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The historical mystery of what happened to the Roanoke settlement has been inspiring active imaginations for generations and raised much speculation as to just what became of those missing members. The obvious answers are often looked over because, let’s face it, who wants to dwell on all that boring-ass talk of Native American relations when we can point the finger at the supernatural? Dean Koontz threw the blame at an ancient evil in his wonderfully schlocky Phantoms and late night programming on History Channel has speculated everything from the thoughtful idea of a poorly supplied colony relying on the help of local tribes to alien abduction and Sasquatch violence. As usual, my preference is for the Bigfoot massacre but I’m old fashioned like that. Lost Colony poses a different hypothesis. The English colonists arrive to find a fort built years ago eerily deserted except for one skeletal corpse found hanging on its lonesome and a warning about saving your soul written in blood in old Norse. Leader John White returns to England for provisions and leaves his son-in-law Ananais Dare (B-movie heartthrob Adrian Paul) in charge of the people. On top of the rough time anyone in these late 1500s would have surviving, Dare discovers that the place is haunted by Norse spirits in the surrounding woods and he may be able to save his charges (and, more importantly, his pregnant wife who is prone to horrifying psychic visions) if he and a knowledgeable Native American chief (who resides on the main land with his tribe and rightfully has little to no trust for the English) can release these angry wraiths from their earthly confinement thanks to a disturbing event that happened long ago on the same patch of land. The problem is the evil spirits need an innocent host to pass over and that newborn baby sure ain’t gotten up to anything malicious. The screaming entities are adept at slaughter and we get plenty of possessed trees attacking and even some blood splashing like someone turned a hose on full blast as handsome old Adrian Paul does his best English accent. That’s a plus in my world. Somethings wants to get its sinister hands on Dare’s baby for that reason mentioned earlier and is claiming ownership of the newborn girl… Virginia (come on, now. Did you think they would name the child anything else?) born on the tainted ground, His wife wants to go back to England because she senses that there is something very wrong with the island but hubby will hear nothing of it. Viking ghosts, witches, frostbite kisses, weary Native Americans, paranoid white folk and a whole lotta dead people thanks to white settlers doing what they do best. If you’re a fan of this vintage of SyFy (Sci-Fi at the time of this production) Channel tomfoolery then you are in for a treat because this is one of the better examples of the admittedly shaky quality. If you’re not, who hurt you? Iffy cgi and iffier melodrama should keep you grinning while low-budget ghost-demons attack our dwindling heroes.
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