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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:... 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: a bike-riding, Jim Morrison-worshipping gang of blood-sucking vampires. Her younger son Sam and his buddies, the Frog brothers, are the only ones who recognize the signs of vampirism in Michael, and they plot to battle the legions of the night before they take over the entire town. [More]

Starring: Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, Corey Haim, Jason Patric

Starring: Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, Corey Haim, Jason Patric, Kiefer Sutherland, Billy Wirth

Director: Joel Schumacher

Director: Joel Schumacher

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Reviews for The Lost Boys

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10/15/03
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

Overdirected and junky, but mildly amusing.

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10/15/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

No review available.

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09/11/03
Dan Fazio
Dan Fazio
Citysearch

No review available.

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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Gothic style, humor and sexy stars -- a cult classic

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07/15/03
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

A corn-ball '80s vampire classic! Starring the two Corey's!

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06/23/03
Shannon J. Harvey
Shannon J. Harvey
Sunday Times (Australia)

A schlocky and stylish teen-oriented gorefest that's humorously off-kilter and frothy--it's something worth sinking your fangs into!

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05/27/03
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye

One of the best thrillers of our time...rocks as well as it rolls

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04/27/03
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

No review available.

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04/10/03
Brian J. Arthurs
Brian J. Arthurs
Beach Reporter (Southern California)

Arguably Joel Schumacher's finest film.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Probably the guiltiest of the guilty pleasure vampire flicks.

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02/16/03
Widgett Walls
Widgett Walls
Needcoffee.com

No review available.

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07/30/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

No review available.

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07/26/02
David Poland
David Poland
Hot Button

No review available.

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07/26/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

No review available.

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07/25/02
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

No review available.

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01/01/01
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

An exhilarating hybrid of horror and suburban comedy.

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01/01/00
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post

This is, however, a cinematographer's film and while everyone else seemed to be putting in half-hearted efforts, the cinematographer was working overtime.

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01/01/00
Mark R. Leeper
Mark R. Leeper
rec.arts.movies.reviews

It starts slow, but finishes fast with some clever plot twists. In the end, all is not lost with these boys.

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01/01/00
Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post

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.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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