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you may not have heard of lucas , or if you have , you might not think much of it .
probably because it stars corey haim , or maybe because it 's about a little geek who collects insects , or maybe because it does n't feature slick one - liners or the chart topping soundtrack albums that were almost a requirement for teen films in the 80 's . however , you have been missing out on a true masterpeice , the best film of 1986 , and the best film about adolescent life ever made .
corey haim stars as lucas bligh , a tiny 14 year old with scruffy hair , thick glasses , and an interest in insects and other outdoor life .
one day he stops by the tennis courts and sees what must be an angel to him .
her name is maggie , a 16 year old who certainly is a beauty , with lovely red hair and a sweet , innocent complexion .
maggie seems to be a little disturbed by this little kid watching her , but somehow he interests her , and soon they are talking and getting to know one another .
they gradually become good friends , and spend the summer together doing various things , such as studying insects ( namely locusts , who come out of hiding once every 17 years ) , playing tennis , and listening to a symphony orchestra through a manhole cover .
lucas is obviously in love with maggie , and while she is charmed by him , it 's clear that she would never consider him anything more than a very good friend .
this is not clear to lucas , however .
he still beleives that maggie is his soulmate , and he dreads the impending start of school because he knows what 's about to happen .
we soon find out why in a painful scene where lucas is humiliated by the jocks during a pep rally .
they throw him on stage , right in front of his beloved maggie .
surprisingly , he turns the tables on the jocks with some clowning around , but he takes it too far , and is embarassed in front of the entire school .
the next scene is brilliant .
maggie follows lucas outside of the pep rally .
she tries to talk to him as if nothing happened .
he rails back against her , in a cruel unfair fashion .
in lesser movies this would 've turned into a confrontation between the two characters .
but maggie is written smarter than that .
she understands what lucas is feeling and knows exactly what to say to console him .
next we are introduced to another great character named cappie ( charlie sheen ) .
he is a jock with a typical cheerleader girlfriend .
what 's interesting about him is that he sticks up for lucas and protects him from the other jocks .
of course anyone with a brain can tell what 's gon na happen next .
cappie will cause conflict in maggie and lucas ' relationship .
this begins in classic scene in the school laundry room when cappie and maggie are alone .
she 's been assigned to show him how to operate the washer / dryer so he can clean his shirt .
maggie is charmed by cappie 's tender undertsanding demeanor , not to mention his shirtless body .
this scene is so delicate and sweet , but cappie still has a girlfriend , preventing either one from acting on their desires .
desperately trying to puncture the tension , cappie begins to kick basketballs around the room .
it 's not long before cappie does break up with his girlfriend ( in the films only subpar scene ) .
lucas finally figures out what 's going on when he tries to pick maggie up for the dance .
this causes him to take severe actions to prove himself to maggie and himself , such as try out for the football team .
the last third of the film revolves around this attempt .
while the idea seems cliched , the way it is executed is not .
there are many surprises
during the last half hour which lead to an ending so emotionally involving it should make the most heartless of cynics get choked up .
dave grusin 's memorable score , played at the perfect moments , certainly helps .
lucas is filled with great performances .
forget everything you know about corey haim .
back in 1986
he had talent , and that is proven here as he delivers a perfect fully 3-dimensional performance filled with anger , humor , and pain .
kerri green is very appealing
as maggie , showing us why she cares about lucas so much and why he is so attracted to her .
sheen 's cappie is almost too good to be true , but sheen makes him beleivable , especially when he explains the reason why he protects lucas .
there are other wonderful minor characters such as ciro popitti 's ben , a friend of lucas , whose diminutive stature does not mean he will take crap from the jocks .
also turning up in a few key scenes is winona ryder as rina , the girl who admires lucas from afar .
when people talk about the great teen angst films of the 80s , you hear john hughes this and john
hughes that .
lucas seems to be lost among the crowd of his so - called classics .
but hopefully , like with heathers and say anything , lucas can begin to find it 's own loyal following and help people realize there were more to the 80s than anthony michael hall and molly ringwald .
it deserves more than that , but i do n't want to be greedy .
P

aspiring broadway composer robert ( aaron williams ) secretly carries a torch for his best friend , struggling actor marc ( michael shawn lucas ) .
the problem is , marc only has eyes for " perfect 10s , " which the geeky , insecure robert certainly is not .
meanwhile , marc 's spoiled ( hetero ) female roommate , cynthia ( mara hobel ) , spends her days lying about their apartment and harrassing magazine editor tina brown .
writer - director victor mignatti 's " very romantic comedy " ( as the ad campaign states ) is supposed to be ( pardon the pun ) a gay ol' romp , but
it 's hard to have much fun with these annoying , self - absorbed characters and their shallow personal problems : marc and cynthia have sitcom - level domestic " crises " ( such as trying to kill bugs -- how hilarious ) ; robert and marc go to acting class ( how riveting ) ; the zaftig cynthia goes on eating binges
( how original ) .
but more than anything else , the three whine .
constantly .
marc whines about his turbulent romance with an apparent " 10 , " david ( hugh panaro ) ,
the hunky musician from across the way ; robert whines about not being able to find the right guy ; cynthia whines about having to find a job ( horrors ) .
the terrible trio whine their way to a happy ending that is wholly undeserved
. add in overly broad performances and some laughable lipsynching by panaro , and you 're left with one astonishing piece of cinematic damage .
N

this review contains spoilers , but believe me , i do n't say anything you ca n't guess 10 minutes into the movie .
i *
did * go into this one with high expectations .
i had been exposed to media reports that this film would signify a departure from the slasher flicks .
i sort of expected another exorcist or the shining .
i even put aside my general rule of not seeing this type of film .
boy , was i wrong !
another garbage slasher flick
, the only difference being that * this * one has a story !
the story , you ask ?
well , a scumball buys a chinese puzzle from a guy in an arab souk .
he takes it home , somehow getting it past customs : - ) and starts fiddling with it in his attic .
lo and behold , after he takes it apart , three demons appear and start taking him apart , but
with meat hooks .
when they 're finished , his gizzards are hanging from the ceiling .
they botch up their cleanup job , however , and manage to leave his heart ( or some gland ; i did n't really recognize the organ ) under a floorboard .
the guy 's brother and his brother 's wife appear at the door soon after , and decide to move in .
they throw away scumball 's belongings , and set up house .
turns out that wife is a bit of a nympho , and screwed around with scumball right before her marriage .
she starts having some wild hallucinations .
later , hubby spills some blood on the attic floorboards ( slow - mo special effects of the buckets of blood hitting the ground -- all from the tiny cut on his hand ) .
said blood is eagerly sucked up by scumball 's organ .
the organ grows into a thing that requires yet more blood in order to complete the regeneration into a really ugly thing .
it establishes mind contact with wife , who agrees to help him get more blood , because she really wants to be screwed again .
so , she helps him kill three businessmen .
scumball , at this time , gradually gets his strength back and grows all his organs back .
problem is , he does n't have any skin , and even after three or four corpses , still does n't get any skin .
he finally gets some , though , but strangely enough , he ends up looking like his brother .
guess they could n't get the original actor back .
who knows .
scumball ( whose name is frank ) is not a nice guy .
he describes his torture by the demons fondly , as the " ultimate pleasure and pain , since at that level there is no difference between the two .
"
somehow , i do n't see getting torn apart by 90 fish-
and meat - hooks a lot of fun .
this guy is
* so * bad
( " how bad * is * he ? " ) ,
* so * bad that the * rats * cower in a corner in fear .
for good reason , too ; he crucifies two of them for fun , and carves a third while the nympho 's horsing around with hubby .
anyway .
hubby 's daughter ( who , if course , is not * wife 's * daughter ) starts to suspect something is wrong after she sees wife going into the attic with one of her johns and the ensuing screams .
the dumb bimbo meets scumball , and is not impressed .
she manages to escape with the chinese puzzle , and brings out the demons .
at any rate , the demons are pissed off that they screwed up their cleanup ; they 're normally quite meticulous about that type of thing .
the story boils down to the demons trying to correct their mistake .
the demons are not , however , the good guys .
the dumb bimbo 's the good guy .
she somehow not only gets them to take care of frank , but also banishes them to hell or oblivion , we 're not too sure which . not too shabby for someone with single - digit iq .
this is basically a " bad jinn " story .
it is an * awful * movie .
awful acting , bad focus in the photography
, many scenes of skin being penetrated by meathooks , which is really unrealistic , and looks like the latex that it is .
continuity ? who cares . acting ?
* terrible * .
script ?
horrible .
sounds canned .
unrealistic
.
story is so - so , but the impact is lost long , long before the film ends .
i do think the * rat * acting was quite good .
i have never seen rats look afraid .
they should get nominated for an award .
really good acting there , the best in the movie .
"
the envelope for best furry rodent , please . . .
" a " " rating would be far too generous .
a " 1/10 " rating ( or -4 in the -4 to +4 rating system ) is far more accurate .
this movie is so bad that people in the audience were laughing , chortling at the bad acting and crummy dialog .
i can see this film turning into the next rocky horror picture show .
people were getting so fed up they were yelling warnings up to the characters on the screen .
had to have something to do .
dumb , dumb , dumb movie .
i was embarrassed that i spent money to see it .
it goes without saying that i disagree with the other reviews on the board that attempt to review the film for itself .
lots of slime and red - dyed corn syrup does not constitute " horror , " in my opinion .

N