The Lost Boys (DVD)

...to be a vampire_ The Lost Boys' is a film that was recommended to me a couple of years back by a fellow internet vamp-fan. I knew very little about it other than the fact that my net friend was very enthusiastic about it and when I asked for it at the DVD rental shop even the case was blank - I therefore began to watch it with few expectations or preconceptions. When I first started up the film my immediate reaction was to feel slightly nervous about ...
...old school synthesiser music opens the film and there is the rather interesting use of a children's choir. Then, my god, you are introduced to Kiefer Sutherland with a very eighties mullet - a style that most would probably hope would no longer venture beyond that of trailer trash rednecks and dodgy-looking footie players (although admittedly his mullet could have been worse). Sometimes I wonder what my parent's generation were thinking. However, ...

Renza 31.03.2009 (10.04.2009) · Read full review
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The Lost Boys Say Hello to the Night Sleep all day Party all night It's fun to be a vampire It may be an unusual take to write a review on a film which was created in 1987, though this, I believe, is one of those classic films that live on no matter how many years have gone past. I first watched it as a teenager with one of my friends and we fell in love with it straight away and years later I finally brought it on DVD and have already watched it ...
...as good special effects for the time, they are not so much a spot on the horizon for modern day special effects, though I feel this has to be kept in mind. OUTSIDE THE LOST BOYS The Lost Boys in title was originally in reference to the Peter Pan stories by J.M.Barrie and was directed by Joel Schumacher. The cast list is a really great cast for the time and includes big names such as Kiefer Sutherland and Dianne Wiest. A large part of the movie was ...

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...write this piece, it is the eve of my birthday – my last night of being 21. You can rest assured that tomorrow evening I shall indeed be partying like the teenager I'm not, but I usually find myself preferring to stay on nights like this to take stock of the year gone by and spend a little time doing whatever I want in an elite company of one. If you want to add a little extra atmosphere in view of what we're about to discuss, then let me tell you ...
...the real thing, werewolf fans) and I'm supping on a self-made Bloody Mary. Really I am – loads of pepper and tabasco, very nice indeed. Anyway, today also marking my second week in this new house, I did a little unpacking earlier. Amongst the debris in my room, amid the extra boxes left behind by a friend who's currently on a placement in Holland, I found an old VHS copy of The Lost Boys, and suddenly I knew what I wanted to watch this evening. ...

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...and directed by Joel Schumacher The Lost Boys is a cult vampire film that was released back in 1987. Many people see this as the ultimate vampire movie, with good reason, and is a classic that will never be topped. ****Story line**** Lucy Emerson (Diane West) has recently divorced her husband. She takes her two sons Michael Emerson (Jason Patric) and Sam Emerson (Corey Haim) to live with her father (played by Barnard Hughes) in Santa Carla, which ...
...and becomes an associate of the gang. In order to become a fully fledged member there is a specific initiation that he has to undertake. In the meantime, Sam befriends Alan Frog (Jamison Newlander) and Edgar Frog (Corey Feldman). The two brothers convince him that there are vampires in Santa Carla and that he needs to be careful. Naturally Sam is sceptical but that soon changes as he becomes concerned over Michael’s behaviour. In order to save ...

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...to be a vampire… The Lost Boys: Released in 1987, by Warner Brothers and produced by Richard Donner who's are other major film titles include, The Omen and Lethal Weapon. The film it self is a modern day horror film with a twist; well quite a few twists actually! I absolutely love this film and although its getting on in its years, it is still an enjoyable and watch able as it was when it first came out. The word Horror film however I ...
...by this description but mainly the film is more of a classic cult horror by nature. The story itself is set in the small town of Santa Carlos, on the Californian coast, a town harbouring a most deep secret. It is full of vampires. Here again not your average vampire, but the modern day image, portrayed as a gang of rebellious motor biking, trendy youngsters. Keiffer Sutherland portrays the vampire with a somewhat too natural flair! A role that ...

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...foray into reviewing films! The Lost Boys is one of my favourite films. It was a cult vampire classic which came out in 1987,and produced by Joel Schumacher, who also produced some of the Batman films. As I said, The Lost Boys is a vampire film. At the end of the day the storyline of any vampire film is extremely predictable. You have a bloodsucking fiend who terrorises everyone leaving few necks unscathed. Then, after much blood has been spilt, ...
...poor old Drac. So, the skill in making yet another vampire movie is not in thinking up a wonderful story line with a wonderful twist at the end. We all know the probable outcome, so how does the film hold our interest? This can be done in several ways. Firstly in the drawing of characters. Then there is the cinematography and special effects and last but not least the musical score. For me, the over riding feature of this film is the musical score. ...

water-witch 16.08.2002 · Read full review
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...I could write about till the cows came home (And bore you silly ). That’s when it came to me it had to be an actor I liked and there’s only one actor I have ever really loved – Mr Corey Haim. A lot of you are probably saying, ‘Who?’ Well, I’m sure I can refresh your memory in this film as firstly it’s a cult vampire film of the late 1980’s and secondly there’s not too many people I know who haven’t seen it. So, here’s my op on The Lost Boys. ...
...for starters) like to know the ins and outs even down to who made the tea on the set. So here are some of the boring details. The film was made in 1987 and was directed by Joel Schumacher. He has such films as 8mm, Phone Booth, Batman and Robin and Falling Down under his belt. The book and film were written by Craig Shaw Gardner, Janice Fischer and James Jeremias. The film as far as I am aware was shot in the Santa Cruz in California. The running ...

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...See it for yourself in the ultimate undead teen movie and enjoy a top quality soundtrack as a bonus. Not many people get away with a cover version of a Doors song but Echo and the Bunnymen achieved it with “People are Strange”. A more apt song could not have been chosen for this highly individual movie. Creating stories within stories, and reality within illusion, this film broke the mould in vampire films. Directed by Richard Donner (of Lethal Weapon ...
...are far from ecstatic at the move. They become even less so as it soon becomes apparent that something nasty lurks underneath the starched lace surface of Santa Carla. Without going into the plot in depth (just watch it, all right) the town is infested with vampires, but vampires with a difference. They are young, they are witty, they have good dress sense, and they are COOL. This gang of ultimate teenage rebels is brilliantly led by Keiffer Sutherland. ...

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...types who seems to be the most interesting thing going on. They offer you takeaway - the rice turns into maggots, they laugh at your shock. They offer you something that looks like blood, you take it, not wanting to lose face. Next morning, you find you've got a bit of an aversion to sunlight. Michael is an ordinary lad out for a good time, when he falls in with David (Kiefer Sutherland) and his "lost boys'. He has no idea that the group are vampires, ...
...is into comics, superheros and the like. The younger brother meets up with a couple of local vampire hunters - the Frog brothers, an amazingly silly duo who know a great deal of vampire lore but are sadly lacking in common sense. Then, to cap it all, the mother of the two lads starts dating a man who just might be the power behind the local vampires. The Frog brothers are determined to thwart the vampires, and all hell breaks lose. This is a surpsingly ...

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...possibly this is one of the cult vampire films in its’ genre, if not one of the best things to come out of the 1980’s itself. As an 80’s child I remember this film with much appreciation. Much to my pleasure, “The Lost Boys” was given another well justified airing on Sky Cinema last night, hence the review. ~~CAST~~ Jason Patric .... Michael Emerson Corey Haim .... Sam Emerson Dianne Wiest .... Lucy Emerson Barnard ...
...children, Michael and Sam, from the heavy city life in Pheonix to live in the lazy town of Santa Monica. She looks forwsrd to a nice, quieter life away from modern surburbia. Michael (Jason Patric) is a typical teenager, looking for nothing more than a good time, riding fast on his motorbike, and even faster if the right woman takes his fancy! His younger brother Sam (Corey Haim) has more mundane interests. Comic books, MTV and music fill his day. ...

paulc20001 26.02.2002 · Read full review
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...Feldman and Jamison Newlander as the Frog Brothers Jami Gertz as Star Kiefer Sutherland as David The 80's is the best decade ever for all horror lovers out there, its the decade before they runied most horror movies and did too many remakes of everything, its when most movies actually scared you properly. You had good, bad, campy, and serious. You had slashers, zombies, ghosts, werewolves and vampires. Within these The Lost Boys would be seen ...
...best ever!!! The Lost Boys starts with a mother named Lucy, played by Dianne Wiest, moving her two sons Michael and Sam to Santa Carla, Claifornia, to live with her father after her divorce. The two boys are typical for their age. Michael (Jason Patric) is the older of the two and is the rebellious teen, Sam (Corey Haim) is the younger brother and is at the confusing in-between age of comics and girls. Once settle the two brothers head out to the ...

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...another student related opinion as the title may suggest... Ahhhhhhhh OK I love vampires, this was the first Vampire film I saw. I did watch Salem’s Lot when I was eight but I was so scared that I saw more of the cushion I was hiding behind. Hey I was eight, don’t mock me ! The Lost Boys is a fantastic romp into the world of the undead, done with such eighties charm that you can watch it repeatedly. This 1987 film is a classic from ...
...according to popular belief is the vampire capital of America. Lucy Emerson (Dianne Wiest, typically sweet and nervy) has no other option but to move in with Grandpa (Barnard Hughes a grumpy ‘old fart’) much to the chagrin of her two teenage sons Sam (Corey Haim, very cute) and Michael (Jason Patric, looking decidedly not teenage). The family soon settles in and Lucy gets a job working in the local video/comic store. She soon attracts ...

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...prudent to review it. The Lost Boys is perhaps one of the best (in my humble opinion) cult horror flicks of all time. I first watched this film years ago, when my dad bought it for me for my fifteenth birthday (wow, long time ago that was!) and I was just mesmerised by it. It is one of those films that just ooze coolness. It is another one of those films that has a very strong cast combination of up and coming actors in it, such as Corey Feldman ...
...Hughes) in Santa Carla. As the car passes the welcome sign, they see a very unwelcome one on the back of it…Santa Carla, murder capital of the world. The boys really can not believe their luck, but this was just the start of it. As they roll up to their Grandpa’s house they find him lying down on the porch looking dead. Unfortunately for them, he isn’t, he was only having a joke. Grandpa’s house is an old ranch filled with stuffed animals (he’s ...

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The reason I like flicking through the ciao categories from time to time, is that I often find inspiration. This morning was very successful, I found a film that I had long forgotten. Not a classic by any means, but definitely more than just a "rainy day" movie. You should also pay attention to the fact that you can now buy it on video for a under £6 and to me this makes it a bit of a bargain! The story ********* After a messy divorce, Lucy Emerson ...
...(Barnard Hughes). Grandpa lives on the edge of town in an old house full of stuffed animals and his eccentric ways bring the only amusement to the teenaged boys as they try to settle in. On a night out the two boys head for the local fair ground. Michael, the eldest wonders around aimlessly until he spies a beautiful girl Star (Jami Gertz). The The pair are instantly attracted and start to get to know eachother until they are interrupted by a group ...

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Forget Buffy and Angel, The Lost Boys is *the* original, cult 80’s vampire flick. Directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Kiefer Sutherland and Jason Patric, it was originally regarded as being pretty poor at its time of release and as a result didn’t actually become a big hit. This was probably because it was billed as a horror film but, to be honest, did not really have enough blood, guts and tension to satisfy the hardcore horror fan looking ...
...its popularity has re-emerged in the last few years with the success of shows such as Buffy. I have to admit that I loved the Lost Boys even before Buffy had made vampires cool again and even forked out the money to buy the soundtrack (which I’ll talk more about later). The idea of The Lost Boys was to take the vampire story and turn it into an offbeat, teenage flick about a gang of biker vampires terrorising the small town of Santa Clara in California. ...

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