One of my all time favorite horror
performances ever was Christian Bale in American Psycho but I think I
may have found another performance that may just rival it.
Marc Senter, remember this name. He
portrays Ray Pye in the DVD adaptation of Jack Ketchum's THE LOST
which Anchor Bay will release this Tuesday and his performance is a
tour de force of psychotic genius. He plays Ray so fantastically
that I will venture to say that his performance just may well be one
of if not the best performances ever.
The ending of this film is so crazy and
over the top that even if I told you, you wouldn't believe me. Marc
Senter, remember the name as he is going to become every bit the star
that Christian Bale has become.
THE LOST takes place in small town USA
where there isn't much for the teens to do but drugs and screw. We
meet up with Ray Pye as he is heading to the outhouse to do his
business and who pops out of the shitter bare ass naked? Why, Misty
Mundae of course looking as hot as ever and yes completely bare ass
nude. She is startled by Ray and explains that she is camping in the
area and thought that they were alone in these here parts. She
excuses herself and trounces off wiggling that ever so lovely looking
ass as she goes. Ray follows and finds out that she is there with
another lady. Not believing what he is seeing he hot tails it back
to his friends where he proceeds to tell them about the hot naked
chick he just ran into and how she is camping around the bend with
another hot naked chick. They sneak back to where the girls are
camping and things get a little out of hand and folks die.
Flash forward four years and Ray Pye is
helping his momma run a small motel in town. He's good looking, well
dressed and oh yeah, completely fucking insane. He seems normal
enough at first sight but as some folks get close enough to him it is
soon evident that he is seriously unstable. A local cop knows that
Ray committed those murders 4 years ago but can't prove it but he
sure does ride Ray a lot and he lets it be known to Ray that he knows
what he did. Ray is constantly on the prowl for women and he's got
three that he is after right now. He's kind of dating all three and
throughout the middle part of the film his relationship with all of
them crumble for various reasons. Ray dives over the edge and what
follows is a parade of death that is chilling, scary and very very
violent.
As I mentioned above, the closing scene
is just completely insane and is some of the most violent cinematic
bloodletting to hit the screen in quite some time. This film is
unrelenting and unforgiving in its depiction of a man gone mad and
just how deprived that humans can become.
This is not a film that is fun to watch
but it is a film that you must watch none the less.
It is riveting film making and first
class story telling.
Quite a few genre vets pop up in the
film. Dee Wallace Stone makes an appearance as does Ed Lauter and
Michael Bowen. All perform above average and add greatly to this
wonderful film.
THE LOST hits DVD this Tuesday March
18th. Make it a point to find this one. You will not be
sorry.
