A supremely watchable example of something the '80s did right.
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09/15/04
The Lost Boys (1987)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:30
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.4/10
Consensus: 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.
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: When newly-divorced Lucy moves her sons to her father's house in Santa Clara, California -- "the murder capital of the world" -- her teenage son, Michael, quickly falls in with the town's bad kids:... [More]
Starring: Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, Corey Haim, Jason Patric
Director: Joel Schumacher
Reviews for The Lost Boys
Top CriticA hugely enjoyable picture that proves Joel Schumacher really can direct and that not everything about the 1980s was awful.
10/20/09
Top CriticDirected with a cavalier disregard for intelligibility, this has to be one of the most anaemic vampire flicks ever made.
02/09/06
Top CriticArguably Joel Schumacher's finest film.
03/10/03
With its cool cast and classic kiss-off ending, The Lost Boys will forever be a cultural touchstone of '80s cinema. [Blu-Ray]
07/31/08
The picture affirms that the only thing truly important is this image of the older brother with his arm around the younger.
08/23/08
The Lost Boys is not a movie you want to put in a time capsule or even revisit, unless your name happens to be Corey.
11/12/03
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.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt starts slow, but finishes fast with some clever plot twists. In the end, all is not lost with these boys.
01/01/00
This is, however, a cinematographer's film and while everyone else seemed to be putting in half-hearted efforts, the cinematographer was working overtime.
01/01/00
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.
08/12/04
Did I mention both Coreys are in it?
05/04/05
A horrifically dreadful vampire teensploitation entry.
03/24/09
Top CriticAn exhilarating hybrid of horror and suburban comedy.
01/01/00
A coffinload of DVD extras to sate your Lost Boys bloodlust!
08/09/04
Despite its flaws, however, the film is an interesting addition to vampire cinema.
10/20/09
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08/30/04
Top CriticOverdirected and junky, but mildly amusing.
10/15/03
A corn-ball '80s vampire classic! Starring the two Corey's!
06/23/03
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