Review of The Lost Boys (1987) by Brent D — 09 Feb 2011

To hell with the predictability, thin script, and dated references (MTV is the best thing ever! Lori Lemaris is relevant to Superman comics! Billy Idol is current!). This movie is one of the better vampire movies I've seen, and may have even indirectly inspired Buffy, since I'm fairly certain the makeup effects are ninety-nine percent similar and Angel and Spike combine to form David.

The adults seem a little out of place (except for Barnard Hughes as the kooky yet awesome grandfather), so this is mainly the kids' show, and boy do they shine. Keifer Sutherland is in his second most identifiable role here as David, the head of a gang of teenage vampires who are busily terrorizing a beach town in California.

When his girlfriend Star (Jami Gertz, perfect) falls for new-in-town guy Michael (Jason Patric), David determines to corrupt Michael and turn him, not counting on the interference of Michael's younger brother Sam (Haimster) and two comic-shop runners/would-be vampire hunters, Edgar and Alan Frog (Feldog and Jamison Newlander), who quickly attempt to find and kill the head vampire in town in order to reverse the turning process before it's too late.

This movie is kind of like the movie adaptation of the grapohic novel WANTED, in that it's corny and over-the-top and ridiculous and KNOWS IT, which means all you need to do is sit back and enjoy the bloody fireworks.

Definitely one of Schumacher's better movies (he has made other things besides BATMAN AND ROBIN, people, give it a rest already), this little gem holds a high place of respect on my shelf of 80s classics and deserves to be enjoyed over and over again.