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The Lost Boys

Warner Bros. Pictures

United States of America

English

Jason Patric

Corey Haim

Dianne Wiest

Barnard Hughes

Edward Herrmann

Kiefer Sutherland

Jami Gertz

Corey Feldman

Jamison Newlander

Brooke McCarter

Billy Wirth

Alex Winter

Chance Michael Corbitt

Alexander Bacan Chapman

Nori Morgan

Kelly Jo Minter

Todd Feder

Christopher Peters

Keith Butterfield

Gerald Younggren

Eric Graves

J. Dinan Myrtetus

Timmy Cappello

Jim Turner

Tony Cain

Melanie Bishop

Nicole Vigil

Sandra E. Garcia

Ian Guindon

Jane Bare

B. Lowenberg

Captain Colourz

Inez Pandalfi

Douglas Mellor

Janice Fischer

James Jeremias

Joel Schumacher

Ve Neill

Lou Gramm

Jeffrey Boam

Thomas Newman

Harvey Bernhard

William L. Young

Susan Becker

Doyle Smiley

Mark Damon

Bo Welch

Marion Dougherty

Tom Duffield

Sam Marquez

R. Chris Westlund

Tim Moran

Richard Donner

John W. Hyde

Robert Brown

Donald Elliott

Bruce Gattenbein

David LeBell

Vicky Benson

William R. Perry

Chuck Picerni Jr.

Pat Romano

Bob Stoker

Monty Cox

Jeff Habberstad

Ceci Vendrell

Matt Sweeney

Gary Davis

Fred Tassaro

Janet Brady

Scott Dockstader

Steve Holladay

Scott Wilder

Kim Robert Koscki

Dan Plum

Lucinda Strub

Richard Stutsman

Bill Erickson

Gene LeBell

Bernie Pock

Randy Hall

John C. Meier

Larry Nicholas

D. Kerry Prior

Doc D. Charbonneau

Christopher Bowman

Sandra Lee Gimpel

Mike Wever

May Boss

Jodie Mae Caldwell

Madonna Joy

Dennis Scott

Spice Williams-Crosby

Sandy Berumen

David Burton

Jack West

Tony Gardner

Ross Reynolds

Michael Chapman

Greg Cannom

William S. Beasley

Patrick A. Duffy

Les Fresholtz

Kim Guthrie

Robert Chase

Gail Martin-Sheridan

Ilyse Selwyn

Eric Jewett

Vern Poore

Larry Singer

William A. Petrotta

Michael D. O'Shea

Jim Prior

Dino Ganziano

Louis L. Edemann

Paul Goldsmith

Eric D. Andersen

Larry Hezzelwood

Steve LaPorte

M. James Arnett

Jeff Bushelman

Larry Carow

Chuck Neely

Sandy Williams

Robert Crosby

Rick Alexander

Michael W. Blymyer

Jane O'Neal

Jerry Herrin

Sheila A. Warner

Jennifer Kingry

Anne Sidaris-Reeves

Charles L. Campbell

Eric Brevig

**_Several lost boys but, unfortunately, only one lost girl_**

After a mother and two sons move from Phoenix to coastal town in Northern California, the older son (Jason Patric) gets involved with a gang led by a sinister guy (Kiefer Sutherland) while the younger son (Corey Haim) hangs out with two geeky vampire hunters (Corey Feldman & Jamison Newlander). Meanwhile the mother (Dianne Wiest) starts dating a shop owner (Edward Herrmann). Jami Gertz in on hand as the sole young female.

Released in 1987, "The Lost Boys" is a stylish and hip vampire flick that expertly meshes horror and humor. I usually don't like horror-comedies, but this one works well. The horror is pretty horrifying (in a fun way) while the comedy is consistently amusing. The coastal California locations are superb. However, the excellent train trestle sequence was shot in Alabama (see below).

I generally don't like 80's new wave pop rock, but the soundtrack is enjoyable, particularly the creative Lost Boys Theme, "Cry Little Sister" by Gerard Mcmann (with a catchy chorus sung by children). "Lost in the Shadows" by Lou Gramm is good as well. INXS, Roger Daltry and Echo and The Bunnymen also have songs on the soundtrack, the latter group doing a mid-80's version of The Doors' "People Are Strange," which is very close to the original song and actually sounds like its Jim Morrison singing. The sax-playing beefcake sequence features one-hit wonder Tim Cappello playing "I Still Believe."

Speaking of beefcake, this zeroes in on my problem with this flick: There are multiple lost boys, but only one lost girl. Although Gertz is good-looking, she's always wearing a long skirt and so we never get a good look at her beyond her face (not talkin' 'bout nudity), with the exception of a campfire sex scene that doesn't work because it's premature and overall lame. Needless to say, a mid-80s horror flick without adequate females is scandalous. Director Joel Schumacher needed to take notes from the six Friday the 13th movies that had been released by the time "The Lost Boys" was shot. Oh, wait, Schumacher is, um, nevermind.

While the movie was largely shot in Santa Cruz, California, the vampire cave entrance was 350 miles south at Rancho Palos Verdes whereas the train trestle sequence was shot in Bayou Canot, Mobile, Alabama. The boys were able to jump into the underlying fog because the river was only 12-15 feet below, although the movie gives the impression that they were way higher up. Interior shooting was done in the studio at Burbank.

It's short 'n' sweet at 1 hour, 37 minutes.

GRADE: B

_“First come, first staked.”_

_**The Lost Boys** (1987)_ is still a great camp classic with a stellar soundtrack, corny lines, and intense gothic horror comedy vibes. I LOVE this movie and it’s taken me ages to find it on streaming somewhere. This only reminds me I need to own this masterpiece.

Even though it’s been a while since I’ve seen it, I still remembered all my favorite lines word for word. If you’ve never seen The Lost Boys and love 80s horror, then you might just wanna sink your teeth (haha) into this.

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Jason Patric

Corey Haim

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Barnard Hughes

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