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The Lost Boys (1987)

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Overview

Director:
Joel Schumacher
Writers:
Janice Fischer (story) &
James Jeremias (story) ...
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Release Date:
31 July 1987 (USA) more view trailer
Genre:
Comedy | Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire. more
Plot:
After moving to a new town, two brothers are convinced that the area is frequented by vampires. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
Awards:
3 wins & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(19 articles)
Feldman Seeks Surgeon's Help To Get Camera Ready (From WENN. 2 July 2008, 6:36 PM, PDT)
Posh: 'I never had sex with Corey Haim' (From digitalspy. 1 July 2008, 3:32 AM, PDT)
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Schumacher mocks the shoes off vampires! more

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Additional Details

Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35mm prints)
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Trivia:
This movie invented the phrase "vamp out", which has passed into common usage on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997). more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Sam is supposed to be a serious comic book collector. However, during his first encounter with the Frog brothers in the comic book shop, he picks up several comics at the middle of the spine with enough force to bend the spine of the book, the first one pretty severely. Any comic book collector knows that this damages the book and would never pick one up that way. Also, a comic book shop owner would likely go ballistic if a customer handled books this way, or at the very least not let them handle any more books. more
Quotes:
Sam Emerson: [about Star] It's that girl from the boardwalk. Is she one of them?
[Star floats up]
Sam Emerson: She's one of them! And don't tell me it doesn't make her a bad person, Mike.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Muggers: The Movie (2006) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Good Times more

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44 out of 52 people found the following comment useful:-
Schumacher mocks the shoes off vampires!, 25 November 2004
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Author: theb_ronster from Canada

Without a doubt, among the most brilliant of vampire movies ever made, in the modern film era. Jason Patric and Kiefer Sutherland are destined to blow away all audiences of this visual masterpiece. However, the twist at the end, which I plan not to give away, was made slightly obvious, though well hidden at the same time. Joel Schumacher does a splendid job directing this true work of art. The frog brothers did a great job of adding humor to this otherwise, mainly serious film, without spoiling the suspense. That made the film far more enjoyable to people with interests in multiple genres. Jami Gertz looks absolutely attractive in her role as Star. However, the show is undoubtedly stolen by Kiefer Sutherland, in the role of David, the rebellious, dangerous, rude and rambunctious, teenaged vampire, who seduces Michael (Jason Patric) into joining his gang of vampires. The story is of a woman (Dianne Wiest), and her two sons, Sam (Corey Haim) and Michael (Patric), who move to a small Californian town, called Santa Carla, often referred to as the murder capital of the world, to live with her father after getting divorced. Little to their knowledge, the town happens to be inhabited by a motorcycle gang of Jim Morrison obsessed, teenage vampires. While the mother begins to fall in love with her boss from the video store, where she has been employed, Sam spends his time reading vampire comics, which were given to him by two brothers (Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander), who claim the town is infested by vampires. He does not believe them, but grows to almost immediately, upon realizing that his brother, Michael, has been seduced by the beautiful half-vampiress, Star (Gertz), and joins the gang, led by David (Sutherland). He realizes that neither Star nor Michael are true vampire until they make their first kill, and they will not become normal again until the head vampire is killed. So, he calls up the brothers Frog, and gets them to come in and help him solve the job, though he is scared that he might have to kill his brother. Overall, a cinematic masterpiece. The directing, acting, writing, camera work, special effects, stunts and, of course, the epic cinematography work with the astounding score to bring together one of the most loved films of all time. The story is in fact an allegory to that of the lost boys of Neverland, from Peter Pan. A contemporary, without the temporary, classic.

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