I don't know about you, but I am sick of all the attention being paid to the new Twilight sequel which opens in theaters this weekend, New Moon. I realize there is a large group of rabid fans for these books and movies, but they do nothing for me. I would just assume watch a vampire movie from the 80s. Lucky for me, there is The Lost Boys which was quite the phenomenon back in 1987 when it was originally released.

The Lost Boys is a movie directed by Joel Schumacher about two kids who move to California and end up fighting a gang of teenage vampires. Those two kids, "Michael and Sam Emerson," are played by Jason Patric and Corey Haim. They are joined by a couple of local vampire killers, one of which is played by Corey Feldman making this one of three movies the "two Coreys" did together in the 80s. Adding to the outstanding teen cast is Kiefer Sutherland who plays the leader of the vampire gang "David" and Jami Gertz as "Star" the love interest. Here is the original trailer for The Lost Boys...

The Lost Boys performed well at the U.S. box office, grossing over $32 million - a strong performance for an R-rated horror movie, especially at that time. I have a fondness for this film due to its pop culture importance in the 80s, but have never been an especially big fan of it beyond that. It is what it is, an action-horror flick featuring several teen heart-throbs. The tagline is "Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire." A little misleading based on what actually happens, but gives you an idea of what direction they were trying to go. If I was not a big fan of The Lost Boys back in the day, you should be able to imagine just how much I could care less about this latest Twilight phenomenon.

After many attempts at a sequel over the years, Lost Boys: The Tribe was released in 2008. This was over 20 years after the original and did include Corey Feldman reprising his "Edgar Frog" role and a short cameo by Corey Haim at the end. I felt I owed it to the 80s to watch this film, so I did see it and would say it was average at best. Earlier this year (2009), it was reported that work had begun on a third installment entitled Lost Boys: The Thirst which would once again feature Corey Feldman not only in the film, but also as executive producer. I have to say that I would be more willing to see that film than watch Twilight or New Moon. That's just the 80s kid in me, I guess.

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