The original Lost Boys movie started a wave of new, original vampire movies back when it was released in 1987. The sequel to Lost Boy was called, The Tribe and was released straight to DVD in 2008. Right at the end of the movie, there was a cameo from Corey Haim who seemingly appeared as a vampire as an added extra to fans of the original movie. Haim tragically died earlier this year but was not set to appear in the third movie which has the title, Lost Boys: The Thirst.

The cast does include the legend that is, Corey Feldman alongside Jamison Newlander, Sean Cameron Michael, Seb Catang, Tanit Phoenix and is directed by Dario Piana. You may recognise Newlander when you watch the trailer (embedded below) as he played one of the Frog brothers in the original movie as we get to see him back for the third installment.

Warner Home Video have been kind enough to give us a couple of exclusive clips that can be found in the Blu-ray extras for the movie which are also embedded below along with a collection of rather awesome images from the movie and one from the original Lost Boys.

Lost Boys: The Thirst is released in the US 12th October and in the UK 18th October. You can pre-order your copy here.

Not content with throwing our devoted Lost Boys fans a fancy new trailer for the third film in saga of Edgar Frog, there’s a bunch of production pictures that have surfaced which, well – they show off exactly what market the Lost Boys team are going for.

You can expect fangs and bikins along with a thrust of nostalgia in the form of Corey Feldman, and though I would have loved to see the rumoured Sam Vs Edgar face off the sad death of Corey Haim means Corey F is on his own for this one.

The guys over at JoBlo have scored the batch of images from the set and you can see them below. The last time we posted a Lost Boys 3 post we got an unexpected amount of positive feedback so there are clearly a lot of people eager for this one.

I know. You’re all in a state of Hitchcockian suspense waiting for the next word on the third film in The Lost Boys series, and (thanks to the good guys at MovieWeb) Edgar Frog himself, Corey Feldman, has updated his personal site with the following.

Wait until you see LB3! Then you will know the depths that my art has mirrored my personal strife and how they resurface as one. In LB3 Edgar Frog emerges as a lone soldier fighting all of the evils of the world with a massive chip on his shoulder and all of the odds against him.

2009 was apparently a tough year for Corey F, but like a true pro he has made the best of it and channeled it into his work.

I embraced this character with body and soul and brought a human side to the Frog character that no one would ever see coming. I am proud of the work I have done and I believe you will be too.

There will be a future update on this film on his blog, and despite the slap of diminishing returns hurting the Lost Boys franchise it is good to see an old friend from the 80s still working and taking himself seriously.

While I can’t get too excited about The Thirst and its vampire author/Stephanie Meyer plotline there is some part of my brain that will enjoy watching Corey Feldman going apeshit crazy on a bunch of vamps.

It’ll do until we see the inevitable Corey Vs. Corey fang off in Lost Boys 4.

Yes, you read that right – Lost Boys 4…

Despite a critical mauling it received the Lost Boys sequel subtitled The Tribe released last year did well enough to warrant a third film in the series, which you can read about here.

It seems we’re overrun with vampire franchises these days, and certainly each generation reinvents the myth and twenty years ago we had the seminal 80s flick The Lost Boys, and thanks to the lure of the nostalgia market we’ll be seeing a Lost Boys film every year from now until the end of time.

So says MovieWeb, who in their conversations with Messrs Haim and Feldman, confirmed that while Haim wont’ be joining Feldman’s Edgar Frog in LB 3 he will return to reunite the team in the fourth film, though with a difference (which keen viewers of Lost Boys 2 will know about).

This is perfect news for the first birthday of HeyUGuys as it exemplifies where the industry is in terms of walking the fine line between continuing great stories and characters from the past and the shameless ransacking of our faded memories of franchises for cash.

We love the films we grew up with and we take our name from one of our favourites, we’ll keep a keen, though cynical eye on these films.