A mother and her two teenage sons move to a seemingly nice and quiet small coastal California town yet soon find out that it's overrun by bike gangs and vampires. A couple of teenage friends take it upon themselves to hunt down the vampires that they suspect of a few mysterious murders and restore peace and calm to their town.
A horrifically dreadful vampire teensploitation entry.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
24 Mar 2009
rotten:
Schumacher`s sputtering, short-term approach to the material is a disappointment, because there's something in it that ought to make for a good movie, and from time to time makes The Lost Boys good enough.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan 2014
rotten:
There's always room for fancy trash, and this movie -- about a gang of punk vampires terrorizing the new kids in town -- seems capable of providing some. Then the characters open their mouths.
– Michael Wilmington,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan 2014
rotten:
The Lost Boys, which attempts to be funny while preserving the shock value of the vampire legend, aims somewhat higher... and misses.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
21 Jan 2014
rotten:
Schumacher falls far short of the talent for pop wit that Joe Dante showed in Gremlins and The Howling.