The Lost Boys (1987)
Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire.
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The Lost Boys rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.2/10· 176K votes
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Metacritic63%
TMDb7.103/10· 2K votesWith 75% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.2/10 on IMDb and 63/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.
About The Lost Boys
When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.
Cast of The Lost Boys
Jason Patric
as Michael Emerson
Corey Haim
as Sam Emerson
Dianne Wiest
as Lucy Emerson
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
as Paul
Billy Wirth
as Dwayne
Alex Winter
as Marko
The Lost Boys facts
- Budget
- $8.5M
- Box office
- $32.2M
- Collection
- Lost Boys Collection
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •1980s beach town atmosphere delivers campy vampire horror with genuine charisma and style
- •Blood sucking mythology infuses comedic tone with romance and thrilling creature feature spectacle
- •Brother relationship grounding creates emotional stakes amid amusement park boardwalk adventure setting
What the audience disliked
- •Tonal inconsistency between comedy horror romance elements occasionally feels disjointed and uneven
- •Vampire lore occasionally contradicts established mythology creating logical plot holes and confusion
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