Lost Boys begins with two brothers (played by Corey Haim and Jason Patrick) moving with their recently divorced mom (played by Diane Weist) to Santa Clara, California (the murder capitol of the world if the signs can be believed). Santa Clara has a boardwalk and comic book store inhabited by the Frog brothers (played by the Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander). The Frog brothers warn of impending vampire doom and soon their warnings become reality.

I won’t ruin the movie for you, but there are some really great scenes and with Jamie Gertz thrown in the mix as the intoxicating Star, where can the flick go wrong. A little bit of nudity would have aided in an R rating, but overall the movie is very enjoyable.

I don’t know why it is, but when I watch a vampire flick I want to see some sex. Maybe it is the sultry nature of what a vampire is supposed to be… I always imagine a vampire as being some sort of sex-starved demon on steroids (like Salma Hayek in From Dusk Till Dawn or Tom Cruise in Interview with a Vampire – another notable flick).

Toby thinks I give horror movies an extra rating point for having nudity, but this is not the case, only the really bad ones need nudity to make them enjoyable (like Demons – with scream queen Linnea Quigley – who also stared in Return of the Living Dead as a naked, punk-rock soon-to-be zombie – another good flick for reviewing too – but I think we’ll do those as a series).

There was rumored to be a Lost Boys 2 coming out at one point, but the production company canceled the film when their was little interest shown. As movies like From Dusk To Dawn 2 and Vampires 2 showed – unless you intended all along to make a sequel (Scream) you shouldn’t even try – although there are a few notable exceptions including most of the Halloween movies, some of the Living Dead movies and the Nightmare on Elmstreet scream-festival-became-franchise.

Toby, maybe our next reviewed horror movies should be anything with Sarah Michelle Gellar in it or the chick from Who’s the Boss? They both made some decent, er movies, scenes etc. My favorite still being the scene from the vampire flick where Who’s the Boss girl gets felt up by the nice lady photographer. What was the name of that flick? We definitely need to watch that one again! I feel a movie night coming on!

By far one of the best girlfriend-friendly vampire movies, Lost Boys rates a 9 out of 10 stars from me. Maybe I should go to bed or perhaps take a cold shower first – all of this talk of Jamie Gertz and Selma Hayek has me all futzed in the head.

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