The Lost Boys Review

The Lost Boys is a quintessential 80’s film in all regards and shows that in the style of music and clothing that the characters where. It can be said that this film made vampires cool again in pop culture but also showed that vampires could be more than just creepy they could be hip. David the leader of the gang of vampires played by Kiefer Sutherland is a prime example of how a young vampire would be a radical and extreme dare devil. The special effects for the time were very good and showed off the innovation of film making at the time around the end of the 80's. The fangs of the vampires and the effects of making there eyes appear cat like was done beautifully showing off the ferocity in there faces. On a side note this was the first film I saw that had a child as a vampire and it was kind of creep it made me want to laugh and at the same time made me want to run away from it.

However the film does have more than just characters that are vampires it also has the hero's such as Michael the older brother played by Jason Patric, Sam the younger brother played by Corey Haim, and the Frog brothers played by Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander. Michael shows the deep termoail that teens of his age go through with hormone changes. This is later amplified by his transformation into a vampire and his mother Lucy's attempt to understand what he is going through. The Lost Boys is defenatle a film that has to be watched with popcorn on hand because it is a summer film that has a small cheese factor in that you can take some of it seriously but other parts are just silly.

The story of the film is quite odd in that the family moves to the area because of the grandfather but he does nothing to tell them that Santa Carla is infested with vampires. It is no suprise at the end that he already knew about the vampires and that is why he had built his home on a hill with dozens of stake like objects around his home and in it. Humor is an underlying factor in this film making less horrifying as it could have been but that's not a bad thing because it makes the movie feel like a horror comedy. Dated clothing gives the movie a nostalgic feel to those who went to see the film originally and if you are seeing it for the first time you will be sure to notice that it is entertaining. Final rating on this movie is a 9/10 because even though I've seen this film only twice I can still remember enough of it to know that it was a good movie. If you like vampires and 80's movies than this movie is the marriage made just for you.

Opening Image: The sign that says Santa Carla the home of happiness and on the back of the sign is written the murder capital of the United States.
Theme Stated: When they show the city and how many missing persons signs are around town.
Set-Up: Michael and Sam decide to go around town at night and have fun while there mother looks at the shops.
Catalyst: When Michael sees Star at the concert he begins to become fascinated with her and follows her until he sees David and his group of vampires.
Debate: After Michael has a race with David he takes him to there hang out which is an old hotel and tells him to drink a mysterious liquid.
Break Into Two: Michael does not want to let go of a bar that was keeping him from falling down and dying but when he does he wakes up in his bed alive and perfectly fine.
B Story: Sam had been having a suspicion that Santa Carla was a place that seemed to nice to be perfectly normal but he revisits the comic book story he is told the truth. So Sam learns more about the vampires and finds out that his brother Michael is a vampire.
Fun and Games: As Sam and the Vampire hunters try to find who the head vampire is they attempt to confront Max, Sam’s mothers boyfriend.
Midpoint: After a failed attempt to determine the identity of the head vampire they decide to ask Michael if he has any idea who the head vampire is and he says that David probably was.
Bad Guys Close In: Following the arrival at the vampire’s hideout the vampire hunters, Sam, and Michael go into the depths and kill one of the four vampires but don’t kill the presumed head vampire.
All Is Lost: They failed to kill the head vampire but night would soon fall and the vampires would arrive to kill Michael, Sam, and Vampire hunters.
Dark Night Of The Soul: The group has to kill the vampires as they come in and attempt to kill them.
Break Into Three: David is killed but the curse of the vampire on Michael is not broken which leads Sam to rethink who the head vampire was.
Finale: Max tells them that he was the head vampire and try’s to turn Lucy into a vampire but is ultimately killed by Sam’s Grandfather who drives into the house and kills max.
Final Image: Grandpa had known that the vampires had been living in Santa Carla the whole time.

-Ryan