The Lost Boys 4K 1987

"One thing I can say about Santa Carla, there's one very negative thing about it - all those damn vampires!", are the words that end this movie.

So, let's rewind to the beginning and press play!

The movie starts, the stunning landscapes come into view, with the credits in the background. And all this to the music of the legendary band The Doors, the track "People Are Strange" sounds and representatives of different youth subcultures are shown on the screen. In spite of the fact that the music is from the 60's and the movie is from the 80's, it all conveys a magnificent dual atmosphere of both the 60's and the 80's, you see, these eras have something in common, it seems Joel Schumacher has caught it. Everything is so vivid and terrific it feels like an idyll, hell, I love the 80's.

A car drives by on the screen: a mother and two sons, one considerably older than the other. There it is, the city of "Santa Carla," the boys notice a sign that reads "Santa Carla is the murder capital of the world," which unwittingly puts off the viewer thinking that the meat grinder is about to begin...

"No I'm not dead," is the grandfather's first line after the mother and sons enter the house. The grandfather appears to be a hippie, and the town as a whole resembles Woodstock of the late 60's, and its inhabitants look like they have come to a music festival, and the grandfather's house looks like H. Thompson's hut from the movie "Where the Buffalo Roams". It would be all right if it weren't for the flickering flyers and photos of "Missing...," "Wanted...," etc.

Joel Schumacher did a terrific job of conveying the atmosphere, yes, I haven't seen this kind of atmosphere in movies in a long time - everything is conveyed to the viewer quite smoothly, conceptually and unobtrusively, all of which actually spins out into the main plot - vampires.

A gang of young vampires terrorizes a small provincial town. Consequently, people begin to disappear. The older of the brothers gets acquainted with the bandits and joins them in the gang, here begins the most interesting part...

The makeup and special effects are on high, the camerawork is good, the direction is masterly, and the soundtrack - I haven't heard the "sound" so perfectly conveying the atmosphere for a long time.

The film is definitely worth a look. The excellent acting of then unfamiliar Kiefer Sutherland will not leave lovers of good atmospheric cinema indifferent.