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The Lost Boys Details

1987 Certificate 15
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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 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
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
Director Joel Schumacher
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 33 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 33 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
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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  • 2 stars out of 5

    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.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • 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

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 14 out of 14 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    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.

      • Lee Owen from Worcestershire, UK
      • Posted 13 Jul 2004 12:04

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  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    VAMPTASTIC

    WHAT CAN YOU SAY???...YOU CANT BEAT A GOOD OLD VAMP FILM THAT STILL HAS IT ALL,EVEN IF IT WAS MADE AN AGE AGO!!!...A CLASSIC THATS WELL WORTH A LOOK...

      • Weston poet from Weston,England...
      • Posted 20 Mar 2007 22:39

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    South Africa's Greatest Hits

    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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