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The Lost Boys
1987
One of the better vampire films about two new-in-town brothers who discover a local gang of motorcycle youths are more undead than alive. Younger brother Sam works hard to eradicate the ghoulies but his older brother falls in love with the bunch's lone female - and is gradually becoming a vampire himself. An interesting candy-.. Read more
| Starring | Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, Corey Haim, Jason Patric |
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| Director | Joel Schumacher |
| Genres | Horror |
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The Lost Boys
One of the better vampire films about two new-in-town brothers who discover a local gang of motorcycle youths are more undead than alive. Younger brother Sam works hard to eradicate the ghoulies but his older brother falls in love with the bunch's lone female - and is gradually becoming a vampire himself. An interesting candy-coasted meditation on teen conformity with a great rock soundtrack.
| Starring | Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, Corey Haim, Jason Patric, Kiefer Sutherland, Dianne Wiest, Edward Herrmann, Barnard Hughes, Alex Winter, Billy Wirth, Kelly Jo Minter |
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| Director | Joel Schumacher |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 33 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 33 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Eighties Greats |
| Genres | Horror |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Dubbed | French, Italian |
| Hearing-impaired | English, Italian |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Dutch, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Released | DVD: 14 Dec 1998 Blu-ray: 08 Sep 2008 Production year: 1987 |
| Format | DVD |
The Lost Boys (1987)
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There's a nasty surprise in store for divorcee Dianne Wiest when she moves her family to the Californian coast. The local teenage gang is a pack of punk vampires with designs on her kids. A slick, noisily empty, and ultimately desperate attempt to update the undead genre for the MTV generation, Batman and Robin director Joel Schumacher's neon-drenched violent nightmare is an anaemic blend of Hollywood glitz and endless pop culture references. Famous primarily as an early highlight in Kiefer Sutherland's career, no amount of chic flash and gore makes up for the few surprises, obvious twists and witless sitcom dialogue.
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This pathetic attempt at comic horror (deriving from an initial project to rework Peter Pan in vampiric terms) not only... read more on Time Out
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14 out of 14 people found this review helpful
This Film made Vampires Cool!
Vampires are not meant to be cool. They are the evil undead. They kill people and exsanguinate them. But put them in leather jackets, riding motorbikes, sporting haircuts 80's footballer would be proud of, and what do you know? Cool vampires!
The film is a heady mix of horror, comedy and pop video expertly woven by Joel Schumacher who includes some plot twists to bamboozle Van helsing himself! The acting is good, especially from the two Corey's, and Sutherland is excellent as the lead vampire. The final third of the film is full of innovative scenes of vampire despatching with decent if basic effects. Quality viewing. -
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my favourite film!
i first watched 'the lost boys' when my elder sister borrowed it from her mate. i was about 10 years old and i was too scared to watch it at first (the picture of Keifer Sutherland on the back with his vamp fangs was very very scary for a 10 year old!). After plucking up enough courage i watched, and boy was i glad i did. i think i was quite scared the first few watches, but as i got older (and acquired a copy of my own) i began to realise that this film is so much more than an 80's cheesy horror. Although this film is ultimately a teen-vampire-horror, it has everything else you could want in a movie: humour, intrigue, suspence, style...it touches on just about every other genre kicking about. It has a stellar cast, full of young actors who we've grown to love throughout the years (but also some that got left behind and were never seen again). The film is full of corny one-liners, but make for a great laugh. one of my all-time fave lines 'My own brother! a goddamn s**t-sucking vampire...you wait til mom finds out buddy!' - classic.
I have watched this film more times than any other and have owned it various different formats and never get bored, just gets better. don't waste time reading more reviews, just watch it!! oh, and the soundtrack is amazing too!! -
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Phoenix takes flight with Lost Boys sequel
- 24 Nov 2009
South African pin-up Tanit Phoenix will lead the cast of the upcoming second Lost Boys sequel after signing on to play a romance novelist who hires Corey Feldman's character, Edgar Frog, to track down a missing family. Feldman is currently in Cape Town, South Africa, shooting the latest movie in the vampire franchise, Lost Boys: The Thirst. Dario Piana is directing the sequel, which is set for a straight-to-DVD release in 2010, according to website MovieHole.net. Read more
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One of the better vampire films about two new-in-town brothers who discover a local gang of motorcycle youths are more undead than alive. Younger brother Sam works hard to eradicate the ghoulies but ... -
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The Lost Boys
One of the better vampire films about two new-in-town brothers who discover a local gang of motorcycle youths are more undead than alive. Younger brother Sam works hard to eradicate the ghoulies but his older brother falls in love with the bunch's lone female - and is gradually becoming a vampire ...
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