Kiefer Sutherland’s ’80s Classic That Reinvented the Vampire Movie Is a Free Streaming Hit

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As part of Collider’s Exclusive Preview event this past week, we debuted a brand-new image from one of the most enticing upcoming Christmas movies, Tinsel Town. A British festive comedy with all the trimmings, perhaps the most notable aspect of the film is the inclusion of the ever-brilliant Kiefer Sutherland as washed-up action star Bradley Mack. Whether it’s the hilarious or the gritty, Sutherland delivers electric performances time after time, with it now 40 years since he first gained recognition from wider audiences for his role in The Bay Boy. However, it was the following two years that would cement the son of Donald as one to watch, with stellar turns first in 1986’s Stand By Me and then in 1987’s The Lost Boys, with the latter still proving popular to this day.

At the time of writing, The Lost Boys is one of the ten most-streamed movies on Tubi in the U.S. Although we may now be used to the idea of sexy, rebellious vampires thanks to Twilight, it was The Lost Boys that first reinvented the classic literary monster for a teen audience, reshaping them to be cool for a younger audience. Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film is truly one of the best vampire films of its decade and still holds up to this day, as evidenced by its “certified fresh” 75% score from critics and 85% from audiences on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. The critics’ consensus on the site reads, “Flawed but eminently watchable, Joel Schumacher’s teen vampire thriller blends horror, humor, and plenty of visual style with standout performances from a cast full of young 1980s stars.” If you have yet to see The Lost Boys in all its glory, a synopsis for the movie reads:

“Teenage brothers Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam (Corey Haim) move with their mother (Dianne Wiest) to a small town in northern California. While the younger Sam meets a pair of kindred spirits in geeky comic-book nerds Edward (Corey Feldman) and Alan (Jamison Newlander), the angst-ridden Michael soon falls for Star (Jami Gertz) — who turns out to be in thrall to David (Kiefer Sutherland), leader of a local gang of vampires. Sam and his new friends must save Michael and Star from the undead.”

Who Else Stars in ‘The Lost Boys’?

Although a household name today, Sutherland’s burgeoning career at the time The Lost Boys was made was only enough to keep him as part of the ensemble. However, in retrospect, it’s impressive to see just how stacked the movie’s line-up was with rising stars, including Sutherland as David, Jason Patric as Michael, Corey Haim as Sam, Jami Gertz as Star, and Corey Feldman as Edgar Frog. The rest of the cast includes Dianne Wiest as Lucy Emerson, Barnard Hughes as Grandpa, Edward Herrmann as Max, Jamison Newlander as Alan Frog, Brooke McCarter as Paul, Billy Wirth as Dwayne, Alexander Winter as Marko, and Chance Michael Corbitt as Laddie.