even scary.

Village Voice Jessica Winter

Can be blamed foremost on its fire-and-brimstone screenwriter, Pierce Gardner.

Film.com Gemma Files

An almost total waste of time.

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

What emerges is oddly ineffectual and uninvolving.

Mr. Showbiz Cody Clark

The only thing about this movie that will haunt you is its boggling ineptitude.

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

If the devil made them all do it, he's one dull bastard.

San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris

Another "Exorcist" bastard -- one with a chick-flick pedigree.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

Shamelessly dull.