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The Lost Boys (1987)

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Reviews Counted:39

Fresh:30

Rotten:9

Average Rating:6.4/10

Consensus: Flawed but eminently watchable, Joel Schumacher's teen vampire thriller blends horror, humor, and plenty of visual style with standout performances from a cast full of young 1980s stars.

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: When newly-divorced Lucy moves her sons to her father's house in Santa Clara, California -- "the murder capital of the world" -- her teenage son, Michael, quickly falls in with the town's bad kids:... When newly-divorced Lucy moves her sons to her father's house in Santa Clara, California -- "the murder capital of the world" -- her teenage son, Michael, quickly falls in with the town's bad kids: a bike-riding, Jim Morrison-worshipping gang of blood-sucking vampires. Her younger son Sam and his buddies, the Frog brothers, are the only ones who recognize the signs of vampirism in Michael, and they plot to battle the legions of the night before they take over the entire town. [More]

Starring: Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, Corey Haim, Jason Patric

Starring: Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, Corey Haim, Jason Patric, Kiefer Sutherland, Billy Wirth

Director: Joel Schumacher

Director: Joel Schumacher

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A hugely enjoyable picture that proves Joel Schumacher really can direct and that not everything about the 1980s was awful.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
10/20/09
Channel 4 Film

Despite its flaws, however, the film is an interesting addition to vampire cinema.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
10/20/09
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A horrifically dreadful vampire teensploitation entry.

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03/24/09
Variety Staff
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Variety
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The picture affirms that the only thing truly important is this image of the older brother with his arm around the younger.

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08/23/08
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

With its cool cast and classic kiss-off ending, The Lost Boys will forever be a cultural touchstone of '80s cinema. [Blu-Ray]

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07/31/08
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
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11/09/07
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Directed with a cavalier disregard for intelligibility, this has to be one of the most anaemic vampire flicks ever made.

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02/09/06
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Emanuel Levy
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06/11/05
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

Did I mention both Coreys are in it?

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05/04/05
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

A supremely watchable example of something the '80s did right.

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09/15/04
Empire Magazine
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08/30/04
Caryn James
Caryn James
New York Times
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The movie may not offer a lot in the way of serious frights or even originality, but it is most definitely weird and decidedly funny.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
08/12/04
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

A coffinload of DVD extras to sate your Lost Boys bloodlust!

Full Review Source: Horror.com | comment Comment
08/09/04
Staci Layne Wilson
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06/20/04
Frank Swietek
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06/12/04
Eric Lurio
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06/04/04
Sarah Chauncey
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11/22/03
Rebecca Murray
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About.com

The Lost Boys is not a movie you want to put in a time capsule or even revisit, unless your name happens to be Corey.

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11/12/03
Pete Croatto
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10/29/03
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