Lost Boys: The Tribe

Lost Boys: The Tribe is a direct-to-video sequel to The Lost Boys, released in 2008. In it, Corey Feldman returns as (increasingly Hook-like) Edgar Frog, Kiefer Sutherland's half-brother Angus Sutherland takes the Peter Pan role with a new batch of Lost Boys, and new pair of siblings play analogs of Wendy and John Darling. It includes cameos by Corey Haim as Sam Emerson and Jamison Newlander as Alan Frog, but only as bits in the credits and/or deleted scenes, not in the final edit of the film itself.

The story is essentially the same as in the original film: Two siblings come to live with an eccentric older relative on the California coast, one of them is seduced into joining a a quartet of modern vampires, and with local vampire-hunting assistance the other sibling kills the leader to free (in this case) her.

There are numerous "family" connections between this film and the original, presumably to bolster it as a continuation of the previous one, but nothing is actually made of them in the film. The siblings have the same last name as the original family, but it's unclear what relation they are – if any – to Sam, Michael, Lucy, and Grandpa. Angus Sutherland fills his half-brother's role in the story, but his new character is not apparently related to Kiefer's. The other family – the two Frog brothers – are reduced to one, though references are made to the fate of the other brother, and the characters talk about "family" as their motivation.

The film was released in an R-rated and an unrated "uncut" version. The latter contains more skin and blood.

Plot
Chris Emerson (Tad Hilgenbrink), a young disgraced former surfing pro, and his 17-year-old sister Nicole (Autumn Reeser) move to Luna Bay to live with their Aunt Jillian (Gabrielle Rose) following the death of their parents. Chris leaves his address at the home of Edgar Frog (Corey Feldman), the town's surfboard shaper, in hopes of getting a job. Chris is approached at their new home by former pro surfer Shane Powers (Angus Sutherland), who invites him to a party that night.

Chris and Nicole go to the party, where Shane and his surfing tribe (Shaun Sipos, Merwin Mondesir, Kyle Cassie) are entertaining themselves with the human guests. Chris showers with a sexy girl named Lisa (Moneca Delain) and Shane gets Nicole alone and tricks her into drinking his blood. When Chris learns that Nicole has been with Shane, he angrily protectively takes her home, where she begins to manifest vampiric strength and rage. But before she hurts Chris she is knocked out by Edgar, who reveals that he is a vampire hunter, and Nicole has been infected with vampirism. Chris throws Edgar out of the house. Lisa shows up to seduce and feed on Chris, who in fending her off accidentally impales her on a mounted rack of antlers, killing her explosively.

Convinced of the situation, Chris seeks out Edgar's help. Edgar explains that Nicole is only half-vampire and will remain that way until she feeds, and she can be turned human again if they kill the head vampire before that. Chris interrupts her just before she can feed on Evan (Greyston Holt), a nice guy who has been courting her, and explains what's happening to her, but Shane draws her to their lair.

Chris and Edgar – who lost a sibling to the vampires – plot for Chris to "join" the tribe of vampires in order to learn the location of their lair. He drinks Shane's blood and begins to develop vampire traits, but refuses when the tribe (minus Shane and Nicole) feed on a group of girls, and kills one of the vampires in self-defense. Edgar joins him and they go to the lair, each killing one of the other tribe members.

Meanwhile, Shane goads Nicole to kill Evan, whom he has bound and gagged for her, but she refuses. With Chris' help, she kills Shane, returning them both to normal. They thank Edgar, who promises to bill them for his services, and Evan successfully asks Nicole for a date. At home they are confronted by their aunt, who comically accuses them of... doing drugs.

Cameos
In a scene shown midway through the closing credits, Edgar encounters Sam Emerson (Corey Haim), now a vampire. They exchange some dialogue and charge at each other as the credits resume.

In one alternate ending, Edgar is cleaning up after the vampire hunt, when Sam Emerson (who is not a vampire) knocks on his door. Sam warns him that his brother Alan is coming to settle the score between them. Edgar is reluctant to accept Sam's help, but Sam insists that he needs it. The scene ends with vampiric Alan (Jamison Newlander) and a female companion driving wildly toward town. This presumably is the set-up for Lost Boys: The Thirst.

Another alternate ending is a slightly extended version of the first, but with Sam wearing black sunglasses and showing Edgar bite marks on his neck.

Cast

 * Tad Hilgenbrink as Chris Emerson
 * Autumn Reeser as Nicole Emerson
 * Angus Sutherland as Shane Powers
 * Corey Feldman as Edgar Frog
 * Gabrielle Rose as Aunt Jillian
 * Shaun Sipos as Kyle
 * Merwin Mondesir as Erik
 * Kyle Cassie as Jon
 * Moneca Delain as Lisa Thompson
 * Greyston Holt as Evan
 * Tom Savini as David Von Etten
 * Daryl Shuttleworth as McGraw
 * Sarah Smyth as Hayden
 * Alexander Calvert as Grom Hutter
 * Corey Haim as Sam Emerson (during closing credits and deleted scene)
 * Jamison Newlander as Alan Frog (deleted scene)

Development
Plans for a sequel to The Lost Boys had been in varying stage of development since the release of the original film. Director of the original film Joel Schumacher had wanted to do a sequel called The Lost Girls before the announcement of The Tribe, a film in which he has no input in and did not believe should be made. In addition, a script called Lost Boys: Devil May Cry was also considered.

Wildstorm Comics released a prequel comic book to the movie, focusing on Edgar and Alan Frog, entitled The Lost Boys: Reign of Frogs. It is a 4-issue miniseries which shipped from May to August 2008.

Reception
The film was Warner Premiere's highest selling DVD release of 2008, performing so impressively that Warner immediately greenlit a third installment. It covered its 5 million dollar production cost in its first three weeks of release. A sequel entitled Lost Boys: The Thirst was greenlit, with both Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander returning.