LOST BOYS (DVD/SPEC EDITION/2 DISC/WS) DVD

The Lost Boys
In this hit '80s hybrid of the horror movie and the Teen flick, a single mom and her two sons become involved with a pack of vampires when they move into an offbeat Northern California town. Lucy (Dianne Wiest) and her sons, Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam (Corey Haim), move to Santa Carla to live with Lucy's lovable but curmudgeonly father (Barnard Hughes). Lucy gets a job from video store-owner Max (Edward Herrmann), then begins dating him, while Sam hangs out with Edward and Alan Frog (Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander), a pair of vampire-obsessed comic-shop clerks. Soon Michael falls in with some actual vampires after becoming enamored of one of their victims: Star (Jami Gertz), a gypsy-like vixen who is trying to hold onto her humanity even though vampire leader David (Kiefer Sutherland) wants to play Peter Pan to her Wendy. When Michael visits the cavernous hangout of David and his cronies and unwittingly drinks from a wine bottle full of vampiric blood, he becomes an unwilling member of the bloodsucker biker gang. Soon, it's up to Sam and the Frog brothers to destroy David and his ilk without killing Michael and Star. Shot on location in the coastal California town of Santa Cruz and directed by Hollywood pro Joel Schumacher, The Lost Boys became a pop-culture phenomenon thanks to its attractive young stars, offbeat soundtrack, and hip, clever marketing campaign; the film's tagline -- "Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire." -- perfectly captured its knowing mixture of attitude and gore. The effects team who transformed Sutherland and company into snarling blood-suckers would go on to provide equally gruesome effects for Blade, another revisionist vampire flick, more than a decade later. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide

Cast Jason Patric as Michael Corey Haim as Sam Dianne Wiest as Lucy Barnard Hughes as Grandpa Edward Herrmann as Max Kiefer Sutherland as David Jami Gertz as Star Corey Feldman as Edgar Frog Jamison Newlander as Alan Frog Brooke McCarter Jr. as Paul Billy Wirth as Dwayne Alex Winter as Marko Chance Michael Corbitt as Laddie

Crew Thomas A. Duffield - Art Director Marion Dougherty - Casting William S. Beasley - First Assistant Director Joel Schumacher - Director James Arnett - Second Unit Director Robert Brown - Editor Mark Damon - Executive Producer Richard Donner - Executive Producer John W. Hyde - Executive Producer Thomas Newman - Composer (Music Score) Michael D. O'Shea - Camera Operator Michael Genne - Camera Operator Robert W. Welch III - Production Designer Michael Chapman - Cinematographer Harvey Bernhard - Producer John Warnke - Set Designer R. Chris Westlund - Set Designer Bob Stoker, Jr. - Special Effects Greg Cannon - Special Effects David Ronne - Sound/Sound Designer Larry Nicholas - Stunts William R. Perry - Stunts Scott Wilder - Stunts David LeBell - Stunts David Burton - Stunts Pat Romano - Stunts Randy Hall - Stunts Gene Lebell - Stunts Spice Williams - Stunts Bernie Pock - Stunts John Meier - Stunts Steve Holladay - Stunts Sandy Gimpel - Stunts Chuck Picerni, Jr. - Stunts James Jeremias - Screen Story Janice Fischer - Screen Story Jeffrey Boam - Screenwriter Chris Columbus - Screenwriter Janice Fischer - Screenwriter Thomas Pope - Screenwriter James Jeremias - Screenwriter Paul H. Goldsmith - Second Unit Director Of Photography

The Lost Boys
Few blockbusters can boast the easy charms of this delightful popcorn flick, which featured "the two Coreys" (Haim and Feldman) at the height of their popularity and set brooding Jason Patric up for endless "Why isn't he a bigger star?" feature stories. Although no fewer than five hands were involved in the screenplay, the film that emerges is a solidly cohesive effort that takes both its teen angst and its blood-n-fangs seriously even as it smirks slightly at its own cheekiness. From the deadpan antics of Grampa (Barnard Hughes) and the quirky likability of his flaky daughter, Lucy (Woody Allen favorite Dianne Wiest), to the classic "meet cute" of Star (Jamie Gertz) and Michael (Jason Patric), The Lost Boys uses standard-issue screenwriting devices to set up its vampires-in-seedy-suburbia scenario. It succeeds, however, thanks to its imaginative vampire mythos and its easy mixture of laughs and thrills. Kiefer Sutherland is actually quite menacing as the leader of the Rebel Without a Cause-style undead, while the Coreys and co-star Jamison Newlander have great fun spouting slang witticism and driving stakes through the hearts of the bloodsucking legions. The location shots of coastal Northern California punks cavorting on the boardwalk set an edgy pop-culture tone that's carried through in the music (by INXS, Echo and the Bunnymen, and composer Thomas Newman, among others) and especially in the shots of the so-hip-it-hurts vampire hangout. The real treat for horror fans, though, is the extended set piece of the climax, which includes so many inventive deaths (and killer plot twists) that it renders earlier vampire movies tame. Fans of more methodical psychological horror -- and older audiences in general -- probably won't find The Lost Boys too scintillating, but for youngsters, horror fans, and '80s survivors, it's a fun little flick that has held up remarkably well. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: cc All-new digital transfer Commentary by director Joel Schumacher Languages: English & Français Subtitles: English, Français, & Español Additional scenes "The Lost Boys: A Retrospective" documentary "The Return of Sam and the Frog Brothers: The 2 Coreys and Jamison Newlander" multiangle video commentary "Vamping Out: The Undead Creations of Greg Cannom" Inside the Vampire's Cave: Four featurettes The Vampire's Photo Gallery "Lost in the Shadows" music video A World of Vampires interactive map And more DVD Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1: Cinemascope MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 2 DVD Sides: 2 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 97 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- Feature 1. Boardwalk Prey [3:07] 2. Welcome to Santa Carla [3:14] 3. Arrival at Grandpa's [3:14] 4. First Night [4:17] 5. The Frog Brothers [1:46] 6. Deadly Interruption [1:23] 7. Higher Purpose [1:53] 8. The Challenge [2:16] 9. Ride to Hudson's Bluff [2:26] 10. Feeding Time at the Lair [4:09] 11. One of Us [2:27] 12. Railroad Bridge [4:49] 13. Michael's Transformation [6:26] 14. Uncontrollable Urge to Fly [5:08] 15. Max's Visitors [1:12] 16. Lovers [2:51] 17. Behind the Sunglasses [1:19] 18. Max's Hound of Hell [2:30] 19. Dinner With Max and the Frogs [4:55] 20. Time to Join the Club [3:49] 21. Harder to Resist [2:42] 22. Hunting the Undead [6:05] 23. On Their Own [2:31] 24. Preparations for Battle [3:23] 25. Under Seige [1:55] 26. Garlic Bloodbath [1:23] 27. Death by Stereo [1:50] 28. Attack of Eddie Munster [1:26] 29. Michael vs. David [2:43] 30. Head Bloodsucker [2:38] 31. All the Damn Vampires [2:48] 32. End Credits [4:27]