Lost Boys 2: The Tribe

Dir: P. J. Pesce, 2008, 92′
IMDB Keywords: Vampire, Direct To Video, Second Part, Sequel, Number In Title

Apart from Corey Feldman (and the briefest of appearances by Corey Haim), this film has almost nothing in common with the original Lost Boys. To the point that, while watching it, I began to wonder if it wasn’t originally written as a really shitty stand-alone vampire film that would have slipped under everyone’s radar until some hot-shot producer decided to copy and paste lines from Lost Boys and increase their film’s profile that way. The entire film is like some half-hearted attempt at filming some Lost Boys fan-fiction (although the brief glimpse of the fat sax player is a touch of genius). If you’re looking for a good vampire film, watch the original. Or, better still, watch Near Dark instead.

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