In honor of Corey Haim and his recent passing I have decided to share a list of my favorite films he was in. Haim was such an iconic actor that died way before his time in my opinion. After looking at his IMDB page it shows he was on the verge of a comeback of sorts and from other reports was currently living with his mother to help her recover from cancer. I remember growing up watching his movies as a teen and loving them even though many of them were cheesy as hell. So without further ado here are my favorite Corey Haim films.
Lucas (1986)
Not as familiar as The Lost Boys but that would have been the easy choice and not mine. Lucas has a great story and a young Charlie Sheen and Winona Ryder starring as well. If you have not seen this movie it is actually really heartwarming and you can truly relate to it I am sure. Be on the lookout for a young Jeremy Piven as well.
License To Drive (1988)
I loved the combination of the two Corey’s in this movie. This film is a true 80′s classic in my opinion. The film also stars Heather Graham as Mercedes Lane, in her first feature film role. It is silly and full of cheesy situations but every time I see this on TV I cant help but watch.
Lost Boys (1987)
I really think that Lost Boys is the best made film out of all of the movies Haim starred in. I love this movie because of the vampire theme. This is the first film that Corey Haim and Corey Feldman starred together in which kicked off a number of films, most of them not so great movie.
Silver Bullet (1985)
Before Haim did the Lost Boys which made him famous he starred in a werewolf movie, Silver Bullet from Stephen King. Haim played Marty, a parapalegic boy who is confined to a wheelchair whose town is being terrorized by a werewolf.
Dream A Little Dream (1989)
Another popular pairing of Corey Haim and Feldman and I believe the last to actually appear in theaters. This is when his career started declining in my opinion. I only add it because I remember seeing this on a date when I was younger and how much a girl I dated in high school loved this movie. I can see the appeal because it does have a unique storyline.
I just watched Lost Boys last night and have been sitting on Rollerboys which he also starred in for a few weeks. I had it all planned out as part of another feature on my blog and now that he has passed away it had an odd urgency to it.
I always loved his movies and remember watching them all as a kid. They are pretty cheesy but it was a big part of the time period. It’s unfortunate to hear another of these stories of young actors losing their lives to some bad combination of drugs, typically perscribed lately it seems.
Lucas and Silver Bullet were my ultimate favorite Corey Haim movies. Like Will said, it’s sad to see another star suffer the remarkably sad death of prescription drug use.
I forgot about Silver Bullet..loved that movie but Lucus is the one that I will always associate with Haim….he was amazing in that
I gotta give it up to License to Drive and Lost Boys with an Honorable Mention to Dream a Little Dream… where the Coreys switched their traditional roles (Haim was the sidekick) and Feldman did his Michael Jackson dance.
To show how dated this film is, I believe it starts with one of them filling their hand with hair mousse like it was a whip cream topping at Home Town Buffet! Classic!!!
corey haim we miss you very much me and your loveable mom and bestfriend corey feldman and nicole eggert and family and friends and fans and around th world and you will all ways be in are harts and part of us. I know you are looking down on all of us smilling and sad at the sametime and I know wat you been through I was molested wen I was 2 years old and it happen again wen I was 11 years old and we went to court wen I was 6 years old and he was 11 wen I was 6 years old and the went to jail and that was my cuzin tray and wen he got out he came to my grandparents house and I was there and that wen he did that to me again and I was tring to scream but he put his hand over my mouth and he told me if you tell enybody I will kill you and I didn’t and he move to Savannah Georgia and my dad was so pisst off he don’t clam him as his nephew he cause him childmulester everytime he see him he call him that and THANK YOU! corey feldman for being there for him and being a brother and a friend and THANK YOU TOO! nicole eggert for being there for him like wen he went to the hostpitla alot of times and corey haim please let nicole eggert tell me who molested . me and nicole can put his ass down and nicole eggert call me and corey feldman call me too we can talk about wat corey haim like and everything I know he was sweet and everything and I just want to know more that he know his self and how much yall know him.my name is heather pearl goodbread R.I.P LOVER
and lover I love your movies silver bullets,lost boys,fast getaway,oh what a night,and fast getaway 2,fever lake,lost boys 2,and crank 2 and you are so good acting in movies and im going to live in hollywood next year to be a actress and your the one that wans to act you are the reason I want to act in movies and I been want to do before you past away and I want to say THANK YOU! FOR MAKE MAKING THESE GOOD MOVIES.THANK YOU! VERT MUCH JUDY FOR MAKING YOUR SON ACT IN MOVIES AND MAKING HIM FAMOUS AND EVERYBODY CAN REMEBER HIM IN MOVIES AND PICTURES AND JUDY I HOPE YOU BET YOUR BREST CANCER AND IM COUNTING ON YOU MY AUNT SHE HAD BREST CANCER AND SHE BET IT SO I BE HOPEING AND PRAYING YOU BET THIS R.I.P COREY HAIM I LOVE YOU WITH THE ALL MY HART LOVER AND JUDY CALL MY NAME IS HEATHER PEARL GOODBREAD.
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