Lost Boys: The Trite

Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008)


Directed by: P.J. Pesce

Starring: Ted Hilgenbrink, Autumn Reeser, Angus Sutherland, Corey Feldman

Other Actors of Note: Corey Haim, Tom Savini

Plot:The sequel to the 1987 cult hit The Lost Boys takes us to the shady surf city of Luna Bay, California, where vampires quickly dispatch anyone who crosses their path. Into this dark world arrive Chris Emerson (Hilgenbrink) and his younger sister, Nicole (Reeser). Having just lost their parents in a car accident, the siblings move in with their eccentric Aunt Jillian and become new prey for the locals way of life. When Nicole unwittingly falls for a local vampire, Chris must locate and destroy the gangs lifeline before his sisters transformation is complete; to do this Chris finds himself relying on the expertise of none other than Edgar Frog (Feldman). Subtle references to characters from the original film, and cameos from returning actors offer homage to the Lost Boys legend and set a sinister tone of impending doom.

Angus Sutherland: Looking like Keria Knightly with stubble since 1982

"Lost Boys: The Tribe" A.K.A. "I'm Corey Feldman and I'm More Talented Than the Entire Cast of This Movie" is a cheesy vampire movie masquerading as the sequel to the 1980s film "The Lost Boys" as a way of validating this they've hired Corey Feldman to reprise his role as Edgar Frog and then made a movie that he doesn't fit into and cast Kiefer Sutherland's functionally retarded younger brother Angus to play the lead vampire and played a bad cover of "Cry Little Sister" by some flavor of the week "My Chemical Romance" wannabe band. Throw in a 10 second cameo by Corey Haim at the end and BOOM! Instant sequel.

The film begins with a group of rowdy surfers breaking into someone's private beach and creating mischief. The owner turns out to be Tom Savini as some sort of yuppie vampire, the problem is that these guys are vampires as well. So after they dispatch us of Tom Savini's bad acted we're treated to an hour and a half of Anguish Sutherland trying to hide his down's syndrome.

Anyhow we're introduced to Chris (Ted Hilgenbrink) and Nicole (Autumn Reeser) a brother sister duo that are waaaaaaaaaaay too close. (Seriously, it's more disturbing if they're NOT fucking.)

They go to a party held by Shane (Angus Sutherland) who turns Nicole into a vampire and Chris goes and finds Edgar Frog: Minister/Surfboard Shaper/Vampire Hunter (Corey Feldman) and they try to take down "the tribe" (apparently 4 people constitutes a tribe) and get Nicole back.

This picture is so much creepier if you don't think about this being a vampire movie.

Performance ratings won't take long here. Ted Hilgenbrink (Best known as the first guy who was trying to make up for the lack Sean William Scott in an "American Pie" sequel if that tells you anything.) is slightly charming and not much else as Chris. He's a poor subsitution for Corey Haim in the first movie but he's a fairly capable protagonist.

Autumn Reeser is very cute and 90% of her lines are either "Stop it!" or "You ass!" and that's about it with her. She does a pretty good job of convincing us that someone like her would actually find Angus Sutherland attractive.

And speaking of Angus Sutherland, how bad is he?

He's so bad that Donald Sutherland loses a year off the end of his life for every line Angus read.

*Ba-Dum Pssh*

He's so bad that I wish Tom Savini had been the main villain.

*Ba-Dum Pssh*

He's so bad that I wondered what the guy from the "Dude, you're gettin' a Dell" comercials was doing in this movie.

*Ba-Dum Pssh*

But seriously, Angus Sutherland is horrible. He sounds somewhere between a Donald Sutherland impersonator and somebody trying to sound like a stereotypical surfer. He also makes Russel Brand look manly. He's all the annoying prickishness of Kiefer in the original without any of the charm.

And finally Corey Feldman. First of all, if you didn't like Corey Feldman's performance in this film then fuck you! His performance is supposed to be over-the-top and cheesy and is probably the only thing that's the same as the first movie. Edgar Frog has reached Ash and Reggie levels of tongue-in-cheek badassness and it really shows, when Feldman was a kid it was awkward, now that he's an adult it's hilarious.

Edgar Frog explains garlic suppositories.

You shouldn't take my annoyance with "Lost Boys: The Tribe" to mean that this is a bad movie. It's a fun gorey b movie along the same lines as "From Dusk Till Dawn" and "John Carpenter's Vampires." What it isn't is a sequel to "The Lost Boys" not even close, sure you can have Corey Feldman and crank "Cry Little Sister" all you want but when it all comes down to it the movie is still nothing more than "Point Break" with vampires. (You can go ahead and imagine Edgar Frog as played by Gary Busey now if you want)

The gratuitous sex, the excessive use of the word "fuck," and the over-use of blood and gore effects are just not in the spirit of the original film. The feel, the style, the point is missing entirely and for anyone who's even seen the original it's going to hurt their opinion.

No less it is a worthwhile cheesy b-movie with campy thrills and plenty of bloody gore and screwball humor to keep you enjoying yourself till the end-time. It's fun if nothing more.

Home-made potato guns, they need to be in more horror movies.

While I recommend that you take this movie with a grain of salt if you're a fan of the first one it's still a fairly fun and enjoyable film.

I give "Lost Boys: The Tribe" a 3 out of 5. Rent it.