Truly I am in the presence of genius. Vampire genius.

Do you know what the greatest movie of the 1980s was? No? Let me drop some knowledge on you. It's called Lost Boys, and it rules. A gang of vampires terrorizes a California town and tries to take out Corey Haim's brother, Jason Patric. And Keifer Sutherland is hardcore as head vampire. It was on TV tonight and I was reminded of the numerous things that make it awesome:

• It features both Coreys. Haim and Feldman. I've always been a Feldman man myself. And he does a excellent turn as a vampire-hunting teenager.
• I've said it before and I'll say it again: It is Keifer Sutherland's finest work. Hands-goddam-down. He's a heavy-metal vampire. Can you name one thing cooler than that. I didn't think so.
• It's rumored that Joss Wheedon took a lot of his vampire mythology and inspiration for Buffy from this movie. Ironically, Keifer's father, Donald was in the movie version of Buffy, and he sucked, despite his son's kick-ass performance in this movie. Apparently only a chosen few can be good in vampire movies. Oh those few, those lucky few.
  
• Excellent television character actors that have major roles in Lost Boys: That female DA that only lasted one season on "Law & Order," Dianne West; the ornery grandfather from "Blossom," Barnard Hughes (here playing an ornery, vampire-killing grandfather); the grandfather from "The Gilmore Girls" and History Channel voice-over artist extraordinaire, Edward Herrmann.
• Bill, from Bill and Ted is a vampire--Keifer's sidekick in fact.
• The vampires attack some dudes around a bonfire whilst listening to Aerosmith, and it's sweet.
  
• It's the only movie Jason Patric has ever been good in (and he's not that good in this).

I ask you, can you deny the pwer of Lost Boys to shape your very soul. No, no you cannot. Word. Lost Boys like a motherfucker.