The Lost Boys (1987)
Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 44
Fresh: 33 | Rotten: 11
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.
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 3
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
Jul 31, 1987 Wide
Jan 27, 1998
Warner Bros. Pictures
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Cast
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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 -
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All Critics (45) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (34) | Rotten (11) | DVD (23)
A horrifically dreadful vampire teensploitation entry.
Directed with a cavalier disregard for intelligibility, this has to be one of the most anaemic vampire flicks ever made.
Top CriticWhen 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.
It starts slow, but finishes fast with some clever plot twists. In the end, all is not lost with these boys.
An exhilarating hybrid of horror and suburban comedy.
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.
...a passable yet unspectacular relic of the 1980s.
Scary '80s vamp film. Older teens only.
It hasn't aged well. At all.
A hugely enjoyable picture that proves Joel Schumacher really can direct and that not everything about the 1980s was awful.
Despite its flaws, however, the film is an interesting addition to vampire cinema.
The picture affirms that the only thing truly important is this image of the older brother with his arm around the younger.
With its cool cast and classic kiss-off ending, The Lost Boys will forever be a cultural touchstone of '80s cinema. [Blu-Ray]
...it builds an amiable relationship with its audience that promotes repeat viewing. (Blu-ray Edition)
Did I mention both Coreys are in it?
A supremely watchable example of something the '80s did right.
Audience Reviews for The Lost Boys
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- Marko: I don't know. What's going on, Paul?
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- Paul: You killed Marko!
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- Grandpa: One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach, all the damn vampires.
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- Edgar Frog: Kill your brother. You'll feel better
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- Michael: I can't beat your bike.
- David: You don't need to beat me. You just need to keep up.
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- Sam: You're a vampire! I knew it!
- Michael: I am not!
- Sam: So what are you? The flying nun?
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