Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008) (V)

An pro ex-surfer Chris (Tad Hilgenbrink) and his sister Nicole (Autumn Reeser) are moving to Luna Bay, California to start all over with their lives. A few years back, they lost their parents in a car accident. Chris meets one of the best surfers named Shane (Angus Sutherland), who disappear from the surfing world years ago. When Chris and his sister are invited for a beach party, his sister finds herself attractive to Shane. But Shane isn't an ordinary former pro surfer, he's actually an vampire. But he wants Nicole to be on his side in the night life. Which Shane affected her from drinking from his flask with Shane's blood in it but she's turned into an half vampire. Now Chris has to find ways to save her sister before she finds her first victim. But Chris is in luck, when he meets Edgar Frog (Corey Feldman). Which Edgar is a professional vampire killer for over two decades. Now Chris and Edger has to destroy the vampires to save Nicole before it is too late.

Directed by P.J. Pesce (From Dusk Till Dawn 3:The Hangman's Daughter) made an different stylish vampire horror film that has a few decent tribute moments from the original for better or worse. The highlight of watching this sequel is of course, Feldman playing his memorable role back again from the 1987 original. Which his character still reminds the same, he doesn't seems to aged that much as well. Sutherland is actually Kiefer Sutherland's half-brother from the original film but although Angus looks like more his famous Canadian father/actor Donald Sutherland. Hilgenbrink (Best known for playing Matt Stifler in "American Pie Presents Band Camp") and Reeser do good jobs as the leads. Perphas one of the few problems with the sequel is the script isn't that great and the CGI are a little cheap looking but that's to be expected for a low-budget Direct to DVD project.

One of the highlights from this spin-off sequel is Barry Donlevy's good looking cinematography. Which Donlevy makes the look of the feature better than it deserves. Overall "The Lost Boys:The Tribe" is the best Direct to DVD sequel since "Wrong Turn 2:Dead End". But i am still not sure what is the better sequel since "Wrong Turn 2" had an better known cast of actors. Fans of "The Lost Boys" will certainly love this, hate this or find this long-awaited sequel a truly mixed blessing. To be honest, i expected "The Lost Boys:The Tribe" to be much worse but i was glad to watch it on XBOX Live. I am curious to see the Alternate Endings, Deleted Scenes and more on the DVD/Blu-ray editions. If you find this sequel enjoyable, there's an small genuine surprise during the end credits. Which there's an possible "The Lost Boys 3" in the future. Fans of gory vampire movies will probably enjoy this. Tom Savini appears in a cameo in the opening sequence. Super 35. (*** ½/*****).