Yeah, definitely. Lost Boys is the undisputed king of Vampire movies imo.
The key thing is it doesn't take itself too seriously. It brings up the vampire lore in the form of the Frog Bros and their comics - it's doesn't go too deep but through them you find out all the mythos like the hounds of hell, inviting the head vampire in your house etc - this is interesting and fun. You don't have to set a blood sucker film in Transylvania like that POS Coppola movie to make it a good undead flick. You can take a modern, contemporary setting, some imagination and great actors plus the right tone which in this case was horror, thriller and comedy, and you can make an effective vampire movie.
The dark elements like the cave, Nazi punk and bridge scenes are very well done and create the right imagery for a movie of this type. The monster make up is fantastic and the soundtrack sets the right mood. Injecting a sense of youth into worked perfectly as did the Santa Carla setting.
I've seen other vampire movies and they just don't work because they have neither the energy or style of this.
Death by stereo
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