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List Price: $12.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 3629
Released: September 4, 2007 |
| Our Price: $6.50 |
| Used Price: $3.25 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Strange events threaten an entire family when two brothers move with their divorced mother to a California town where the local teenage gang turns out to be a pack of vampires.
The Lost Boys Reviews:
The Original Teen Vampire Movie 
2009-12-04 - Right now the Twilight books and movies are a major pop culture phenomena. However, this movie was the first to have sexy teen vampires; plus it has a way better story line. I highly recommend that all teeny-boppers out there watch this movie and then decide if Twilight is still their favorite.
Still A Fun Ride!!
2009-10-20 - When is the last time you checked out "The Lost Boys"? Sometime during the Clinton administration probably? Well go back and re-visit this classic piece of 80's horror because if you are like me, you've forgotten just how fun this film can be!
You have Keifer Sutherland chewing up scenery (and minor characters)as the leader of a motorcycle ridin' vampire clan decked out in a wardrobe straight out of MTV's The Headbangers Ball! You have the two Coreys at the top of their career, you have Jason Patric when it looked like he was going to have a career (hello "Speed 2: Cruise Control"!!???) and Jami Gertz looks smokin' hot....and oh yea, the guy that's not Keanu Reeves from "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" is here too!
What's the basic story? Family moves to sunny California coastal town, with a kick ass amusement park on a pier, plenty of wierdos and a town which also happens to be known as the "murder capital of the world"! Unfortunately the oldest boy draws the attention of the local vampire clan, and before long he's not casting a solid reflection any more. It's up to his geeky little brother and two teenage Van Helsings named "The Frog Brothers" to stop the vampires before they destroy the family. Corny? You betcha! Awesome? Damn straight!
And if things couldn't get better, just wait until you hear the soundtrack!! Okay, the oily body-builder guy playing the sax might be a tad too much, but it's the 80's what do you expect? The music is fantastic, and if you don't own the soundtrack on CD, please follow the links below, and pick that puppy up right away.
So what more is there to say, if you were a child of the 80's..you must OWN this film. If you think Sexy vampires were invented when "Twilight" came out...think again. This is a great, fun film that has stood the test of time.
A kitschy classic!
2009-08-03 - This movie doesn't take the vampire-film theme too seriously...and that's what makes it so great! There is plenty of humor thrown in to balance out the "horror" aspects. The cast is superb: the 2 Coreys do a perfect job in this film of bouncing one-liners off of one another. Kiefer Sutherland is a convincing bad guy, and Jason Patric is great as the protagonist caught between human and vampire. One of the vampires in the bad guys' clan - Billy Wirth, the one with the long dark hair - was a semi-finalist on Season 1 of American Gladiator, for those of you who like useless trivia :) You also get Alex Winter before Bill & Ted fame (albeit with a horribly fake weave in this one). The only low point is the female lead, who plays the character of Starr...I forget her name, she is so unremarkable, she "acts" as though she is reading right off of a Teleprompter, and has some serious overacting on display. But overall, this movie has everything. I've watched this movie so many times over the years, and it never loses its charm for me. This isn't what I'd call a hardcore horror film - there are too many comedy aspects - but it's definitely enjoyable and a lot of fun!
My favorite vampire move ever.
2009-07-17 - The Lost Boys is a classic. Long before Kiefer Sutherland was torturing terrorists he was fanging teens on the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. The soundtrack is haunting and unforgettable and the script is good enough that it doesn't have to throw in too much blood and gore to keep the viewer on the edge of the seat.
FYI: The 'R' rating assigned to Lost Boys is a bit harsh. A PG-13 would be more accurate. I showed it to my pre-teen daughters with no regrets.
Classic 80's Movie
2009-03-29 - What can be said, if you saw it when you were a kid, then it still rocks.
