Director: Joel Schumacher
Genre: Horror/ Comedy
Runtime: 97
minutes
Year:
1987
Starring: Jason
Patric, Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Kiefer Sutherland, Diane Wiest, Barnard Hughes,
Alex Winter, Jami Gertz, Jamison Newlander, Edward Herrmann
Description: When a recently divorced mother (Diane Wiest) and het
two teenage sons (Jason Patric, Corey Haim) move to a coastal town to stay with
her father, it doesn’t take long for the brothers to realize the area is a
haven for something much more sinister than party-going surfers.
Review: In “The Lost Boys” the danger comes from vampires in a little town Santa
Carla. There are some baleful omens, like posters with missing children, that
show us that Santa Carla isn’t the safest place. But even with all those
missing people, the vampires keep taking victims. The only ones trying to do
something about it are the strange Frog brothers.
A single mom and her two
sons moves in with her dad in Santa Carla. While sons Michael and Sam are
exploring town, Michael meets a girl named Star. With that he also meets a
strange group of rebels. After their meeting, Michael starts hallucinating,
can’t stand sunlight and hardly has a reflection in the mirror. He is turning
into a vampire and little brother Sam asks the Frog brothers to help him.
The movie is filled with
horror moments, but it also has some comedy. This mostly comes from Sam and the
Frog brothers. The way the vampires get their victims give us some scares,
although it’s not very explicit.
The vampires aren’t as
prominent as you would hope in a vampire movie. The leader David, played by
Kiefer Sutherland, gets a lot of attention, but the rest of his gang stays in
the background.
There is a good mix of
tension, horror and humor, but the movie is never really scary. And “The Lost
Boys” is also as ‘80s as it can be (that saxophone player in the beginning of
the movie). An enjoyable vampire flick, one I rewatch a lot.
Rating: 3,5
/ 5
