Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008)

The follow up to the cult classic horror film takes us back to the familiar shady surf city of Santa Carla, where vampire surfers quickly dispatch anyone who tries to invade their turf.

Director:

P.J. Pesce

Writers:

Jan Fischer (characters) (as Janice Fischer), James Jeremias (characters)

Stars:

Tad Hilgenbrink, Angus Sutherland, Autumn Reeser

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tad Hilgenbrink	...	Chris (as Tad Hilgenbrinck)
Angus Sutherland	...	Shane
Autumn Reeser	...	Nicole
Gabrielle Rose	...	Aunt Jillian
Corey Feldman	...	Edgar Frog
Shaun Sipos	...	Kyle
Merwin Mondesir	...	Erik
Kyle Cassie	...	Jon
Moneca Delain	...	Lisa
Greyston Holt	...	Evan
Tom Savini	...	David Van Etten
Daryl Shuttleworth	...	McGraw
Sarah Smyth	...	Hayden
P.J. Pesce	...	Italian Motorcyclist
Alexander Calvert	...	Grom

Storyline

The orphan and former surfer Chris Emerson and his sister Nicole Emerson move to Luna Bay expecting to initiate a new life without housing expenses with their Aunt Jillian, but she charges rent to the siblings for a wrecked house, and Chris seeks a job working as board shaper to raise money for the unforeseen expenses. While in town, he meets his acquaintance and also former surfer Shane Powers who invites Chris to a surfing party at night. Then the siblings unsuccessfully seek out the board shaper and vampire hunter Edgar Frog in his trailer trying to find a job and Chris leaves a message for him. They go to Shane's party and Nicole stays with Shane and drinks booze offered by him. Later she becomes a half-vampire and Edgar advises that she drank vampire's blood and can only be saved if the head-vampire is killed. Chris and Edgar search the hiding place of Shane and his tribe to save Nicole.

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Plot Keywords:

psychotronic film | vampire | vampire hunter | direct to video sequel to theatrical movie | lust | 

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Taglines:

Never grow old. Never die. Never know fear again.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong vampire violence and gore, language, sexuality and some drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

The producers decided to give both Corey Feldman and Corey Haim prominent roles after The Two Coreys (2007) became a success. Haim's role, however, would be reduced to a brief cameo due to his drug relapse.

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Goofs

When Nicole leaves the house in her trance her hair is straight. When she gets to Shane her hair is crimped.

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Quotes

Edgar Frog: Your sister's a suck monkey.

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Crazy Credits

After the first block of end credits there is a short additional scene.

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Connections

References The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

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Soundtracks

Dizzy
Written by Rusty Miller
Performed by Jackpot
Courtesy of Position Music

User Reviews

Shoud've Been Better

This is a film I had to see, I mean, 'Lost Boys' is a classic! And the fact that a sequel has been made! Well, like I said, I had to see it.

To follow up a film like 'lost boys' it's gonna have to be something special. When I first heard about it I thought 'It'll be just some B movie fan film', but then I found out both Corey Feldman and Corey Haim are in it, plus the other actor that played the other Frog brother (can't remember his name) in the original film. On that basis I believed this could do justice as a sequel to the cult classic.

How wrong could I be! First up, Corey Haim and 'the other Frog brother' are both credited at the end of the film, but I don't recall seeing either of them in the film, in fact Edgar Frog (Feldman) mentions that his brother has died! And second, they tried to capture the humour of the original film and simply failed.

This film is more of a homage then a sequel, it follows the original story with only minor adjustments, eg. this time it's a brother and sister rather then 2 brothers, and this time it's the girl that gets seduced rather than the fella.

Another point - you would have thought that after 20 years since the first film the effects would be spectacular, but they're not, they could've been lifted from the original, which shows they're budget must have been tight.

Overall this film is very average, should've been a lot better, but then I've seen worse. I rate this a 5, it's watchable and no were near as poor as 'prom night' or 'doomsday'

Details

Official Sites:

Warner bros [United States]

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 July 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Lost Boys: The Tribe

Filming Locations:

Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$4,200,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Premiere, Thunder Road Pictures, Hollywood Media Bridge

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min 94 min (uncut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1