"I’m sorry, but Lost Boys is the only expert movie on vampires"

-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...), February 10th, 2006.

otm

In all honesty you gotta rofl at the comment but Lost Boy is extremely entertaining. I absolutely love it but would never take it seriously.

Ned, what's the blog btw?

i just watched this for the first time. i like that it ends on a cheesy joke, as if the whole movie was a setup for the punch line.

also:

http://thighswideshut.org/videos/sax.gif

i think i prefer monster squad, which comes out on DVD today supposedly

I can't remember the film's ending, but I sadly know how the Coreys end up.

Just scoping your civilian wardrobe.

'Are you freebasing? Enquiring minds want to know.'

-- sunny successor (katharine), Friday, February 10, 2006 8:33 PM (1 year ago)

omg "enquiring minds want to know" has been an integral part of my lexicon since 1988 because of that line!

this is a great fucking film on many levels. what's happening with the mooted all-girl sequel?

Corey Feldman can't find the right person to do his Brazilian wax.

omg "enquiring minds want to know" has been an integral part of my lexicon since 1988 because of that line!

same here. In fact, I'm pretty sure I used it in conversation last week, though I had forgotten from whence it came. Which in itself is shocking, because once upon a time I was able to recite most of the film's script from heart. Ahh classic moofie. Thanks for the memories Ned & Latebloomer.

you know while watching this i noticed an abundance of 60's/hippie-era references in this movie. also i find it striking that the film is
ultimately about resistance to peer pressure (vampirism=drugs, obviously).

is it possible this film is an oblique conservative commentary on the decades-long fallout from the permissive 60's counterculture and its supposed negative effects on reagan-era youth?

after all, it is wily old Grandpa, the seemingly crazy member of the Greatest generation, who saves the day in the end. are the filmmakers trying to tell us something?

I love how two of the biggest things that this film was trying to set up -- Jason Patric as a star and Charlie Sexton as a music star -- never got much more famous than this. (Patric's had one erratic career...)

he was briefly mentioned for Dr. Manhattan in the upcoming watchmen flick but it's now gone to Billy Crudup, apparently.

no, Jason Patric was actually the center of a couple films for adults.

Never knew you were a Speed 2 fan.

After Dark My Sweet, Geronimo, Your Friends & Neighbors

I'm sorry, but *this* is the only expert movie on vampires:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Vampire

omg "enquiring minds want to know" has been an integral part of my lexicon since 1988 because of that line!

That's where I got that line from? Shit, didn't even realize!

patric does a damn good narc

saw him in "sleepers" with no idea of the plot - i almost refused to watch movies ever again

nathalie that line is from a decades-long advertising campaign from the National Enquirer!

xpost on National Enq, yeah

This looked so gay when it was released I didn't want to see it for fear of looking like a chickenhawk. I shd get around to it sometime.

(a 20something chickenhawk)

Oh okay. Shit, I didn't need to know that. ;-)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/thefalloness/Avatars/chickenhawk.gif

r u hstencil?

http://thighswideshut.org/videos/sax.gif

boy oh boy, time has not been kind to this film ... not that it was ever anything more than a good hoot, but eesh it's kind of embarrassing to admit that i liked this so much when i was a teenager.

So you no longer still believe.

Not even through the storms?

i'd still rather watch this (and last year's piece-of-shit sequel) than "buffy," "true blood," or "twilight." at least i can laugh at a young Jack Bauer's once-resplendent mullet.

Monster Squad is way more fun (and even more dated!)

which has aged worse: Lost Boys or An American Werewolf in London?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SS0F9KOsPgA/R9ooISWgJfI/AAAAAAAACpQ/fB5QZCfK9pU/S1600-R/Fright+Night.jpg

also, i can't believe that ONLY NOW did i notice the REALLY homoerotic/beefcake poster that Corey Haim has hanging on his bedroom wall in this film. i mean, i know that Corey Haim is a punchline, and that this film was directed by Joel "Close-Up Shots of George Clooney's Batman Codpiece" Schumacher -- but STILL COME ON.

still my favorite Kiefer movie

"maggots, michael"

shall I spell it out for y'all ... ROB LOWE BARING HIS MIDRIFF ON TWINKY COREY HAIM'S WALL:

http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/6851/roblowe0258ww.jpg

Why else do you think they were lost?

Anyway I did like that Bill (rather than Ted) was one of the vampires.

i don't think i could handle watching this movie right now tbh.

This thread reminded me of my obsession with oiled up saxophone man Timmy Cappello unbound even when wrapped in chains. So very sensual, so unfailingly hilarious.

How sad it is to think what he has become.

Please tell me this is not the same person.

I remember loving this film having seen it in about 1987... I then saw it again on dvd in about 2002 and I was so so disappointed how badly it'd aged. Tad's right. It's kind of cringey now.

No, it was my favourite film when I was a teenage goth. It's old enough now that it's become fun and kitschy to watch it now, rather than cringeworthy. I thought it wouldn't hold up, but for me, it totally did.

Rewatching this film (aside from the obvious drawcard of TC) is quite nostalgic for me, and funny. As I never noticed the poster of Rob Lowe on CH's wall I think yet another viewing may be in order. There are hitherto undiscovered levels to appreciate

Can't think of any other vampire film I've seen that I would rewatch, not a fan of the type. Must be the strong moral messages and bitchin' soundtrack that drew me to this one. That and the maggots line.

This movie is classic for the Frog Brothers, who were one of a series of movie role models for kids who dealt with being unpopular and socially awkward by setting aside popularity and academic achievement for devotion to a higher purpose, such as killing vampires, finding pirate treasure, or building a physics-defying spaceship with only an Apple IIc.

. patrick FLOATS OUTSIDE COREY HAIM'S WINDOW. AND COREY HAIM HAS ON A BORN TO SHOP SHIRT AND A POSTER OF A SHIRTLESS ROB LOWE ON HIS CLOSET DOOR!

I had forgotten how gay Corey Haim's character was in this movie.

Love Lost Boys. Love Fright Night. But you do yourself a disservice if you discount Daughters of Darkness.

http://www.locoono.dk/covers/Lesbian%20Euro-Vampires/Daughters%20of%20Darkness%20_01.jpg

I had forgotten how gay Corey Haim's character was in this movie.

http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/lost-boys/14.jpg http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/lost-boys/8.jpg

The original Neo.

Daughters of Darkness is a pinnacle of 70's eurohorror, second only to Suspiria. Check it out, and see Kumel's Malpertuis and The Coming of Joachim Stiller as well.

As for Lost Boys, saw it at a festival a couple of years back, and it struck me I'd actually known straight guys who wore that weird pastel stuff that Corey Haim did, and how strange the eighties were, and so on, and so on. As for the movie, I thought it was a painful piece of trash then, and it really isn't improving in any way like a fine wine,

For me Lost Boys has two things going for it: the sense of 80s nostalgia, and the fact that the Frog brothers put holy water in their squirt guns.

It's no Near Dark, though.

Near Dark - great cast, and they use tin foil on the windshield. Big points.

RIP Corey Haim -- you took the secret of the sexual preference of your "Lost Boys" character to the grave w/ you.

;_;

Good to see some Wolfman/nard discussion on this thread too, really.

RIP Corey Haim -- you took the secret of the sexual preference of your "Lost Boys" character to the grave w/ you.

uh, dude had a steamy Rob Lowe poster IN HIS CLOSET

http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/lost-boys/14.jpg

he also sported a hot pick t-shirt which read "born to shop" at some point in the film iirc

the "enquiring minds want to know" line comes from a national enquirer tv ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r3Xs9sBEVg

god i can't believe that footage is on the internet

Ned is prescient, what can I say.

Hey, there ya go.

Just watched Lost Boys: The Thirst, the third movie in the Lost Boys adventure, and oh boy did I enjoy it!

Daughters of Darkness is a pinnacle of 70's eurohorror

― Soukesian, Sunday, September 27, 2009 4:34 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark

worth repeating

always surprised when this pops up in that Tim Roth 'pot' story monologue in Reservoir Dogs.

Neither of these movies are worthy of mention when Lost Boys 3: The Thirst is being discussed.

watched the og lost boys the other night for the first time since opening week in the theater and it suckkkkkked. awful.

Corey Feldman is awesome in this movie. His grunts are super-evocative.

"Peter's being sacrificed at the rave!"

I LOLed at The Thirst, but it wasn't nearly as great as the original.

The vampires were better in the original, but the new one didn't take itself very seriously, which made it charming. The first one is too sincere, like a Doors song.

Shasta Otm

WTF at oiled-up sax dude

The script is just utterly humdrum. Teen eye candy aside, principally Patric and Billy Wirth, the only performers who bring any humor to it are Haim and Barnard Hughes.

I was so so disappointed how badly it'd aged

YOU aged, Trayce, very well I'm sure.

Patric's earring is soooooo gross.

Maybe not as gross as Echo's Doors cover.

Lolll Morbs :) I should watch this again. And Suburbia.

Patric's earring is soooooo gross.

I agree, but at the time I thought it was really hot. This explains a lot of my boy problems back then.

are there other dull teen movies Barnard Hughes almost rescued, besides this and Tron?

I'm sure the Rob Lowe poster was just Schumacher's shout-out for any 'services rendered' on the set of St Elmo's Fire.

Does Lost Boys work better as an 80s horror-comedy or an 80s teen movie?

I would say it's more of a teen movie, I am very easily frightened by horror movies but I can't think of a moment that was truly scary.

I probably watched this 20 times on cable when it first came out, I wonder how badly it has aged.

I dunno, let's check in with the Alarm here:

http://www.icklebabe.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/lost-boys1.jpg

kinda looks like they based the look of their gang on a mutual love of Winger

At least movie gave the world this:

http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/1281016897_0840109a.gif?w=400&h=187

I always wondered why Shawn Michaels thought that look was good enough to adopt for his singles career

always surprised when this pops up in that Tim Roth 'pot' story monologue in Reservoir Dogs.

― piscesx, Tuesday, January 18, 2011 10:44 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I never noticed this!

He has the wrong year. He's talking about the great marijuana drought of 86, but Lost Boys came out in summer of 87.

it was a really long drought

that discrepancy should have been how they found out he was a cop

Urgent and key

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_infamous_sexy_sax_man_from_the_lost_boys_still_still_believes_a_chat_wi

boy oh boy, time has not been kind to this film ... not that it was ever anything more than a good hoot, but eesh it's kind of embarrassing to admit that i liked this so much when i was a teenager.

― Sealegs Tetrazzini (Eisbaer), Sunday, 27 September 2009 02:57 (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wrong btw

Watched this with friends last weekend. Fun on so many levels, and it looks gorgeous.

I'm sorry that back in 2011 I tried to force a conversation about Lost Boys 3 that nobody was ready to have.

xp it looks incredible

I retract my apology from 2016, Lost Boys 3 is elegiac and wonderful.

i saw this for the first time a few months ago. the original, not lost boys 3. it’s incredible

I watched the original a couple of times around when it came out. Mostly I remember it being very sweaty.

I could never understand Jaime Gertz's career.

interestingly, her and Jason Patric were in Solarbabies together, which is one of two post-apocalyptic roller-skating movies of the era... the other being Prayer of the Rollerboys, starring Corey Haim!

Oiled-up saxophone dude is apparently a touring artist. I kind of regret not going to see a show he played locally.

In the Lost Boys commentary Schumacher says at the time the movie was made, he was touring with Tina Turner!

The last episode of Reservation Dogs s2 has a very poignant cameo ^^^

I saw this movie probably a dozen times on cable back in the late 80s-early 90s, and from that time until today I had forgotten about oiled-up saxophone dude.

Two of my childhood friends got him to record a Cameo video for their anniversary.

It was rambling and weird but I am sure it was worth every penny.

Does he hold a sax? He does. Does he wear a chain? He does. Does he wear a shirt? No, he does not.

Epic.

https://www.cameo.com/dolcevito

But was he oiled up?

somebody in the terrible ideas thread had this brilliant idea for a robot lost boys adaptation or something? where like there are sentient androids trying to destroy humanity, but the vampires need humanity for snacks, so it was this secret war of our oldest predator vs. our newest existential threat and it sounded great, honestly

cyberpunk remake of The Lost Boys titled The Lost Bots.

― peace, man, Wednesday, August 24, 2022 1:58 PM

apparently i made up 95% of my previous post

I think we need to take a moment to recognize the greatness of the title of this thread.

it is indisputable for sure. the film is the perfect distillation of all previous vampire media and the wellspring of all subsequent vampire media. the great vampire media nexus.

i mean i don’t think i’ve ever watched it all the way thru but from the parts i remember seeing on tv ~25 years ago, i assume that’s what it is

i am still sometimes reluctant to dig into fried rice

It is certainly the distillation of young male actors of the 80s.

a most delicious distillation

i’m assuming

Pretty safe assumption.

I hear this thread title in Gregg Turkington’s voice.

On BBC1 right now.

Maybe I have said this but some friends of mine got a Cameo video from the oily sax player as an anniversary present to themselves

Oh, upon scrolling I see that I in fact did say this. Sorry, carry on

Off-topic: For my last birthday, my wife paid Lisa Loeb to sing "Happy Birthday" to me while wearing chunky glasses. It is pretty much my best memory of an utterly horrible year.

This world has many problems but Cameo seems like a bright spot in the darkness.

does anyone know any other expert movies?

My Cousin Vinny is the expert movie on lawyers.

Will VG still...believe?

https://gizmodo.com/the-lost-boys-broadway-musical-is-actually-happening-2000669663

doubtful

i love musicals but i kind of hate musical versions of movies, it always feels like i’m watching Glee or something

will this be an Andre llloyd webber joint