The Lost Boys was the first 'R' rated movie I saw in the theater, at least that I remember. I think I was 12, and my brother Brian let me tag along with him and his friend Luca. I remember it clearly. It was a visual assault for me, I'd never seen anything like that - so big, so loud, so.....cool!! It was incredible. To this day, I love that movie. I know a lot of people love it, so I'm not original, but it really is an awesome film. A fun story, not too scary, action, a little romance (c'mon, Star is hot!), great final battle, a fantastic soundtrack...and vampires. It's obvious people like vampires (as evidenced by the Twilight saga). The Lost Boys is absolutely in my Top 10 favorite films. Towards the back but I'm sure it's in there. Gotta be. Here's the original trailer:
Corey Haim was great in the The Lost Boys. I don't care what anyone says. Even with the dumb little tongue waggle thing he did, he was cool. Colorful 1980s clothes, but cool. So was Corey Feldman. So was his Frog brother (was that guy ever in another movie??). Jason Patric was cool. Keifer Sutherland was cool. Even Marco with the curly hair was...COOL. Corey Haim gets props for The Lost Boys. Moving on.....
License to Drive is a film I'm not sure many people like. I certainly understand why. But I liked it, especially when it came out, and at least for a few years following. So did my brothers. It was funny, and stupid. We liked that stuff. Police Academy. Airplane. The Naked Gun. Those are funny movies. Stupid, but funny. So was License to Drive. The Dad is hilarious. Heather Graham as Mercedes Lane. WOW. Probably the first girl I really, truly thought I loved. She was incredible. When he finally gets her in the car towards the end? Oh, man. OH, man. You felt so good for him. Les Anderson was King. The kind of dorky guy who got the girl. Corey Haim. I would say I've seen that movie at least 25 times (though none in the last, probably, 15 years). For me, License to Drive is one of those movies. We've all got a couple. A movie we love, that a lot of others probably don't. Another reason movies are great - something you think is bad...someone else thinks is good. There's a balance. And I loved License to Drive.
So there you go. I just paid tribute to the movies he was in, but not really Corey Haim. His is a sad story, one no one really seems surprised about. To me, that's the most tragic thing of all. We all say we could likely see something this coming. We're not surprised. We were surprised with Heath Ledger. We were surprised with Michael Jackson (were we? We seemed like it). We weren't surprised with Corey Haim. That's really sad, and I think that's part of the reason his passing hurts a little more than those others. Who else fits that profile? I'd offer Lindsay Lohan. We've watched her spiral into whatever she is, and really, would you be surprised to hear she overdosed? Nope. And then there's Keith Richards. The guy falls out of a tree (a tree!), hits his head and year later he's back on tour. Nothing can destroy that man. Some are just made for it, I guess.
So, to Corey Haim. May you rest in peace. Thanks for the memories.
This is going to kill you: it appears neither he nor his family had enough money to pay for a funeral for him. There were even reports that his family had applied to the City for assistance.
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