The Lost Boys (1987)
A divorced mother (Dianne Wiest) moves to the Californian coastal town of Santa Carla with her two teenage sons as played by the brooding Jason Patric and a Corey. The boys quickly run into trouble on the pier with the local teenage bike gang lead by Kiefer Sutherland's enigmatic David, who turn out to be a pack of punk rock / metalhead vampires.
I had an inkling that watching this film on Blu-ray might give me reason to reappraise it. The high definition image makes the nightlife on the pier come visually alive and the 5:1 True HD soundtrack is an aural delight especially when the classic rock songs of the soundtrack reverberate round the room. Good times indeed.
The actual film itself remains a vessel of bringing vampires to the MTV generation and in truth it works. The vampire gang are coolness personified (Except Alex Winter who never looks cool) and their gang stuff is basically an update of films like The Wild One (1953) and American Graffiti (1973).
The vampire action is very much of it's time with echoes of Salem's Lot (1979) and Fright Night (1985) going on, not that it's a bad thing, as the script, which is generally quite clever, takes us on a fun albeit glossy ride.
The film still has one big drawback which threatens to kill all momentum - Yes that f*cking idiot in the red bandanna and his childish antics - Once a Goonie, always a f*cking Goonie., but on the whole last night was a far more enjoyable experience than the first time i watched it on dvd many years ago.
Still not a patch on Near Dark, though.
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