#55: The Lost Boys 10/6/2014
After moving with his family to the coastal town of Santa Carla, a young man falls in with a very bad crowd.
So technically I didn’t watch this in my basement whilst working out but I did watch it at Raven’s house before walking the 5 miles from there to home, in 80 degree weather, most of the time carrying my score of 7 VHS videos &18 records, so I think it still counts. Anyways, this is one of my all time favorite movies for many reasons – the incredible cast, the amazing one liners (death by stereo!), the crazy clothes, the fantastic soundtrack – everything about this movie is just so awesome. I have loved Jason Patrick since I saw him in the superb after school special ‘Toughlove’ & aside from that & Rush, this may be his best role – it utilizes his pouty mouth perfectly. Kiefer Sutherland is at his all time hottest as the vampire gang leader with a miraculously toe headed mullet to die for. Alex Winter has very few lines in his role but he rocks a similarly sweet mullet so that kind of makes up for it. Both of the Coreys showcase their finest work & some of the most outrageous outfits of all (at one point I’m pretty sure Haim is in a mumu) & supply the majority of the comic relief. Jami Gertz is perfect as the hippie dippy woman of intrigue (I love how stoked she is at the sexy sax man show, now that’s impressive acting). Diane Wiest plays the role she plays so very well (& often) – loving but concerned mom trying to figure out how to handle her crazy kids. And of course, there’s Grandpa, with the most endearing character of all & by far the best lines. Everyone is just SO good (& for the most part super attractive, which is nice). I also think this is one of the best cinematic examples of creating the perfect mood for the setting with the location, music & attitude. The town & vampires are so nicely crafted, it makes you want to go there & hang out with them even though they are total peer pressuring jerks & you would probably have a terrible time but at least you’d be in a beautiful abandoned underground vintage hotel with pretty pretty undead people. Overall, an unbeatable feat of movie genius.
1/26/22
A favorite from Issue #3! One of several horror films featured in this issue since it was October when I wrote them.