The Lost Boys (15)

Financial troubles force a recent divorcée and her teenage sons Mike and Sam to settle down with her father in the California town of Santa Carla. The town is plagued by bikers and some mysterious deaths. At first, Sam laughs off rumors he hears about vampires who inhabit the small town, until he makes friends with two other boys who claim to be vampire hunters. But after Mike meets a beautiful girl at the local amusement park, he begins to exhibit the classic signs of vampirism, sleeping days and staying out all night, and is drawn into the gang of bikers by the beautiful girl. The younger boy starts getting into trouble because of his friends' obsession. Fearing for his own safety, Sam recruits the two young vampire hunters to save his brother by finding and destroying the head vampire.

Cast: Michael - Jason Patric

         Sam - Corey Haim

         David - Kiefer Sutherland

         Edgar Frog - Corey Feldman

Director: Joel Schumacher

Worldwide Box Office: $32,393,651

Trivia: Santa Cruz, where Santa Carla takes place, was once plagued with the reputation of being "The Murder Capital Of The World" because of a series of very brutal murders by three different very disturbed men in the early '70s. Because of John Linley Frazier, Herbert Mullin and Edmund Kemper, Santa Cruz endured 28 murders over a 30 month period between 1970 and 1973

The names of the Frog brothers, Edgar and Alan, are a reference to Edgar Allan Poe, the well-known writer of horror fiction.

It has been highly theorised by fans that Grandpa was actually a half-vampire, and the root beer was actually animal blood due to his hobby as a taxidermist.

Lulu's verdict: A bit biased on this one as one of my personal favourites. An all star cast, an awesome story shot brilliantly with a banging soundtrack. Cool as a cucumber, what a vampire movie should be.