The Lost Tribe

The Lost Tribe (1983)

Altered states. Deadly fates.

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)

Date of release
1983-10-01
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 54m
Genres
Adventure, Horror, Mystery
Director
John Laing

Casting

Interesting facts

The Lost Tribe is a 1985 New Zealand horror film directed by John Laing. Starring John Bach and Darien Takle, it follows a man and his sister-in-law journeying into a mysterious island inhabited by the tribe Huwera Maori. It was produced in 1982 but not theatrically released in New Zealand until 1985.

Production

The Lost Tribe marked acclaimed New Zealand director John Laing's second directorial effort. In addition, Laing wrote the script of the film and served as producer. Thomas Burstyn signed on as cinematographer. Principal photography ended in 1982.

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