Lost Boys - The Tribe (DVD, 2008)

The sequel to the 1987 cult hit The Lost Boys takes us back to the city of Luna Bay, California.
Having just lost their parents in a car accident, the siblings-Chris Emerson and his sister, Nicole move in with their crazy Aunt Jillian and become new prey for the new vampires, lead by Shane Powers(Angus Sutherland-Kiefer's brother). Chris must locate and destroy the gangs lifeline before his sister becomes a vampire. Chris finds himself relying on the expertise of Edgar Frog (Feldman). For real fans of the original Lost Boys wait for the full credits at the end. Where this movie ends should have actually been the new movie. Angus Sutherland is definitely not up to Kiefer's acting capability. Funny to watch but it's a shame they could not make a proper sequel with the real stars, including Kiefer, Vampires can always be bought back to life. I'd watch this on tv it's not worth the money I paid.

THE TRIBE could have been a great sequel, but instead of adding something new, it rehashes the plot of LOST BOYS, only this time it's a teenaged girl, not a boy, who wants to join the vampires. Her brother saves her with the help of Edgar Frog (Corey Feldman), the only actor in THE TRIBE who remembers that the original LOST BOYS was part horror film, part teen comedy. Corey looks EXACTLY like he did 25 years ago (hey, maybe HE'S the real vampire), although his voice is much deeper (eerily so!) Frog still delivers humorous one-liners along with vampire-slaying advice, but the rest of the cast play it straight, which does little to distinguish THE TRIBE from a million other vampire movies. There's lots of blood and unneccessary female nudity. Angus Sutherland masters the sexy-vampire vibe, but is not nearly as scary as Kiefer Sutherland in the original.

Boy am I glad we ate before we watched this! This film of course fell into the old trap of trying to garner the audience of 13 to 21 age groups..instead of keeping it on the same level as the first film..Film begins with newly orphaned teenagers moving to Vampire Central..where they meet up with Edgar Frog of course that's after the Sister is already infected..The leader played by Angus Sutherland, is the star of the first Lost Boys movie half Brother of course I'm talking about Kiefer Sutherland..is dangerous and considered by straight females as sexy..of course Sis is attracted to him..just goes to show what can happen when a young Girl goes off with someone she doesn't know (it may just be me, but I think the Sister look like a cross between Alyssa Milano and Miley Cyrus) I hated the fact this film relied so heavily on the gore factor and yes it is extremely gory..it's my firm belief when filmakers do this it's because they feel the movie has no real substance so they give the audience what they think they want (gore) to try to hide that fact..But this film has a great storyline, great script, great acting, I love the ending and by all means don't skip the credits or you'll miss the rest of the ending..the excessive gore was not needed..It's not a good idea to let any kids under the age of 18 watch this..

It has been quite a few years since the original " Lost Boys " came out. I am a big fan of vampire movies. There was alot of HYPE with this movie, and I decided to wait until it came out on DVD. The storyline was the typical partying guys, then they turn into vampires, with a hot girl they are trying to transform into one of them. Very similar to the original. I liked how Cory Feldman was in the movie, ( Corey Haim was as well, but they took out his scenes. I think he was under the influence...) I like how Keefer Sutherlands younger brother was in this movie, but personally I was not impressed with his acting at all. That was pretty much the only downer I had about this movie. Otherwise a very good movie...

Not bad-all in all an enjoyable vampire movie. I knew when I saw Tom Savini at the beginning of the movie that there would be a generous helping of blood and intestinal footage (gotta love Savini). Characters were all pretty good--hated the head vampires' three frat boy-followers-video camera welding-broheims-but I guess that's the point (in the movies and real life you'd wish they'd get what's coming to them). Kind of hoping for a surprise ending where there was another head vampire-a less likely candidate-like in the first one, but no such luck. Still all in all a decent sequel-Cory Feldman didn't look much different 20 years later and that was amazing in itself. Also that a Sutherland (Keifer's son I take it) was also in it. I liked a lot of the action scenes also. The '80's had a lot of good movies-horror movies included-I'll take a sequel from those over most of the garbage that's made today.