The 80s offer a plethora of iconic movies, legendary roles, and cult classics. From this golden era of cinematic wonderment, I have selected The Lost Boys as the movie of the day. It was a vampire movie before the vampire craze, and in this case at least, everyone can act. You have an amazing cast with gems such as Corey Feldman, the late great Corey Haim, Jason Patric, Diane Wiest, Jami Gertz, and, of course, Kiefer Sutherland before he was Jack Bauer. This is what all other pop vampire movies should aspire to be (honorable mention to Interview with a Vampire and Underworld, as they do not fall in this genre, and are great movies in their own right). I watched this movies hundreds of times growing up, and I even named my first pet (a beautiful Persian cat) NaNook. I know every line, recall every glorious scene. Lines like, “If all the corpses buried around here were all to stand up at once, we’d have one he’ll of a population problem,” are priceless. The soundtrack is on a permanent playlist on my iPod. “Cry Little Sister” is one of my top 20 favorite songs. Of you haven’t seen it, I will summarize, but I’m big on not doing spoilers. So, here goes: A mom and her two teen sons move to a small town dubbed “Murder Capitol of the World.” big brother meets some unsavory types in pursuit of a pretty face, and finds he bit off a bit more than he can chew. Little brother meets a couple of strange brews in the local comic book store and they unravel the mystery of big brother’s strange behavior… Not even close to living up to it, but you have to watch it to revel in its full glory! Happy watching…
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