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The Lost Boys (1987)

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Reviews Counted: 30

Fresh: 23

Rotten:7

Average Rating: 6.4/10

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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Jan 27, 1998

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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
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
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11/09/07
Cole Smithey
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Geoff Andrew
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07/18/05
Emanuel Levy
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06/11/05
Jake Euker
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Did I mention both Coreys are in it?

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05/04/05
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness
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08/30/04
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.

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08/12/04
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

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

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08/09/04
Staci Layne Wilson
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Eric Lurio
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Sarah Chauncey
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11/22/03
Rebecca Murray
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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Pete Croatto
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10/29/03
Ryan Cracknell
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10/15/03
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

Overdirected and junky, but mildly amusing.

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