{{missing information|the film's release|date=November 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Lost Prophet | image = Lost_Prophet,_1992_film_poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Promotional film poster | director = Michael de Avila | producer = Michael de Avila | screenplay = Michael de Avila<br>Shannon Goldman<br>Drew Morone<br>Lawrence O'Neil | starring = James Burton<br>Zandra Huston<br>Drew Morone<br>James Tucker | music = Michael De Avila | cinematography = Michael De Avila | editing = Michael De Avila | studio = Rockville Pictures Inc. | distributor = JFiveOne Films | released = {{Film date|1992|6|8|New York City}} | runtime = 75 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Lost Prophet''''' (alternately titled: '''''The Lost Prophet'''''){{sfn|Roberts|2009|p=427}} is a 1992 American experimental horror film directed by Michael de Avila and starring James Burton, Zandra Huston, Drew Morone and James Tucker.
==Plot== An unstable man named Jim (James Burton) spends the summer in an empty mansion. There he meets a mystical woman (Zandra Huston), a real estate agent, and a man called Mick Prophet (Drew Morone). Over the course of time, a series of strange and disturbing events occur as punks, serial killers and witches cross his path
==Cast== * James Burton as Jim * Zandra Huston as Kym * Drew Morone as Real Estate Agent/Mick Prophet * James Tucker as Kid * Steven Tucker as Kid's Brother * Shannon Goldman as Park Patrolman * Larry O'Neil as Punk No. 1 * Christian Urich as Punk No. 2 * Sophia Ramos as Punk No. 3
==Production== ''Lost Prophet'' was produced, edited, and directed by Michael de Avila, who co-wrote it with production designer and later filmmaker Lawrence O'Neil.{{sfn|Roberts|2009|p=427}}{{sfn|Young|2000|p=366}} Filming took place in Lake George, New York.{{sfn|Weldon|1996|p=341}}
==Release== ===Home media=== ''Lost Prophet'' was released on Blu-ray July 1, 2024. Produced by Vinegar Syndrome partner label, VHShitfest, the release contains a 4k transfer from the original 16 mm film camera negative, and new interviews with de Avila and Burton.<ref>{{cite web|title=VHShitfest|url=https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/vhshitfest/products/lost-propheturl=https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/vhshitfest/products/lost-prophet}}</ref>
==Reception== Upon its release, ''Lost Prophet'' received limited reviews from mainstream critics, with the few reviews that exist being mixed to positive. Stephen Holden of ''The New York Times'' commended the film for its atmosphere, and cinematography, further praising the film for "evoking childhood memories of feeling alone in a strange old house where unnameable dangers lurk in every shadow and behind every creaking door."<ref name="Holden 1992">{{cite web|last=Holden|first=Stephen|author1-link=Stephen Holden|title=Review/Film; A Grown-Up Wild Child Evokes Audience's Past|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/08/movies/review-film-a-grown-up-wild-child-evokes-audience-s-past.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526053356/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/08/movies/review-film-a-grown-up-wild-child-evokes-audience-s-past.html|archive-date=May 26, 2015|date=June 8, 1992|url-status=live}}</ref>
While commending the film for its use of imagery, Lawrence Cohn of ''Variety'' criticized it for lacking a sufficient narrative or explanation to sustain any interest, also criticizing the performances as "unimpressive".<ref>{{cite web|last=Cohn|first=Lawrence|title=Lost Prophet|url=https://variety.com/1992/film/reviews/lost-prophet-1200430119/|publisher=Variety|access-date=November 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612193004/https://variety.com/1992/film/reviews/lost-prophet-1200430119/|archive-date=June 12, 2020|date=June 5, 1992|url-status=live}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==Bibliography== {{refbegin|30em}} *{{cite book|title=Cinematographers, Production Designers, Costume Designers & Film Editors Guide|publisher=Lone Eagle|date=1999|edition=7th|isbn=978-1-58065-017-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FXFZAAAAMAAJ|access-date=March 9, 2026}} *{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Jerry|title=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors|date=June 5, 2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6378-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kW8j6sHvrewC|via=Google Books}} *{{cite book|last=Weldon|first=Michael|title=The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film|date=1996|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-0-3121-3149-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nhjsnWfFoiAC|via=Google Books}} *{{cite book|last=Young|first=R.G.|title=The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies|date=2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-1-5578-3269-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QoJ4jTghUPYC|via=Google Books}} {{refend}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0104758}} *{{Rotten tomatoes|lost_prophet}} *{{TCMDb title|520279}}
Category:1992 English-language films Category:1992 American films Category:1992 horror films Category:1990s avant-garde and experimental films Category:1992 independent films Category:American horror films Category:American avant-garde and experimental films Category:American black-and-white films Category:American independent films Category:Films shot in New York (state) Category:English-language horror films Category:English-language independent films Category:1992 films Category:1992 black-and-white films