Well, last week in our series “I Vant To Vatch Your Feelm!”, we were knee-deep in the 70’s and this week, with “The Lost Boys”, we are hip-deep in the 80’s, as well as waist-deep in early appearances by later stars. We’ve got Keifer Sutherland, way before he got all “24” on us. We’ve got Edward Hermann, years before “The Gilmore Girls.” We’ve got both Coreys, Feldman and Haim, two legendary fixtures of the 80’s. We’ve got Alex Winter slightly before he became Bill S. Preston, Esquire. We’ve even got Jason Patric, long before he . . . um . . . well, I’m sure he did some other stuff after this, right? We’ve got Diane Wiest, before she did EVERYTHING. And best of all, we have my close, personal friend Barnard Hughes (who I met once when I was 12). What a movie! All this cast would need is a bunch of blood-drinking supernatural beings . . . and I have the most extraordinary coincidence to report! So how does this movie hold up? Did it ever? Join us in Santa Carla and find out!
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I think last week you mentioned, “Count Yorga – Vampire!” (Exclamation point is in the title) and I am confessing that I have seen it. Is it a lost classic? Nope. I did put it on when I ran a video store and when Yorga came up behind a guy with car trouble, I yelled “Count Yorga – Car Mechanic!”. He comes up behind a woman and touches her hair and I yelled, “Count Yorga – Hairdresser!”. It is amazing how many professions I got to by the end of the film.
Underused folkloric monster? Why 17th century Japan Kuchisake-onna of course! A malicious spirit of a woman with a partially covered face and carries a pair of scissors, a knife, or some other sharp object. She asks potential victims if they think she is beautiful. You better know the right answer. If you say “yes”, she will reveal that the corners of her mouth are slit from ear to ear, and she will then repeat her question and again… you better know the right answer.