My Favorite Movie…

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My favorite movie “The Lost Boys” to me was an instant classic the first time I watched it, and lives on even today. I have watched this movie endless times on VHS, cable television and DVD. I can’t get enough of this cool, hip 80’s vampire flick starring two actors who I grew up, Corey Feldman and Corey Haim – aka the “Two Coreys”.

Joel Schumacher’s 1987 vampire film follows Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam (Corey Haim) Emerson who move to Santa Clara with their mother Lucy (Dianne Wiest) after she divorces their father. They all move in with Lucy’s father (Barnard Hughes), a strange hippy with an interest in taxidermy. Santa Clara seems normal enough on the surface but Michael soon finds out that there’s more going on here than meets the eye when he gets involved with a group of local teenagers. He falls for the female of the group, Star (Jami Gertz), but winds up on the bad side of their leader, David (Kiefer Sutherland) who convinces him to drink some blood at their hideout off the coast.

The next day, Michael’s behavior becomes increasingly erratic. He’s sleeping all day and out all night and he’s prone to wearing sunglasses in the house. Sam meets a couple of kids dubbed the Frog Brothers (Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander) who work at the local comic book shop who tell him that his brother just might be a vampire. As Lucy heads out into the workforce and takes a job at the local video store working for the kindly Max (Edward Herrmann), Sam and the Frog Brothers try to figure out if Michael really is a vampire or not and if he is, what they can do about it.

The Lost Boys made vampires cool again. Joel Schumacher directs the film with class and he keeps things moving at a great pace ensuring that the film is never dull. The dialogue is witty and clever, the film oozes with eighties era sex appeal, and the soundtrack is still fantastic today.

Corey Haim has never been better than he is in this film, and his Sam is a completely believable and genuinely likeable kid who contrasts nicely with his angst ridden brother as played by Jason Patric. Kiefer Sutherland is as cool as you can get while Jami Gertz has a very sexy innocence about her that allows us to feel for her character and her character’s plight. The humor, provided by the Frog Brothers and Lucy’s relationship with Max, keeps the film fun.

All of these things and more make “The Lost Boys” a film worthy of my personal favorite of all time and a cult classic. If you want to enjoy a great vampire flick, I highly recommend you rent or buy the Special Edition DVD today.  Get yourself comfortable by curling up with a blanket in your favorite recliner or on the sofa; throw in some popcorn and a Pepsi and enjoy the ride! Afterwards, don’t forget to let me know what you think!

Enjoy your night. We’ll see you next time!

Steve