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The Lost Boys (1987)

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Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 43
Fresh: 33 | Rotten: 10

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.

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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.

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In this hit '80s hybrid of the horror movie and the teen flick, a single mom and her two sons become involved with a pack of vampires when they move into an offbeat Northern California town. Lucy (Dianne Wiest) and her sons, Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam (Corey Haim), move to Santa Carla to live with Lucy's lovable but curmudgeonly father (Barnard Hughes). Lucy gets a job from video-store owner Max (Edward Herrmann), then begins dating him, while Sam hangs out with Edward and Alan Frog (Corey

R, 1 hr. 37 min.

Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Joel Schumacher

In Theaters: Jul 31, 1987 Wide

On DVD: Jan 27, 1998

Warner Bros. Pictures

The Lost Boys Trailer & Photos

Cast

Jason Patric
Michael
Corey Haim
Sam
Dianne Wiest
Lucy
Barnard Hughes
Grandpa
Edward Herrmann
Max
Kiefer Sutherland
David
Jami Gertz
Star
Corey Feldman
Edgar Frog
Jamison Newlander
Alan Frog
Brooke McCarter Jr.
Paul
Billy Wirth
Dwayne
Alex Winter
Marko
Chance Michael Corbitt
Laddie
Melanie Bishop
Child's Mother
Kelly Jo Minter
Maria
Jim Turner
Gas Station Owner
J. Dinan Myrtetus
Security Guard
Nori Morgan
Shelly
Keifer Sutherland

Critic Reviews for The Lost Boys

All Critics (44) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (34) | Rotten (10) | DVD (23)

A horrifically dreadful vampire teensploitation entry.

March 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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When everything is all over, there's nothing to leave the theater with -- no real horrors, no real dread, no real imagination -- just technique at the service of formula.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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It starts slow, but finishes fast with some clever plot twists. In the end, all is not lost with these boys.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Rita Kempley

Washington Post

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An exhilarating hybrid of horror and suburban comedy.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

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That Schumacher handles the transitions between very light horror, comedy, teen romance, and action as well as he does is evidence of a sure hand found nowhere else in his filmography.

May 14, 2012 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

...a passable yet unspectacular relic of the 1980s.

February 18, 2012 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Scary '80s vamp film. Older teens only.

January 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Afsheen Nomai

Common Sense Media

It hasn't aged well. At all.

May 8, 2010 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

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

October 20, 2009 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

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

October 20, 2009 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

The picture affirms that the only thing truly important is this image of the older brother with his arm around the younger.

August 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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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]

July 31, 2008 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews

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Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews Source: Groucho Reviews

...it builds an amiable relationship with its audience that promotes repeat viewing. (Blu-ray Edition)

July 16, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

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

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

Did I mention both Coreys are in it?

May 4, 2005 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

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

September 15, 2004 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Empire Magazine

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.

August 12, 2004 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

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Audience Reviews for The Lost Boys

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If you planned to send proof into space that the 1980s existed, this would be a perfect sample. The clothes, the soundtrack, the characters, storytelling and movie-making, it all reeks of the era and all its aspects. That means the movie may not have aged very well, but at its time it was a hell of a fun ride. Most

June 13, 2006

Jens S.

Super Reviewer

A scary and remarkable movie, that is not have the cliche of the stereotype of teens films and call the attention of audience from others ages. Fresh.

January 28, 2012

Lucas Martins

Super Reviewer

The Lost Boys Quotes

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1. Paul: Garlic don't work boys.
2. Edgar Frog: Then try it with holy water deadbreath!
– Submitted by Robert O (17 days ago)
1. Grandpa: There's one thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach....all the damn vampires.
– Submitted by Jennifer G (4 months ago)
1. Alan Frog: Holy shit! It's the attack of Eddie Munster!
– Submitted by Michael C (4 months ago)
1. Edgar Frog: Great, the bloodsucking brady bunch!
– Submitted by Adam B (5 months ago)
1. Edgar Frog: Good night blood sucker!
– Submitted by Maximus D (10 months ago)