The Lost Tribe (1983): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1983, The Lost Tribe is an adventure, horror and mystery film directed by John Laing, running about 114 minutes. “Altered states. Deadly fates.” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. Anthropologist Max Scarry mysteriously disappears while doing excavation/research of a lost New Zealand tribe on a remote island. His wife and his twin brother Edward are clueless as to what could have happened, a situation complicated by their city's police suspecting that one of the brothers murdered a local prostitute who was found with a strange tribal charm on her body matching one found in Max's abandoned hut. What most certainly isn't helping matters is the strange behavior of Max's daughter as she seems to have visions beyond possibility, warnings of a supernatural threat and her uncle's fate - and she's the film's narrator, to boot. Edward decides to go to the island to find out exactly what happened, but the deeper he goes into the mystery the more perilous and unknowable his world becomes, leading towards a shocking fate that raises more questions than it answers. (cont. http://view-from-the-paperhouse.blogspot.de/2014/10/the-threat-of-ancient-echoes-lost-tribe.html)

Who’s in it. The Lost Tribe stars John Bach as Edward / Max Scarry, Darien Takle as Ruth Scarry, Don Selwyn as Sergeant Swain and Martyn Sanderson as Bill Thorne, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 3.5/10, The Lost Tribe has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Lost Tribe page.

If you liked it. Fans of The Lost Tribe tend to enjoy The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Inception, Interstellar and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.