After her divorce, Lucy Emerson and her two sons Michael and Sam move from Phoenix to Santa Carla California, to live with her father in order to get a new start on life. Once on the sunny beaches and boardwalks of Santa Carla, the boys learn that things change when the sun fades on the California coast. After falling for a mysterious girl named Star, Michael soon becomes involved with a very different group of friends. New and alone, Michael has just been found by the Lost Boys.

Considered by many to be the quintessential vampire film of the 80's (sorry that honor belongs to Fright Night) The Lost Boys are basically the boy band of the vampire world. Directed by Joel Schumacher, this is a ninety minute music video full of 80's new wave clothes and the cream of the teen heartthrobs of the time.

Keifer Sutherland leads the boys as the devilish David, a blonde-mullet-wearing, leather-clad vampire. Filling out his clan are Paul, Dwayne, the young Laddie and Marko. Marko may look familiar to some, his real name is Alex Winter, but most will know him as Bill S. Preston Esq, that’s right, kiddies the Bill of Bill and Ted fame. The Emerson clan is played by Dianne Wiest, Jason Patric (Michael) and Corey Haim (Sam). To round out the cast we also get Corey Feldman as one half of the vampire hunting Frog brothers, who supply some good one liners through out the film, the best being "It's the attack of Eddie Munster!".

Most of the movie deals with Michael and his dealings with his new abilities, which provide some amusement with his brother and the Frog brothers. There is very little gore and the vamps don't really pop out the fangs until the end of the film. There are also major liberties taken with the vampire mythos in this one dealing with how a vampire is created and the powers they have, my least favorite was the flying, but that’s me. The Lost Boys also sports one of the lamest master vampires of all time, and Jamie Gertz, who plays Star, doesn't even show a nipple.

I've always felt the Lost Boys was overrated and never as good as most people thought, but it does have a lot of style. The soundtrack is also pretty good with a lot of covers of older songs, but the best is the song "Cry Little Sister" that plays through out the entire film, the creepy chorus of "Thou shall not fall" adds a much needed eeriness to this lackluster vampire flick.

5/10