"Cry Little Sister" is one of the greatest film soundtrack songs ever. The entire soundtrack is brilliant but that song is immense and plays such a big part in the film.
That song was the reason I bought the soundtrack back when the movie came out. Cannot tell you how many times I have listened to that song over the last 20+ years!?!?! ❤❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥
Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. It's fun to be a vampire. The Lost Boys is one of the best vampire films ever made and up there with Fright Night for the 80s. Great reaction and commentary!
There is an obscure TV movie called Night Life from 1989 starring Ben Cross , Maryam D'Abo (Bond: View to a kill), and Keith Szarabajka (Supernatural). I saw it once in the early 1990's, and still recall it whenever I watch any vampire movie. It has all the 80's vampire tropes, but it also have a... an unusual take on how to be a vampire. If you get the rare chance to see it; do so.
From a makeup perspective, The Lost Boys introduced the "vampire brow" look, that was later used in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," as well as others. But this one, designed by a young Greg Cannom (who would go on to be one of the greats in film makeup), spawned that signature "vampires are really super angry in the eyebrow department" thing.
I was a teen in the 80s, literally 81-88. I saw it in the theater, probably more than once. It was dark and moody with hot guys and rock music and vampires. What’s not to like? My favorite group at the time, Echo and the Bunnymen, did the cover of “People are strange” for this movie.
It was serious at the time. And you've got to remember this is years before the massive popularity of vampire stories. It was before Anne Rice, before Buffy, before Twilight. So vampire lore about no being able to enter a home was not nearly as well known. Also it's called Lost Boys in reference Peter Pan to never getting old. The ending with Grandpa is one of the greatest endings of all time. All the Damn Vampires, and fade to black. Saw in in the theater. It was a huge hit.
Actually, two of Anne Rice’s vampire novels were published before this film was released. And _Salem’s Lot,_ along with several vampire films and series during the 70s, came out before this film. Vampire lore was very well known long before this film. Even at the time, the film teetered on the edge between seriousness and camp. Perhaps you had to have been a tad older when you saw it.
@@Steve-hu9gw I said before the "massive" popularity. Were there movies about vampires before this movie? Sure, of course they were, no one's denying that. But before 1994's interview with a vampire and arguably before Buffy The Vampire Slayer the television series vampires were not the entertainment juggernaut they became.
The dad/grandpa in this is honestly one of my favorite movie characters ever. Actor was great, role was great, lines were great, just nailed it all around. 😆
A bit about the cast: Kiefer Sutherland was the teen leader of the vampires, probably best known today for playing Jack Bauer on 24. This was the first film featuring The Coreys (Corey Haim and Corey Feldman), who became teen heartthrobs in the 80s and starred in several films together. Marco was played by Alex Winter who was Bill S. Preston Esq. in the absolutely amazing Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (along with baby Keanu Reeves as Ted "Theodore" Logan). And, of course, Shirtless Saxophone Guy was famous as the sax player for Tina Turner and he still performs today and is still built.
@@maxducoudray He's done rather well for himself recently as an independent documentary filmmaker. He had a film come out recently called The TH-cam Effect about how the platform has changed how we approach media.
It wasn't meant to be taken too seriously. I saw it at the theater with friends. We laughed and and enjoyed it. Of course now looking back everything in it is pure 80's. It's just a lot of fun to watch.
This was always meant as a horror/comedy. An update on the old formula of "Abbott and Costello meet Dracula" type film. It was definitely one of the first sort of punk-rock/new wave vampire movies and was very popular. I remember walking down the Ocean City boardwalk in NJ on a lonely, foggy night, and seeing "The Lost Boys" on the marquee at the movie house, and felt just a little less safe. :)
Funny story! The saxophone player was in big demand in the 80s, when sax was so huge in popular music, and toured with Tina Turner for about a decade. He was known for his “cod piece” of his wardrobe. Saw him on a recent show talking about iconic wardrobes.
I'd say Near Dark is a vampire movie that just happened to be released in the 80s. The Lost Boys and Fright Night are the two 80s Vampire Movies because damn are they 80s...
Watching this and Near Dark together is so fun because it's the same basic concept with completely different vibes. Near Dark has this gritty-yet-aesthetic feel and never even mentions the word vampire, while this is a fun 80s shlock fest.
I went to a con sponsored by my local comic shop a few years ago. The whole thing had an 80s' theme, and the Sax Guy was one of the special guests, so I got to see him perform live. He honestly didn't look much different. ETA: I did see this in theaters when it came out. Went to see it with my oldest brother who was home on leave, and my then-girlfriend. It was the first time the two of them met. I remember there was a jump scare in the movie - though I don't remember what - that made my girlfriend jump into my lap.
And the sax was a really big thing back in the 80s. Miami Vice had a lot of sax in the music, the traditional reggae music tended towards sax and trombone, jazz was hot for sax and trumpet fast duets. A number of the pop groups featured a lot of sax, such as Men At Work. My friend learned tenor sax at the time. From a library book. By Professor Sax (inventor). In German. Steel drums were also kind of hot. Yet another library book adventure - making a set of 6.
Sax Man, Tim Capello, played a club in my hometown a couple of months ago. They bill him as "From the Lost Boys". Sadly, I didn't make it. He's currently touring, though.
This is often credited as starting the craze of romantic/sexualized modern take on vampires as hip or cool. Before this, they were mostly in line with the Bela Lugosi portrayal.
16:47 - OH! That's another great Halloween flic: John Carpenter's Prince Of Darkness! It's not a vampire movie, it's a very Lovecraft inspired existential horror movie. Highly recommended!
GARLIC... That's why you never see an Italian Vampire! You're Safe, Shanelle! hehehe Alexander Winter went from being "Bill H. Preston, Esquire", to "Marco"... BIG Transition! The 70's/80's were the BEST Eras for Movies/Music... Hands down. Argue with me on this... but you'll lose! hehehe I BET those Vampire feet made Quentin Tarantino Swoon!
Fun Fact: Italy consumes more garlic per capita than any country in the world, and other than a couple of ancient Roman legends, Italy is the only European country with no traditional vampire lore. Coincidence? I don't think so! 😁
An absolute classic vampire movie, with one of the best soundtracks ever. Another great vampire movie from that era is Near Dark, which I highly recommend if you haven't seen it. The movie was filmed in Santa Cruz, CA. Most of the odd people you see during the opening montage were actual residents. It was a pretty odd, unique place back then. The year that the movie came out I was working at the Boardwalk in SC, selling tickets. At the beginning of the movie, when the camera is panning down the Boardwalk, it goes right over the booth where I worked, which added an extra bit of fun for me. They did have concerts on the beach at the Boardwalk, but never as cool or as highly attended as the one in the movie. The comic book shop featured in the movie was Atlantis Fantasyworld, which was actually inland at the Pacific Garden Mall, and not on the Boardwalk. It's where I got most of my comic books while I was living there. Along with most of the PGM, it fell down during the Loma Prieta earthquake. One of the stoned out Frog parents in the background was one of the actual owners.
I lived there during that time and before that movie came out that town was not that well known. I was also there when that earthquake hit. I was in a restaurant on Ocean St., and it was insane. I was a waitress; my car had no gas, and I was going to use tips to get some. Who knew there would be no stations open for a week.
@@candicelitrenta8890 I moved there to be a banana slug (for anyone who doesn't know, that means to attend UCSC). Some friends and I were renting a place up the hill behind the Alpha Beta, and I was home at the time, laying on my bed reading a book. I spent the whole quake holding onto my fish tank, while my bookshelves toppled over and covered me with books. The place we were renting came out okay... our chimney fell off and the outgoing plumbing broke (as we discovered a couple of weeks later when the plants were growing *really* well), and our fridge migrated across the kitchen. But the house next to ours got red tagged. I just visited for the first time in ages last month, and nothing has the same feel. Everything is upscale and plastic-feeling, rather than quirky and artsy with a bit of nostalgia.
If you want another good vampire film from the 80s, check out Near Dark. It is great and seems to always fly under the radar. Another to check out would be The Hunger.
It was a big hit with all age groups. I was 11 and saw it in theaters with my family. Remember, back in the 80s a lot of dark and violent content was marketed toward the kids as well.
Yeah, Shan. I saw it in the eighties, in the theater, and people were OBSESSED with this movie. Kiefer Sutherland was a hot commodity after this, and it spawned all the "young friends" movies (Young Guns, Three Musketeers, Flatliners). Jami Gertz gained notice from this one as well, but her career was finished almost as soon as it started thanks to "Solarbabies", which also didn't do Jason Patric any favors either. The Lost Boys was never a "Blockbuster" hit, but it grabbed onto a huge following, and definitely spurred on the concept of the "Glamorous Vampire" trend in the 80s generation (such as Barnabus Collins, Lestat and Angelus as opposed to the horrific vamps like Nosferatu and Orlok). And I about wore out my copy of the soundtrack (on cassette).
I was obsessed with this movie when I was 13 in '87 and saw it 4 times at the theatre (when you could hide in the bathroom and just walk back into the theatre to watch it again...an R-rated movie & def wasnt with a parent!). Obsessed with Corey Haim (his Lost Boys fashion was a THING)....I would sleep with my Corey-on-the-cover Tiger Beats under my pillow). Yes this movie was huge but in 1987, as a teen, you were either on Team Lost Boys or Team Dirty Dancing. PS the vampires used powers called a "glamour" to make the rice and noodles maggots & worms so Michael would willingly drink the blood. Why would Michael & Star be sleeping in the day? They're half vampires & weakened by the sun. Why did the blood have sparkles? Vampires are infected and supernatural so their blood would appear different, a bit otherworldly. Fun Fact: vampire Marko is played by Alex Winter, Bill from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. Also, your comment about wanting more addressing missing children and stuff is very NOT 80s...that's a dark theme you'd see in current film. The 80s was meant to be fun and fantastical. Very consistent tones.
I saw this at the theatre and then about twenty more times on video. I was the same age as Sam and this was scary but fun. Grown up me appreciates that this is a rare movie where none of the main characters die. It's just fun vampy tropes, and an awesome 80s soundtrack. Glad you enjoyed.
I really hope you get the chance to check out The Monster Squad (1987). A group of kids going up against knock-off Universal Monsters; very underrated.💜
People loved this movie! Especially the sound track! The Corey’s and Kiefer Sutherland were in so many flicks around that time. Recommend “Flatliners” with Kiefer Sutherland and Kevin Bacon.
I think you hit the nail on the head... When this first came out, it was a serious scary movie... but as you said, all scary movies of this period are like this, so it was the norm for us.. of course as we have gotten older, we see the cheese, and we remember how great it was. Perfect reaction. Thank you.
It definitely wasn't a serious scary movie. It was way tongue in cheek. Perhaps you were a bit young for more serious horror movies in 1987. Examples: Angel Heart, "A Return to Salem's Lot", or Pet Cemetery a few years later.
Hey Shanelle, I found your stand up from 5 years ago on TH-cam randomly lol You’re pretty funny, but I already knew that from these reactions, you always make me laugh. This movie was one of my favorites growing up, such a fun film. I’m glad you enjoyed it! Looking forward to more.
Fun fact about the Frog Brothers this movie is the first time they have ever killed vampires. You can tell they are inexperienced but they do a good job at being vampire killers anyway.
You REALLY need to watch “Lucas” from the 80’s!! It will be a favorite, GUARANTEED! Cory Haim (Lost boys) Charlie Sheen Kerri Green (Goonies) are all in it.
Lost Boys is one of my top 4 80's Vampire movies. The others being Near Dark, Fright Night, and Vamp. Also the band Gunship did a Lost Boys somewhat themed music video called Dark All Day that's worth checking out. And drunk edit: I have also always loved the punchline at the end of this movie with Grandpa.
Thanks, Shanelle, for reacting to this one! It was a fun movie when it came out in the Summer between my junior and senior year. As an aside, one thing a lot of young folks like you are missing is a key element related to many of the movies of the 80s and that is the corresponding MTV videos that went along with the movie. I cannot recall any big movie that was released then that did NOT feature some kind of video for it. When you next watch an 80's movie, check out the soundtrack afterward and try to find the videos for the songs in the film. Many times, the videos feature many clips from the movie and functioned (I think) as ads for the movie for the then teens watching MTV in heavy rotation. It was at times integral to the movie being a success. This should provide some additional reactor context for what was going on back then. Sadly, you wouldn't have a lot of the ads that featured back then. I suppose you could always look those up as well. I agree with the one poster who indicated that vampire 'lore' was NOT very popular back then. It was just not as popular a genre back then, I kind of point to Anne Rice's books being talked about being made into a movie as a catalyst for many reading the books and probably sparked more curiosity in the genre. Fantasy has jumped by leaps and bounds in popularity today. Keep on doin' your thang on your channel. Love it.
I remember when NOES3 Dream Warriors came out and there was a Dokken video on Much (Canada's MTV) that played a lot. I believe in addition to clips a few actors added bits just for the video. (Patricia Arquette and Robert Englund I think). Lol....damn that was a long time ago. Dunno why that's the one that immediately popped into my head.
I saw this movie in the theater back in the day. I loved it. My friends loved it. We didn't think it was campy at all. It has one of the best movie soundtracks.
This movie was so great to see when it first came out in theatres! It was a bit of a thriller because of the suspense which feels like we are kind of used to today from oversaturation of the vampire genre stories. 80's placed a lot of emphasis on soundtracks as it seems like in the 80's record companies really pushed to make soundtracks as popular or even more so than albums by a single artist or band. This one had a great soundtrack and I wore out my cassette of this when I was a teenager.
If you watch Donner’s original Lethal Weapon, you’ll see in the shot of Riggs & Murtaugh walking past a movie theater in the background with “The Lost Boys” displayed on the theater’s marquee. Both movies were filmed about the same time in ‘86 and released 4 months apart in ‘87.
Even though the vampire characters backstory wasn't fleshed out at all, I took the movie title The Lost Boys as a reference to Peter Pan's Lost Boys. Kids/late teenagers who didn't want to grow old, so they became vampires willingly.
I was too young to have seen this when it came out, but when I did see it later on as a kid, I took it as theatrical 80s teen horror, kind of tongue-in-cheek and full of quotable one-liners. The highlight was when they set up childish weapons and traps to take on the vampires. It was almost the Home Alone concept before Home Alone.
Miss the MySpace days. You messed up you could drop off the top friends list, and you just may have a song playing on your page that they'd know was about them when they visited your page. 🤣
Saw this in the theater when it debuted. I also wore out my soundtrack tape. 🎉enjoy! Jamie Gertz has classic 80’s curly hair. I have naturally curly hair and I sported a version of this hair. Lots of gel and hairspray gives that look. She’s in one of my favorite movies,Less than Zero.
The singer who performs at the beach is Tim Cappello. He got his start performing on stage with Tina Turner, and still performs today. He's said to have an upbeat personality.
Star, in real life, is a billionaire and part owner of the Atlanta Hawks. If you watch Seinfeld, she played Jerry’s girlfriend who couldn’t spare a square.
26:55 - One that instantly springs to mind, with both Coreys, is License To Drive. It came out the next year and also stars Heather Graham, Richard Masur, and Carol Kane. Cheeeeezy '80s flic, highly recommended! So cheesy in fact it'll leave you constipated. 😆
"Sleep all day, party all night, never grow old, never die, it's fun to be a vampire." There were several Sequels that are sadly not as good as the original. There were talks of a Sequel and prequel TV series based on the movie, but all of these would be scrapped or put on hold.
Sin City (2005).. 🙂 many iconic actors. Robert Rodriguez, Helen Kirk, Bruce Willis, John McLeod, Jessica Alba, Clive Owen, Ethan Maniquis, Mickey Rourke, Cara D. Briggs, Rutger Hauer, Christina Frankenfield, Evelyn Hurley, Benicio Del Toro, Jason McDonald, Alexis Bledel, Charissa Allen, Michael Madsen, Samantha Inoue Harte, Powers Boothe, Lauren-Elaine Powell, Nick Stahl, Texas Presley, Devon Aoki, Michael Clarke Duncan, Rosario Dawson, Carla Gugino, Josh Hartnett, Jaime King, Brittany Murphy, Elijah Wood, directed by Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller
@Shanelle , if you like "friends" style films, boy do I have a Great one for your Halloween list ... THE MONSTER SQUAD !!!! It's awesome!!! Also, Cry Little Sister, is an infamous vamp goth cult classic thanks to this film. The local gorh club in Dallas, TX would fill up the dance flood from this song.
I love this movie so much and the soundtrack as well. It was interesting when I saw it for the first time on dvd to hear they added the song 'When you're strange' to it as well cause I love tha song. Any way seeing the actor of Max again is sad though cause he passed away in 2014. Love the trivia as always good to know facts of behind the scenes that I didnt know of before.
From what I recall, this movie was "cool" at the time. (and I was the right target audience for it) The humor was definitely intended, (I mean, the Frog Brothers) but I think it came across as dark humor rather than cheesy at the time. (at least to my young brain) It was right in the vein of many 80s movies of mixing fantastical with whimsy, just calibrated differently depending on the tone of the movie. (I mean, isn't that what Marvel is now?) It was definitely one of the things that propelled the notion of "cool young vampires" rather than Count Dracula type vampires. You should also watch *Kathryn Bigelow's vampire film "Near Dark"* which was darker, less cheesy.
"Actually, I thought it was a bakery..." 🤣🤣🤣 I love how sarcastic Corey Haim (RIP) is in Lost Boys. He has the same snide attitude in License to Drive (also with Feldman). And Keifer's platinum blonde mullet is so 80's. It's just glorious!
Great reaction to a fun movie! I grew up in Santa Cruz and was a kid when they filmed it. Fun fact, the rumor at the time was that in the 70s (I think) that Santa Cruz was known as a “murder capital” so they forced them to change the name of the town in the movie, because PR. Needless to say it was a huge deal. It’s great to see this movie (and it’s soundtrack) live on… and never grow old.
Jason Patric's real name is John Anthony Miller III. His father worked under the name Jason Miller. Jason Miller played Father Karras in The Exorcist (1973). He was also in The Exocist III (1990). At the end of the Exocist, Jackie Gleason is mentioned. He was the father of Jason Miller's 1st wife, Linga, and Jason Patric's maternal grandfather.
This is my all time favorite movie and I was so excited when I saw this video come up! Today is my birthday (I’m 22) so it felt like a treat. The soundtrack is amazing and I’m glad you mostly enjoyed it!
I'm of the opinion that the Coreys and grandpa were pure camp, but the vampire side of the film was glam horror. It's an awesome movie. Peak Jamie Gertz. Probably peak Kiefer too. Don't feel bad knowing it was a vampire movie going in. Remember that all of these classic movies were not seen in a vacuum, we had the movie trailer (that started with sexy sax man) letting us know they were vampires within 30 seconds. I totally missed the Max twist. Pretty sure the invite rules were known even then, but he just seemed so "Richard Gilmore" that I just couldn't make the jump.
Big Hair vampires were the '80s precursor to sparkling vampires. I recall this being a pretty "serious" vampire film at the time (though still for teens/YA-which, honestly, is the major target audience). If ye want truly cheesy '80s teen vampire movies, one of Jim Carrey's earliest film roles is Once Bitten from 1985. His style of humor was much more "aww shucks.." than the manic out-of-control style that later became his signature.
I was in my mid teens when this came out and it was of the definitive vampire movies of the 80s (the original Fright Night was the other one and I highly recommend that one if you haven't seen it before). My mom grew up watching the Christopher Lee Hammer Dracula films and she loved this move every bit as much as I did. Coming of age movies have been done in every decade and in almost every genre but the 80s was exceptional in the depth and breadth of teen movies and this was one of the better ones. All the teens love it, we went around quoting it for weeks and months after we first saw it and it's still a go to choice for pure guilty pleasure.
This is probably the greatest our best. Most popular vampire movie ever made.,, But a underrated vampire movie that I would like to recommend Is innocent blood from the 90s,, It's about a French vampire living in New York. Who never drinks innocent blood only targets criminals. And she is fighting the mob and falling in love with the unrecovered cop.
there's a quick shot, that many people miss. when Max first comes over, Grandpa's about to come though the parlor doors. When he sees Max in his living room, he quickly [and quietly] closes the sliding doors. Many attribute this to not wanting to mess up his daughter's date. When you rewatch the scene, the look Grandpa has [when he sees Max] is a look of fear, not embarrassment. This adds greater context to his line at the movie's end: "One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach… all the damn vampires." This mean's Grandpa not only knew about vampires in Santa Carla, but possibly knew Max was a vampire, if not THE vampire. This also bring up everything in his house: all the extra tools in his workshop, as well as the massive amount of horns/antlers, and finally the sudden daytime landscaping he was doing. there's also a fan theory about the final "date" Grandpa goes on: in that the "date" is actually a cover. Grandpa had actually left to hunt Max and the Lost Boys. When Grandpa didn't find them, at either of their lairs, he realized they're attacking the house and rushed back. It's why he's gone so long but makes it back, just in time. It also explains why Grandpa drove away in a massive truck, instead of the fancy car he previously drove. Also, that truck was a M-2-4, one-ton 4x4. A former military vehicle used by the US in WW2...
I am slightly disappointed Shanelle didn't point out the greased up muscle guy playing saxophone on the boardwalk. He is the most iconic element of this film.
I watched The Lost Boys in the theater when I was 16 years old. Loved it. Eventually, I taped it (VHS) off of HBO and me and my brother and sister probably watched it 100 times. Also, I bought the soundtrack on CD right away. Now I own a copy on Blu-Ray. We didn't see it as cheesy then. Just a mix of comedy and horror. Thanks for the reaction!
I think the point of not dwelling on the missing kids was to show how little people actually cared about them (aside from their own family's, of course). It's not newsworthy. It's just something happening in the background. Meanwhile, everyone on the boardwalk is partying, having fun, self-absorbed, lost in their own excess that the missing simply go unnoticed. This is what makes it so easy for the Vampires to prey on them/recruit them.
It's one of my favorites. I grew up in California (but not Northern Cal where this takes place), and I was 12 when this came out, pretty close to the target audience range. I'm not aware of anyone at the time treating this like camp. It's not serious, but also not camp. No more camp than Lethal Weapon (there is a scene in Lethal Weapon where The Lost Boys is on a movie theater marquee). This was a big deal for making vampires stylish and sexy which is the more common thing these days. Because you either had old crusty euro vampires (like Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi), or they were dark (1987 also had Near Dark which I think you should check out. It's like The Lost Boys if it was more serious, featuring 3 actors from Aliens the year before)
My girlfriend at the time worked at the Boardwalk. She knew a lot of the extras. I later played in a band with the guitarist behind "Sax Guy", whom Bo Diddly fans had dubbed Lady Bo when they played together. I have fond memories of the soundtrack playing at a party the following New Years.
Saw it originally in the 80's. It was fun. I mean, it was the 80's. For some reason, we did a lot of campy just fun films back then. I guess we just liked life and were enjoying it so that energy was reflected in much of our cinema. Not that we didn't have serious films back then. We did. But for younger people, we just didn't want that hassle of dealing with the tough issues in our arts. Real life was school work, after school jobs, worrying about passing SAT's, finding a career, or getting ready to start a family. We didn't want the added stress in our films and music. And besides, it needed to reflect our play time. That's why there was so much color and fun in everything, from movies to fashion to music. Gen X. We seem to be the forgotten generation. We just wanted to go to work, play hard, raise our families, and be left alone. What more can you say?
I remember my sister and her friend watching this movie and then copying the entire soundtrack from her casssette to a new blank cassette. I STILL have this on my ALL-TIME FAVORITES music because every single song is awesome. Some songs are covers made more modern (and we knew it then but the synthesizer twist on it).
I love how grandpa knew the whole time that there were vampires in Santa Carla and failed to tell his family. Heads-up would have been most appreciated. Even if they do think he is off his rocker. Shit sucking vampire is one of my favorite movie lines ever. This movie is so 80s but in a very cool way. This doesn't suck at all, if you pardon the pun.
Julia Robert’s was actually engaged to Keifer Sutherland when he was filming this movie, and she left him right before the wedding for the guy who plays Michael (Kiefer’s best friend at the time).
I saw this on video some years after it came out, probably around 1990 (God I'm old) but it was definitely considered over the top and campy even back then. That said, the soundtrack is still killer to this day.
I love this movie so much, it's peak Joel Schumacher and just so much fun. Also fun fact, Star wasn't originally in the script, the studio wanted a young female lead to play off Michael and once you know that the movie comes off MUCH more queer even than it does initially (which is very)
@@Madbandit77 Never explicitly but yeah a lot of people picked up on that in subsequent viewings, and Joel Schumacher being a gay man it's likely those things were intentional. And certainly (and especially if removing Star from the equation) David and Michaels dynamic is very gay
Glad u loved it more movies I should check out Fright night 1985 House 1986 Bram.stokers dracula (1992) The thing (1982) Night of the demons (1987) Trick or treat (1986)
Michael has Jim Morrison vibes, which makes the use of "People Are Strange" in the soundtrack very appropriate. The actor who played him is Jason Patric, son of Jason Miller (Fr. Karras in "The Exorcist), and grandson of Jackie Gleason. "POW! Right in the kisser!"
I love this movie. Joel Schumacher is/was a great director. He had to apologize to the Batman fans until the end of his life for making Batman Forever (1995) & Batman & Robin(1997). Joel Schumacher also made another movie I loved Flatliners (1990). That movie also starred Kiefer Sutherland.
This is the first video I'm watching of yours and screamed "Nooo!" when you started reading the imdb before the movie. When reacting, blind watch, always. It's so much better.
The other great Corey & Corey film in my opinion is License to Drive (1988). Great campy 80's teen fun around the struggle when on the verge of getting your driver's license.
I grew up during the 1980s, and this might seem corny, but it warms my heart to hear you and others of your generation express positive thoughts and impressions of that era. It wasn't all good, as nothing is, but there are many things about it that I miss, especially the culture, and I think that had I been born much later, I'd still look back at a time I never experienced and like the 1980s, too. The 1990s was also great in its own ways, but the 1980s was "where it's at" for me, and everything after the 1990s has frankly been forgettable, on the whole.
Great reaction! I think the vampire make up has held up pretty well. You can understand why there isn't really much wire work and straight up reveals for the first part of the movie in order to build up a bit of tension. So as not to give the game away of who 'we're' up against. Love scenes in the 80's generally looked like that in main stream films. Repeating music throughout the film was simply to shift units of the soundtrack. Ear worms in correlation with the arrival of music videos. What I'm really interested in now though is seeing a live rewatch and commentary of Adventure Land. I always think of that movie as such an under the radar gem!
Saw the movie. Had the poster. This came out when I was in middle school, about a year before going full goth. This move was most likely a part of that. I loved broody bad boys in leather jackets and eyeliner.
you can’t go wrong with the lost boys!! The music ( the Doors, people are strange & cry little sister) The cast (kiefer Sutherland, the coreys, Jason Patric, Alex winters and Dianne wiest) The Director (Joel Schumacher) The producer (Richard donner)
"My own brother, a god damned shit-sucking vampire, you wait until Mom finds out" My favorite line of the movie
"Cry Little Sister" is one of the greatest film soundtrack songs ever. The entire soundtrack is brilliant but that song is immense and plays such a big part in the film.
One of my favorite songs of all time. Get goosebumps every time. 🥰
Lost in the Shadows is perfect for the beach race but I wish there was more of the song in the movie. One of my faves.
And kept alive by Corey Feldman in his live shows.
(also Marilyn Manson)
That song was the reason I bought the soundtrack back when the movie came out. Cannot tell you how many times I have listened to that song over the last 20+ years!?!?! ❤❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥
Awesome soundtrack.
one of the greatest Vampire movies ever..and this soundtrack is INSANE!!!!
This movie is incredible and there there was NO REASON for any of those Lost Boys sequels. They were beyond horrible...
@@jackd.ripper9216 And then twilight ruined it
Amen!
Grampa's last line, pure gold.
Yeah, then the screen fades to black to the music of The Doors. Perfect.
Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. It's fun to be a vampire. The Lost Boys is one of the best vampire films ever made and up there with Fright Night for the 80s. Great reaction and commentary!
Near Dark is a forgotten gem of a vampire flick. It was an Aliens reunion. Lance, Bill and Jenette. C'mon.
There is an obscure TV movie called Night Life from 1989 starring Ben Cross , Maryam D'Abo (Bond: View to a kill), and Keith Szarabajka (Supernatural).
I saw it once in the early 1990's, and still recall it whenever I watch any vampire movie.
It has all the 80's vampire tropes, but it also have a... an unusual take on how to be a vampire. If you get the rare chance to see it; do so.
From a makeup perspective, The Lost Boys introduced the "vampire brow" look, that was later used in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," as well as others. But this one, designed by a young Greg Cannom (who would go on to be one of the greats in film makeup), spawned that signature "vampires are really super angry in the eyebrow department" thing.
I can see some influence on "Supernatural" as well.
@@jvgreendarmokDon't forget Buffy The Vampire Slayer TV series.
I was a teen in the 80s, literally 81-88. I saw it in the theater, probably more than once. It was dark and moody with hot guys and rock music and vampires. What’s not to like? My favorite group at the time, Echo and the Bunnymen, did the cover of “People are strange” for this movie.
@@gastronomist not really. We just never saw how Starr hooked up with David. Lol
It was serious at the time. And you've got to remember this is years before the massive popularity of vampire stories. It was before Anne Rice, before Buffy, before Twilight. So vampire lore about no being able to enter a home was not nearly as well known. Also it's called Lost Boys in reference Peter Pan to never getting old. The ending with Grandpa is one of the greatest endings of all time. All the Damn Vampires, and fade to black. Saw in in the theater. It was a huge hit.
Actually, two of Anne Rice’s vampire novels were published before this film was released. And _Salem’s Lot,_ along with several vampire films and series during the 70s, came out before this film. Vampire lore was very well known long before this film.
Even at the time, the film teetered on the edge between seriousness and camp. Perhaps you had to have been a tad older when you saw it.
Wait...what? Vampires were huge in the 50's. And again in the 70's.
Facts!
@@Steve-hu9gw I said before the "massive" popularity. Were there movies about vampires before this movie? Sure, of course they were, no one's denying that. But before 1994's interview with a vampire and arguably before Buffy The Vampire Slayer the television series vampires were not the entertainment juggernaut they became.
It was always a mix of horror and comedy. Saw it in theaters twice I think.
The dad/grandpa in this is honestly one of my favorite movie characters ever. Actor was great, role was great, lines were great, just nailed it all around. 😆
A bit about the cast: Kiefer Sutherland was the teen leader of the vampires, probably best known today for playing Jack Bauer on 24. This was the first film featuring The Coreys (Corey Haim and Corey Feldman), who became teen heartthrobs in the 80s and starred in several films together. Marco was played by Alex Winter who was Bill S. Preston Esq. in the absolutely amazing Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (along with baby Keanu Reeves as Ted "Theodore" Logan). And, of course, Shirtless Saxophone Guy was famous as the sax player for Tina Turner and he still performs today and is still built.
Alex Winter is a lost gem of film. He deserved so much more success as a creator and performer.
@@maxducoudray He's done rather well for himself recently as an independent documentary filmmaker. He had a film come out recently called The TH-cam Effect about how the platform has changed how we approach media.
Kiefer Sutherland's dad Donald Sutherland became a vampire hunter.
You mean the sax guy wasn't Shawn Michaels?
@@pappajudas9267 He's the REAL Buffy's mentor .. .. . .
It wasn't meant to be taken too seriously. I saw it at the theater with friends. We laughed and and enjoyed it. Of course now looking back everything in it is pure 80's. It's just a lot of fun to watch.
This was always meant as a horror/comedy. An update on the old formula of "Abbott and Costello meet Dracula" type film. It was definitely one of the first sort of punk-rock/new wave vampire movies and was very popular. I remember walking down the Ocean City boardwalk in NJ on a lonely, foggy night, and seeing "The Lost Boys" on the marquee at the movie house, and felt just a little less safe. :)
Funny story! The saxophone player was in big demand in the 80s, when sax was so huge in popular music, and toured with Tina Turner for about a decade. He was known for his “cod piece” of his wardrobe. Saw him on a recent show talking about iconic wardrobes.
Tim Cappello! aka sexy, oily sax man. 🎷
He came by my town a couple of months ago, but I missed it. He played with Ringo Starr, too.
"Near Dark" from Kathryn Bigelow is also a very good 80s Vampire Movie.
I'd say Near Dark is a vampire movie that just happened to be released in the 80s. The Lost Boys and Fright Night are the two 80s Vampire Movies because damn are they 80s...
Jason Patric's half-brother, Joshua Miller, played Homer. Their dad was Jason Miller, who played Father Karras in the first and third Exorcist films.
Watching this and Near Dark together is so fun because it's the same basic concept with completely different vibes. Near Dark has this gritty-yet-aesthetic feel and never even mentions the word vampire, while this is a fun 80s shlock fest.
I went to a con sponsored by my local comic shop a few years ago. The whole thing had an 80s' theme, and the Sax Guy was one of the special guests, so I got to see him perform live. He honestly didn't look much different.
ETA: I did see this in theaters when it came out. Went to see it with my oldest brother who was home on leave, and my then-girlfriend. It was the first time the two of them met. I remember there was a jump scare in the movie - though I don't remember what - that made my girlfriend jump into my lap.
That’s because sax guy is the real vampire hiding in plain sight..😂😂😂
And the sax was a really big thing back in the 80s. Miami Vice had a lot of sax in the music, the traditional reggae music tended towards sax and trombone, jazz was hot for sax and trumpet fast duets. A number of the pop groups featured a lot of sax, such as Men At Work. My friend learned tenor sax at the time. From a library book. By Professor Sax (inventor). In German.
Steel drums were also kind of hot. Yet another library book adventure - making a set of 6.
@@martinhafner2201The song Baker Street, by Gerry Rafferty has one of the best sax riffs in a song. I get chills anytime I hear it.
Sax Man, Tim Capello, played a club in my hometown a couple of months ago. They bill him as "From the Lost Boys". Sadly, I didn't make it. He's currently touring, though.
A home is a sacred place and vampires cannot cross the threshold of that place, unless invited :)
This is often credited as starting the craze of romantic/sexualized modern take on vampires as hip or cool. Before this, they were mostly in line with the Bela Lugosi portrayal.
16:47 - OH! That's another great Halloween flic: John Carpenter's Prince Of Darkness! It's not a vampire movie, it's a very Lovecraft inspired existential horror movie. Highly recommended!
GARLIC... That's why you never see an Italian Vampire! You're Safe, Shanelle! hehehe
Alexander Winter went from being "Bill H. Preston, Esquire", to "Marco"... BIG Transition!
The 70's/80's were the BEST Eras for Movies/Music... Hands down. Argue with me on this... but you'll lose! hehehe
I BET those Vampire feet made Quentin Tarantino Swoon!
Fun Fact: Italy consumes more garlic per capita than any country in the world, and other than a couple of ancient Roman legends, Italy is the only European country with no traditional vampire lore.
Coincidence? I don't think so! 😁
Another great 80s vampire movie with a lot of comedy is Fright Night from 1985. Check it out!
Less funny, but also good "Near Dark"
The main theme is Cry Little Sister by G Tom Mac.
I dated a stripper because she danced to that song.
An absolute classic vampire movie, with one of the best soundtracks ever. Another great vampire movie from that era is Near Dark, which I highly recommend if you haven't seen it.
The movie was filmed in Santa Cruz, CA. Most of the odd people you see during the opening montage were actual residents. It was a pretty odd, unique place back then. The year that the movie came out I was working at the Boardwalk in SC, selling tickets. At the beginning of the movie, when the camera is panning down the Boardwalk, it goes right over the booth where I worked, which added an extra bit of fun for me.
They did have concerts on the beach at the Boardwalk, but never as cool or as highly attended as the one in the movie.
The comic book shop featured in the movie was Atlantis Fantasyworld, which was actually inland at the Pacific Garden Mall, and not on the Boardwalk. It's where I got most of my comic books while I was living there. Along with most of the PGM, it fell down during the Loma Prieta earthquake. One of the stoned out Frog parents in the background was one of the actual owners.
I lived there during that time and before that movie came out that town was not that well known. I was also there when that earthquake hit. I was in a restaurant on Ocean St., and it was insane. I was a waitress; my car had no gas, and I was going to use tips to get some. Who knew there would be no stations open for a week.
@@candicelitrenta8890 I moved there to be a banana slug (for anyone who doesn't know, that means to attend UCSC). Some friends and I were renting a place up the hill behind the Alpha Beta, and I was home at the time, laying on my bed reading a book. I spent the whole quake holding onto my fish tank, while my bookshelves toppled over and covered me with books. The place we were renting came out okay... our chimney fell off and the outgoing plumbing broke (as we discovered a couple of weeks later when the plants were growing *really* well), and our fridge migrated across the kitchen. But the house next to ours got red tagged.
I just visited for the first time in ages last month, and nothing has the same feel. Everything is upscale and plastic-feeling, rather than quirky and artsy with a bit of nostalgia.
If you want another good vampire film from the 80s, check out Near Dark. It is great and seems to always fly under the radar. Another to check out would be The Hunger.
Near Dark also has Lance Hendrickson and Bill Paxton. 😎👍
Corey Haim is in a werewolf movie called Silver Bullet you should check out to. I saw it in theaters. I liked it. But I like a lot of movies.
It was a big hit with all age groups. I was 11 and saw it in theaters with my family. Remember, back in the 80s a lot of dark and violent content was marketed toward the kids as well.
Yeah, Shan. I saw it in the eighties, in the theater, and people were OBSESSED with this movie. Kiefer Sutherland was a hot commodity after this, and it spawned all the "young friends" movies (Young Guns, Three Musketeers, Flatliners). Jami Gertz gained notice from this one as well, but her career was finished almost as soon as it started thanks to "Solarbabies", which also didn't do Jason Patric any favors either. The Lost Boys was never a "Blockbuster" hit, but it grabbed onto a huge following, and definitely spurred on the concept of the "Glamorous Vampire" trend in the 80s generation (such as Barnabus Collins, Lestat and Angelus as opposed to the horrific vamps like Nosferatu and Orlok). And I about wore out my copy of the soundtrack (on cassette).
I was obsessed with this movie when I was 13 in '87 and saw it 4 times at the theatre (when you could hide in the bathroom and just walk back into the theatre to watch it again...an R-rated movie & def wasnt with a parent!). Obsessed with Corey Haim (his Lost Boys fashion was a THING)....I would sleep with my Corey-on-the-cover Tiger Beats under my pillow). Yes this movie was huge but in 1987, as a teen, you were either on Team Lost Boys or Team Dirty Dancing.
PS the vampires used powers called a "glamour" to make the rice and noodles maggots & worms so Michael would willingly drink the blood. Why would Michael & Star be sleeping in the day? They're half vampires & weakened by the sun. Why did the blood have sparkles? Vampires are infected and supernatural so their blood would appear different, a bit otherworldly. Fun Fact: vampire Marko is played by Alex Winter, Bill from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. Also, your comment about wanting more addressing missing children and stuff is very NOT 80s...that's a dark theme you'd see in current film. The 80s was meant to be fun and fantastical. Very consistent tones.
Indeed, putting pictures of lost kids on milk cartons didn't start until the 1980's, so it was still pretty new in 1987.
The Burbs is a good one to watch for spooky season. More campy fun, staring Tom Hanks and Carrie Fisher AND it also has Corey Feldman.
I love that movie! I think she'd love it too
I saw this at the theatre and then about twenty more times on video. I was the same age as Sam and this was scary but fun. Grown up me appreciates that this is a rare movie where none of the main characters die. It's just fun vampy tropes, and an awesome 80s soundtrack.
Glad you enjoyed.
I really hope you get the chance to check out The Monster Squad (1987). A group of kids going up against knock-off Universal Monsters; very underrated.💜
Filmed mostly in Santa Cruz, CA. The boardwalk is exactly the same still. Love to visit with my kids.
People loved this movie! Especially the sound track! The Corey’s and Kiefer Sutherland were in so many flicks around that time. Recommend “Flatliners” with Kiefer Sutherland and Kevin Bacon.
I think you hit the nail on the head... When this first came out, it was a serious scary movie... but as you said, all scary movies of this period are like this, so it was the norm for us.. of course as we have gotten older, we see the cheese, and we remember how great it was. Perfect reaction. Thank you.
It definitely wasn't a serious scary movie. It was way tongue in cheek. Perhaps you were a bit young for more serious horror movies in 1987. Examples: Angel Heart, "A Return to Salem's Lot", or Pet Cemetery a few years later.
@@OgreProgrammer Yeah, I always read this as horror comedy. Not quite AWIL but in the same ball park. It's a fun movie with horror elements.
Yeah when was this ever considered "serious?" lol
What are you on about mate? Schumacher always intended it to be a horror comedy with touches of campy flamboyance.
Definitely not serious. At 12, my buddies and I got the campiness. I didnt like "horror." I loved this. Definitely intentionally comedic, and "cool".
Hey Shanelle, I found your stand up from 5 years ago on TH-cam randomly lol You’re pretty funny, but I already knew that from these reactions, you always make me laugh. This movie was one of my favorites growing up, such a fun film. I’m glad you enjoyed it! Looking forward to more.
Ummm, link?
I found it as well! Just popped up. She was funny
Fun fact about the Frog Brothers this movie is the first time they have ever killed vampires. You can tell they are inexperienced but they do a good job at being vampire killers anyway.
You REALLY need to watch “Lucas” from the 80’s!!
It will be a favorite, GUARANTEED!
Cory Haim (Lost boys)
Charlie Sheen
Kerri Green (Goonies)
are all in it.
Lost Boys is one of my top 4 80's Vampire movies. The others being Near Dark, Fright Night, and Vamp.
Also the band Gunship did a Lost Boys somewhat themed music video called Dark All Day that's worth checking out.
And drunk edit: I have also always loved the punchline at the end of this movie with Grandpa.
Thanks, Shanelle, for reacting to this one! It was a fun movie when it came out in the Summer between my junior and senior year. As an aside, one thing a lot of young folks like you are missing is a key element related to many of the movies of the 80s and that is the corresponding MTV videos that went along with the movie. I cannot recall any big movie that was released then that did NOT feature some kind of video for it. When you next watch an 80's movie, check out the soundtrack afterward and try to find the videos for the songs in the film. Many times, the videos feature many clips from the movie and functioned (I think) as ads for the movie for the then teens watching MTV in heavy rotation. It was at times integral to the movie being a success. This should provide some additional reactor context for what was going on back then. Sadly, you wouldn't have a lot of the ads that featured back then. I suppose you could always look those up as well. I agree with the one poster who indicated that vampire 'lore' was NOT very popular back then. It was just not as popular a genre back then, I kind of point to Anne Rice's books being talked about being made into a movie as a catalyst for many reading the books and probably sparked more curiosity in the genre. Fantasy has jumped by leaps and bounds in popularity today. Keep on doin' your thang on your channel. Love it.
I remember when NOES3 Dream Warriors came out and there was a Dokken video on Much (Canada's MTV) that played a lot. I believe in addition to clips a few actors added bits just for the video. (Patricia Arquette and Robert Englund I think). Lol....damn that was a long time ago. Dunno why that's the one that immediately popped into my head.
SNL Michael episode is the great episode we never got. They could do it now but 60% of the crowd wouldn't get it.
The female is Jamie Gertz, she was in a lot of popular films of that era.
Fun fact, she now owns the Atlanta Hawks
I saw this movie in the theater back in the day. I loved it. My friends loved it. We didn't think it was campy at all. It has one of the best movie soundtracks.
This movie was so great to see when it first came out in theatres! It was a bit of a thriller because of the suspense which feels like we are kind of used to today from oversaturation of the vampire genre stories. 80's placed a lot of emphasis on soundtracks as it seems like in the 80's record companies really pushed to make soundtracks as popular or even more so than albums by a single artist or band. This one had a great soundtrack and I wore out my cassette of this when I was a teenager.
If you watch Donner’s original Lethal Weapon, you’ll see in the shot of Riggs & Murtaugh walking past a movie theater in the background with “The Lost Boys” displayed on the theater’s marquee. Both movies were filmed about the same time in ‘86 and released 4 months apart in ‘87.
Even though the vampire characters backstory wasn't fleshed out at all, I took the movie title The Lost Boys as a reference to Peter Pan's Lost Boys. Kids/late teenagers who didn't want to grow old, so they became vampires willingly.
I was too young to have seen this when it came out, but when I did see it later on as a kid, I took it as theatrical 80s teen horror, kind of tongue-in-cheek and full of quotable one-liners. The highlight was when they set up childish weapons and traps to take on the vampires. It was almost the Home Alone concept before Home Alone.
That's a very smart observation about the "Home Alone" vibe of the final sequence. I think you're right that it is a version of the same idea.
Miss the MySpace days. You messed up you could drop off the top friends list, and you just may have a song playing on your page that they'd know was about them when they visited your page. 🤣
The location of the boardwalk is Santa Cruz, Ca.
Saw this in the theater when it debuted. I also wore out my soundtrack tape. 🎉enjoy! Jamie Gertz has classic 80’s curly hair. I have naturally curly hair and I sported a version of this hair. Lots of gel and hairspray gives that look. She’s in one of my favorite movies,Less than Zero.
I wore through the soundtrack tape too! Had to buy a second copy.
@@thane9 I’ve had it on LP, cassette and CD and of course MP3 etc….just a must have. 👍🏻
Jami Gertz didn't do nudity. The joke among us guys at the time was that she had great sex scenes with her clothes on.
I had that soundtrack tape, it was awesome
Jamie Gertz in THE 80s girl, for me
This was shot at the Santa Cruz, California beach boardwalk.
The singer who performs at the beach is Tim Cappello. He got his start performing on stage with Tina Turner, and still performs today. He's said to have an upbeat personality.
Star, in real life, is a billionaire and part owner of the Atlanta Hawks.
If you watch Seinfeld, she played Jerry’s girlfriend who couldn’t spare a square.
26:55 - One that instantly springs to mind, with both Coreys, is License To Drive. It came out the next year and also stars Heather Graham, Richard Masur, and Carol Kane. Cheeeeezy '80s flic, highly recommended! So cheesy in fact it'll leave you constipated. 😆
License To Drive was a fun film. Saw it on VHS back in the days.
"Sleep all day, party all night, never grow old, never die, it's fun to be a vampire."
There were several Sequels that are sadly not as good as the original.
There were talks of a Sequel and prequel TV series based on the movie, but all of these would be scrapped or put on hold.
Sin City (2005).. 🙂 many iconic actors. Robert Rodriguez, Helen Kirk, Bruce Willis, John McLeod, Jessica Alba, Clive Owen, Ethan Maniquis, Mickey Rourke, Cara D. Briggs, Rutger Hauer, Christina Frankenfield, Evelyn Hurley, Benicio Del Toro, Jason McDonald, Alexis Bledel, Charissa Allen, Michael Madsen, Samantha Inoue Harte, Powers Boothe, Lauren-Elaine Powell, Nick Stahl, Texas Presley, Devon Aoki, Michael Clarke Duncan, Rosario Dawson, Carla Gugino, Josh Hartnett, Jaime King, Brittany Murphy, Elijah Wood,
directed by Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller
Give STAR TREK a chance! Please! 🖖
be aware the 1st movie isn't that great though (I'm talking bout the original cast)
@Shanelle , if you like "friends" style films, boy do I have a Great one for your Halloween list ... THE MONSTER SQUAD !!!!
It's awesome!!!
Also, Cry Little Sister, is an infamous vamp goth cult classic thanks to this film. The local gorh club in Dallas, TX would fill up the dance flood from this song.
I love this movie so much and the soundtrack as well. It was interesting when I saw it for the first time on dvd to hear they added the song 'When you're strange' to it as well cause I love tha song. Any way seeing the actor of Max again is sad though cause he passed away in 2014. Love the trivia as always good to know facts of behind the scenes that I didnt know of before.
From what I recall, this movie was "cool" at the time. (and I was the right target audience for it) The humor was definitely intended, (I mean, the Frog Brothers) but I think it came across as dark humor rather than cheesy at the time. (at least to my young brain) It was right in the vein of many 80s movies of mixing fantastical with whimsy, just calibrated differently depending on the tone of the movie. (I mean, isn't that what Marvel is now?) It was definitely one of the things that propelled the notion of "cool young vampires" rather than Count Dracula type vampires. You should also watch *Kathryn Bigelow's vampire film "Near Dark"* which was darker, less cheesy.
"Actually, I thought it was a bakery..." 🤣🤣🤣
I love how sarcastic Corey Haim (RIP) is in Lost Boys. He has the same snide attitude in License to Drive (also with Feldman).
And Keifer's platinum blonde mullet is so 80's. It's just glorious!
Great reaction to a fun movie! I grew up in Santa Cruz and was a kid when they filmed it. Fun fact, the rumor at the time was that in the 70s (I think) that Santa Cruz was known as a “murder capital” so they forced them to change the name of the town in the movie, because PR. Needless to say it was a huge deal. It’s great to see this movie (and it’s soundtrack) live on… and never grow old.
Jason Patric's real name is John Anthony Miller III. His father worked under the name Jason Miller. Jason Miller played Father Karras in The Exorcist (1973). He was also in The Exocist III (1990). At the end of the Exocist, Jackie Gleason is mentioned. He was the father of Jason Miller's 1st wife, Linga, and Jason Patric's maternal grandfather.
This is my all time favorite movie and I was so excited when I saw this video come up! Today is my birthday (I’m 22) so it felt like a treat. The soundtrack is amazing and I’m glad you mostly enjoyed it!
Too bad she ruined the movie with such a bad reaction, acting like it was a terrible movie when it’s an absolute CLASSIC
I'm of the opinion that the Coreys and grandpa were pure camp, but the vampire side of the film was glam horror. It's an awesome movie. Peak Jamie Gertz. Probably peak Kiefer too.
Don't feel bad knowing it was a vampire movie going in. Remember that all of these classic movies were not seen in a vacuum, we had the movie trailer (that started with sexy sax man) letting us know they were vampires within 30 seconds.
I totally missed the Max twist. Pretty sure the invite rules were known even then, but he just seemed so "Richard Gilmore" that I just couldn't make the jump.
Big Hair vampires were the '80s precursor to sparkling vampires. I recall this being a pretty "serious" vampire film at the time (though still for teens/YA-which, honestly, is the major target audience). If ye want truly cheesy '80s teen vampire movies, one of Jim Carrey's earliest film roles is Once Bitten from 1985. His style of humor was much more "aww shucks.." than the manic out-of-control style that later became his signature.
"I still believe" 🎶
I'm not a big vampire fan but I always liked this movie. Got a unique style to it.
Omg 😩😩🙏🏼🙏🏼 thank you. I’ve been hoping more people would react to my favorite movie. I just saw one last night and now this ❤
I was in my mid teens when this came out and it was of the definitive vampire movies of the 80s (the original Fright Night was the other one and I highly recommend that one if you haven't seen it before). My mom grew up watching the Christopher Lee Hammer Dracula films and she loved this move every bit as much as I did. Coming of age movies have been done in every decade and in almost every genre but the 80s was exceptional in the depth and breadth of teen movies and this was one of the better ones. All the teens love it, we went around quoting it for weeks and months after we first saw it and it's still a go to choice for pure guilty pleasure.
This is probably the greatest our best. Most popular vampire movie ever made.,, But a underrated vampire movie that I would like to recommend Is innocent blood from the 90s,, It's about a French vampire living in New York. Who never drinks innocent blood only targets criminals. And she is fighting the mob and falling in love with the unrecovered cop.
I was 12. Back then, there wasn't a lot of Vampire stuff out there, so it was a pretty serious movie (at the time).
1984 Fright Night is a good 80's movie to view
there's a Danny Kaye movie from the 50s i think you would absolutely love called the Court Jester.
YAY! Another Danny Kaye fan!!! My biggest secret wish is that reactors get on a Danny Kaye binge and they get really popular.
@@thane9 Danny Kaye was one of the most funniest cats in Hollywood's Golden Age and a great humanitarian.
there's a quick shot, that many people miss.
when Max first comes over, Grandpa's about to come though the parlor doors. When he sees Max in his living room, he quickly [and quietly] closes the sliding doors. Many attribute this to not wanting to mess up his daughter's date.
When you rewatch the scene, the look Grandpa has [when he sees Max] is a look of fear, not embarrassment. This adds greater context to his line at the movie's end: "One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach… all the damn vampires."
This mean's Grandpa not only knew about vampires in Santa Carla, but possibly knew Max was a vampire, if not THE vampire. This also bring up everything in his house: all the extra tools in his workshop, as well as the massive amount of horns/antlers, and finally the sudden daytime landscaping he was doing.
there's also a fan theory about the final "date" Grandpa goes on: in that the "date" is actually a cover. Grandpa had actually left to hunt Max and the Lost Boys. When Grandpa didn't find them, at either of their lairs, he realized they're attacking the house and rushed back. It's why he's gone so long but makes it back, just in time. It also explains why Grandpa drove away in a massive truck, instead of the fancy car he previously drove. Also, that truck was a M-2-4, one-ton 4x4. A former military vehicle used by the US in WW2...
This was a huge hit as a rental in the late eighties. Renting The Lost Boys on VHS for a sleepover was a easy choice.
I am slightly disappointed Shanelle didn't point out the greased up muscle guy playing saxophone on the boardwalk. He is the most iconic element of this film.
I watched The Lost Boys in the theater when I was 16 years old. Loved it. Eventually, I taped it (VHS) off of HBO and me and my brother and sister probably watched it 100 times. Also, I bought the soundtrack on CD right away. Now I own a copy on Blu-Ray. We didn't see it as cheesy then. Just a mix of comedy and horror. Thanks for the reaction!
I think the point of not dwelling on the missing kids was to show how little people actually cared about them (aside from their own family's, of course). It's not newsworthy. It's just something happening in the background. Meanwhile, everyone on the boardwalk is partying, having fun, self-absorbed, lost in their own excess that the missing simply go unnoticed. This is what makes it so easy for the Vampires to prey on them/recruit them.
19:25 You get credit for knowing enough music theory to understand what a half step is.
(except it's more like a whole step)
It's one of my favorites. I grew up in California (but not Northern Cal where this takes place), and I was 12 when this came out, pretty close to the target audience range. I'm not aware of anyone at the time treating this like camp. It's not serious, but also not camp. No more camp than Lethal Weapon (there is a scene in Lethal Weapon where The Lost Boys is on a movie theater marquee). This was a big deal for making vampires stylish and sexy which is the more common thing these days. Because you either had old crusty euro vampires (like Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi), or they were dark (1987 also had Near Dark which I think you should check out. It's like The Lost Boys if it was more serious, featuring 3 actors from Aliens the year before)
My girlfriend at the time worked at the Boardwalk. She knew a lot of the extras. I later played in a band with the guitarist behind "Sax Guy", whom Bo Diddly fans had dubbed Lady Bo when they played together. I have fond memories of the soundtrack playing at a party the following New Years.
Saw it originally in the 80's. It was fun. I mean, it was the 80's. For some reason, we did a lot of campy just fun films back then. I guess we just liked life and were enjoying it so that energy was reflected in much of our cinema. Not that we didn't have serious films back then. We did. But for younger people, we just didn't want that hassle of dealing with the tough issues in our arts. Real life was school work, after school jobs, worrying about passing SAT's, finding a career, or getting ready to start a family. We didn't want the added stress in our films and music. And besides, it needed to reflect our play time. That's why there was so much color and fun in everything, from movies to fashion to music. Gen X. We seem to be the forgotten generation. We just wanted to go to work, play hard, raise our families, and be left alone. What more can you say?
I remember my sister and her friend watching this movie and then copying the entire soundtrack from her casssette to a new blank cassette. I STILL have this on my ALL-TIME FAVORITES music because every single song is awesome. Some songs are covers made more modern (and we knew it then but the synthesizer twist on it).
I love how grandpa knew the whole time that there were vampires in Santa Carla and failed to tell his family. Heads-up would have been most appreciated. Even if they do think he is off his rocker. Shit sucking vampire is one of my favorite movie lines ever. This movie is so 80s but in a very cool way. This doesn't suck at all, if you pardon the pun.
Another movie from the '80s that pits teenagers against vampires is Fright Night (1985).
Julia Robert’s was actually engaged to Keifer Sutherland when he was filming this movie, and she left him right before the wedding for the guy who plays Michael (Kiefer’s best friend at the time).
I saw this on video some years after it came out, probably around 1990 (God I'm old) but it was definitely considered over the top and campy even back then. That said, the soundtrack is still killer to this day.
From what I remember, The Lost Boys was only a moderate hit in theaters that became HUGE in VHS rentals and sales.
You missed that Grandpa is a half vampire. Thats why he does the taxidermy and has his special drink that no one can touch.
I love this movie so much, it's peak Joel Schumacher and just so much fun. Also fun fact, Star wasn't originally in the script, the studio wanted a young female lead to play off Michael and once you know that the movie comes off MUCH more queer even than it does initially (which is very)
I thought Sam was gay. He had a poster of George Michael in his room.
@@Madbandit77 Never explicitly but yeah a lot of people picked up on that in subsequent viewings, and Joel Schumacher being a gay man it's likely those things were intentional. And certainly (and especially if removing Star from the equation) David and Michaels dynamic is very gay
Glad u loved it more movies I should check out
Fright night 1985
House 1986
Bram.stokers dracula (1992)
The thing (1982)
Night of the demons (1987)
Trick or treat (1986)
Michael has Jim Morrison vibes, which makes the use of "People Are Strange" in the soundtrack very appropriate. The actor who played him is Jason Patric, son of Jason Miller (Fr. Karras in "The Exorcist), and grandson of Jackie Gleason. "POW! Right in the kisser!"
I love this movie. Joel Schumacher is/was a great director. He had to apologize to the Batman fans until the end of his life for making Batman Forever (1995) & Batman & Robin(1997). Joel Schumacher also made another movie I loved Flatliners (1990). That movie also starred Kiefer Sutherland.
This is the first video I'm watching of yours and screamed "Nooo!" when you started reading the imdb before the movie. When reacting, blind watch, always. It's so much better.
The other great Corey & Corey film in my opinion is License to Drive (1988). Great campy 80's teen fun around the struggle when on the verge of getting your driver's license.
What about Dream a Little Dream?
I grew up during the 1980s, and this might seem corny, but it warms my heart to hear you and others of your generation express positive thoughts and impressions of that era. It wasn't all good, as nothing is, but there are many things about it that I miss, especially the culture, and I think that had I been born much later, I'd still look back at a time I never experienced and like the 1980s, too. The 1990s was also great in its own ways, but the 1980s was "where it's at" for me, and everything after the 1990s has frankly been forgettable, on the whole.
Lastly; when it's done correctly... a film with a punchline can be amazing.
Great reaction! I think the vampire make up has held up pretty well.
You can understand why there isn't really much wire work and straight up reveals for the first part of the movie in order to build up a bit of tension. So as not to give the game away of who 'we're' up against.
Love scenes in the 80's generally looked like that in main stream films. Repeating music throughout the film was simply to shift units of the soundtrack. Ear worms in correlation with the arrival of music videos.
What I'm really interested in now though is seeing a live rewatch and commentary of Adventure Land. I always think of that movie as such an under the radar gem!
Saw the movie. Had the poster.
This came out when I was in middle school, about a year before going full goth. This move was most likely a part of that. I loved broody bad boys in leather jackets and eyeliner.
After this movie watch the 1985 Fright Night. That is a great Vampire movie too.
you can’t go wrong with the lost boys!!
The music ( the Doors, people are strange & cry little sister)
The cast (kiefer Sutherland, the coreys, Jason Patric, Alex winters and Dianne wiest)
The Director (Joel Schumacher)
The producer (Richard donner)