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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: movie buff on October 12, 2011, 10:58:04 PM
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Hi, again!
For tonight, I’m watching another three-quel that impressed me; The third film in the ‘Lost Boys’ movie trilogy, “Lost Boys: The Thirst.†Not a sequel so much as a spinoff, it came out just last year, direct- to- DVD, and has Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander reprising their roles as Edgar and Alan Frog.
The second movie, ‘The Lost Boys: The Tribe,’ is complete crap. The only worthwhile parts in it were the few scenes with Corey Feldman as Edgar. There are a few relevant points from ‘The Tribe’ which carry over into ‘The Thirst.’:
1.Edgar in it mentions that he has since gotten himself ordained over the Internet, mainly so he could bless water and turn it holy.
2.His brother Alan was infected by a vampire (We see this in the very beginning of ‘The Thirst’.
3.Sam (Corey Haim’s character from the first one) was also turned into a vampire, and the last thing we see in ‘The Tribe’ is Edgar charging in to fight him.
When ‘The Thirst’ starts out, Edgar Frog is now living in a different beachside town called San Cazador, and has definitely seen better days. He apparently killed his old friend Sam during the aforementioned confrontation (There’s a rather touching scene as Edgar has flashbacks of Sam and visits Sam’s grave, clearly intended as kind of an “In loving memory of Corey Haim†tribute), his brother Alan is a half- vampire living as a recluse, none of his other allies from the first film want anything to do with him, and Edgar is finding himself forced to sell much of his comic collection in a desperate attempt to avoid eviction from his trailer. Out of nowhere comes a famed British vampire novelist named Gwen Lieber with a business proposition for Edgar.
Apparently, a very ambitious vampire known simply as DJ X has been holding a bunch of underground rave parties all over the world in which a new designer drug called ‘Thirst’ is distributed among the partiers, and X is planning a similar rave in San Cazador. Problem is, ‘Thirst’ isn’t actually a drug; It’s distilled vampire blood, from the foremost “Alpha†head vampire; X’s plan is to use these raves and the ‘Thirst’ given out at them to develop an army of vampires that could eventually overtake the world. Gwen seeks Edgar’s services because X apparently kidnapped her younger brother Peter, and intends on sacrificing him at the San Cazador raid. Edgar agrees, mainly because he feels that this could give him the chance to take out the head vampire whose blood was the source of “Thirst†and thus cure countless half- vampires, possibly including Alan (Kill the head vampire, all half- vampires return to normal).
So, Edgar, Gwen, and a few others (Edgar’s charming semi- love interest Zoe, an egotistical reality show star named Lars that Gwen hired to help Edgar, and his terrified cameraman Claus) head over to an abandoned slaughterhouse where the rave is due to be held, intent on rescuing Peter and destroying X before it’s too late.
Of course, ‘The Thirst’ has some problems. First, early in the movie, Edgar has a rather annoying tendency to do this weird murmuring thing a lot when he sees things that bother him. Second, the vampires in this one aren’t as effective villains as David and his crew in the original film were, and they look different than the vampires in the original did as well (In this one, their eyes are black instead of yellow, and they have a mouth full of fangs instead of just two). Also, there’s a rather pointless scene about halfway through the movie in which the vampires butcher a young virgin couple (As Edgar points out a bit later, virgins are “Vampire filet mignonâ€). The scene doesn’t really go anywhere or contribute anything to the plot, it could have been cut. One final issue I had was that there could have been a bit more of Alan, he appears a couple times early in the film, but then isn’t seen again until the film’s climax.
However, in spite of these issues, ‘The Thirst’ is still pretty good for a direct- to- DVD horror sequel. Corey Feldman shows he’s definitely still got it as Edgar Frog. He’s as cool and capable as he was in the first film, yet also more battle- hardened than he was in the first film. Jamison Newlander also gives a good performance as Alan. Seeing some of Edgar’s vampire- hunting arsenal was cool, particularly a special mine/ grenade that comes in handy in the film’s climax. Also, as sort of a contrast to my complaint about ‘Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors,’ in this movie, the bad/ obnoxious characters tend to die off quickly, while the most likable characters survive.
Plus, somewhat early in the film, there’s a very funny scene in which Edgar tells off Gwen for writing her novels that romanticize vampirism. The entire scene with his rant is an obvious slam of the ‘Twilight’ series, and is quite satisfying.
The climax was great, as Edgar has an intense duel with DJ X while at the same time the cameraman Claus frantically tries to hold back all the semi- vampirized ravers with a UV lantern. As in the first film, there’s a surprise climax in which you find out who is really pulling the strings on the whole thing, and the way the head vampire is destroyed is pretty freaking cool and original. The very end of the movie leaves things open for another possible sequel, and implies that the Frog brothers may begin going after other creatures of the night besides just vampires.
So, that’s ‘The Lost Boys: The Thirst.’ If you’re a fan of the original, this one’s definitely worth at least a rent. Starting tomorrow, I plan on doing for the next theme a focus on horror movies starring one of my all-time favorite cult actors. See you then!
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Well, I didn't even know there was a sequel to Lost Boys! I did like the first one with the exception of the Star character and the little kid. Based on what you've said about the second one I think I'll skip it. I'll keep my eyes out for The Thirst.