From cinemablend, Last week we reported in our DVD News section that both of “the Coreys” would be putting in an appearance in The Lost Boys 2: The Tribe, the not-really-awaited sequel to The Lost Boys. Now it appears the movie is getting another big name attached, or at least a big one in horror circles: Tom Savini.
The horror makeup master told Fango Radio that not only is he putting in an appearance, but Savini will be one of the first vampires seen in the movie, as reported by Bloody-Disgusting: "I'm a surfer who runs into the vampires at the beginning of the film, in a sequence that is shot very Sergio Leone-style. They're shooting THE TRIBE in Vancouver right now, and I'll be there September 11."
So, why report the inclusion of the Coreys as DVD news, but Tom Savini as movie news? Simple. Last week the movie was slated for a direct to DVD release but Savini thinks that because of the Coreys’ television show, The Lost Boys: The Tribe may now get a theatrical release. That doesn’t heighten our expectations for the movie at all, however. After all, Savini has appeared in a hoard of bad horror flicks. Instead we’re just expecting The Tribe to crash and burn on the big screen before being a disaster on DVD.
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This made me look up my pre-blog review of Lost Boys, which I present here (train wreck or not, I'll definitely be seeing the sequel):
Lost Boys (1987) ***
My roommate has a synopsis of this movie from the TV section of Entertainment Weekly pinned to the fridge: "Vampires chase everyone named Corey."
This is the movie that immortalized the words "My own brother, a shit-sucking vampire! Wait until Mom finds out, buddy!" and planted its own flag in the ever-crowding hill of modern vampire movies. Universal movie mom Diane Weist and her two sons move in with Grandpa in the vampire-infested beach town of Santa Carla. One son gets recruited by the vamps, the other son gathers two allies and starts the fight.
This movie has some stuff going for it. There's some original applications of the age-old vampire rules. Yeah, why not fill a water pistol with holy water? That just makes sense. Keifer Sutherland pulls off a decent villain here, too, there's a good deepness to his voice I hadn't really noticed before. There are some perks on the soundtrack. Also, I absolutely love the last line of the movie. Here and there are a couple of other moments that still ring true, but what does this movie not have going for it? Quite a bit.
First of all, Lost Boys has the incredible disadvantage of being one of the definitive bastions of late 80's cool. Uh-oh. I'd hope we all know by now how I feel about the late 80's. (Love the early 80's, of course.) You've got the bizarre showcasing of Corey Haim, not knowing that the ride will ever end. Watch as preteen girls get excited about Corey...taking a bubble bath! Or looking at the sexy Rob Lowe poster on his wall (I'm not kidding, it's there). We have the antics of the other Corey and his onscreen brother -- while sometimes still funny, it turns out they get more annoying with time. And then there's the vampires, whose main recruiting promise is that you can rev your motorcycles in the dark and go "woo hoo!" and stuff. This time around I didn't find the vampires flying like Superman really to be all that interesting, and the bulk of the scares are based on those flying POV shots, so...
I don't think I realized this was directed by Joel Shumacher until this viewing, but I wasn't surprised. The sets and costumes reminded me a lot of the unfortunate set design of the back alleys of Shumacher's Gotham City. Everything is all cluttered, the vampires' lair is a fathomless collection of posters, drapes, hanging chandelier things, candles. The costumes on the hench-vamps are complicated collections of colored jackets and shirts and scarves. A lame design sense I don't miss.
It's not like this movie is unwatchable now, but so much of what made it fun feels extremely diluted. Good performances, and enough action to propel it forward, but it'll be a few years before I think about checking this out again.
I think I have seen the original about 20 times. And no, it wasn't because of the Corey's!
Excellent soundtrack as well.
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