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The Lost Boys (1987)

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SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!!!!


I suggest watching The Lost Boys(1987) first, then return to read my review and check out my rating for it!

Now let's get into this silly 80s film with lots of humor and a little horror!

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The Plot:


"The Lost Boys" opens with Lucy Emerson and her two kids, Michael and Sam, moving to

 Santa Carla, California, to live with Lucy's quirky dad.



Michael follows a girl he just met; Star, to a beach concert one night, when he runs into

 David and his biker crew. They encourage him to join them, and he undergoes a bizarre and

 exciting initiation ceremony that involves hanging from a railroad track bridge after

 drinking what he thinks is wine. This event, unbeknownst to Michael, marks his change

 into a vampire. Sam, the younger brother talks with the "Frog brothers", Edgar and Alan,

 who run a comic book store and think Santa Carla is plagued with vampires while, Michael

 begins to develop weird symptoms and urges.



Sam and the Frog brothers devise a plan to save Michael. They discover that the only way to

 kill a vampire is to stab them in the heart. Meanwhile, Michael fights with his sudden

 bloodlust and the idea that he is becoming a night creature.



The conclusion takes place in David's lair, an abandoned hotel. Sam, the Frog brothers, and

 Star team up to take on David and his gang. A combat with vampire-slaying equipment and

 suspense follows. Michael finds himself torn between his love for Star and his wish to

 avoid the vampire metamorphosis.



The Frog brothers triumph over David in an exciting fight, but Michael must still confront

 his own vampire impulses. They then discover that the true head vampire is their mom's

 new boyfriend and have to fight him. He's is eventually defeated when their grandfather

 comes home in his truck stacked with stakes and impales the vamp.





My Rating


8/10

Originality of Story/Characters: The plot of the film is a classic vampire tale with a comedic twist and it is very fun and hardly scary at all. The humor is very original especially if you're not used to the way people talked 36 years ago.


2/10

Cinematography: Very headachy in certain scenes and there's nothin very memorable from the movie in terms of how well a scene was shot.


8/10

Soundtrack Use: I loved all the songs used and they are all to my taste and I think they added a lot to the movie. Especially in funny scenes and in the climax.


8/10

Re-watchability: This movie is very hard not to rewatch because of how funny it is and not corny when it comes to jokes. Simple as that



My Overall Rating: 6.5/10


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