For me, it's The Frog Brothers.
I can sort of enjoy the cheesy, dated, awkwardly misfiring version of edgy as the film tries to have its cake and eat it too, aiming for an angsty-teen version of dark and edgy but hedging its bets with the juvenile, frankly painful and off-putting Frog Brothers nonsense.
I tried to re-watch this just a couple years ago and went in with a really positive attitude, knowing what to expect, and trying to get into the spirit of what the film does well... and then Haim and Feldman completely drove me away. I finished the film but barely, grudgingly, grinding my teeth and left with a most unpleasant taste in my mouth. So much so that I just let it be known to my IRL Horrorfriends that I am literally never down for a viewing of Lost Boys ever again.
I realize this sounds like an extreme position to take and maybe for a lot of people it's an incredible over-reaction, but there is almost nothing I hate more in the history of cinema than the mid-to-late 80s infantilization of youth by nostalgic filmmakers approaching middle-age and studios that are thrilled to hedge their bets and maximize the young-audience dollar. It's just my personal poison-in-the-well for any film. Thank god it was only around for a decade or so.
I can sort of enjoy the cheesy, dated, awkwardly misfiring version of edgy as the film tries to have its cake and eat it too, aiming for an angsty-teen version of dark and edgy but hedging its bets with the juvenile, frankly painful and off-putting Frog Brothers nonsense.
I tried to re-watch this just a couple years ago and went in with a really positive attitude, knowing what to expect, and trying to get into the spirit of what the film does well... and then Haim and Feldman completely drove me away. I finished the film but barely, grudgingly, grinding my teeth and left with a most unpleasant taste in my mouth. So much so that I just let it be known to my IRL Horrorfriends that I am literally never down for a viewing of Lost Boys ever again.
I realize this sounds like an extreme position to take and maybe for a lot of people it's an incredible over-reaction, but there is almost nothing I hate more in the history of cinema than the mid-to-late 80s infantilization of youth by nostalgic filmmakers approaching middle-age and studios that are thrilled to hedge their bets and maximize the young-audience dollar. It's just my personal poison-in-the-well for any film. Thank god it was only around for a decade or so.