Corey Haim dead at 38
March 10, 2010 6:01 AM Subscribe
Well, at least it wasn't....
DEATH. BY. STEREO!
Sorry, I'm going to Hell, I know, I know
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posted by metaxa at 6:03 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
DEATH. BY. STEREO!
Sorry, I'm going to Hell, I know, I know
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posted by metaxa at 6:03 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
I guess I picked the wrong Corey for my deadpool.
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 6:03 AM on March 10, 2010 [5 favorites]
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 6:03 AM on March 10, 2010 [5 favorites]
But one led to two, two led to four, four led to eight, until at the end it was about 85 a day...
Jebus.
posted by DU at 6:08 AM on March 10, 2010
Jebus.
posted by DU at 6:08 AM on March 10, 2010
"Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire."
From The Lost Boys.
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posted by stringbean at 6:09 AM on March 10, 2010 [9 favorites]
From The Lost Boys.
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posted by stringbean at 6:09 AM on March 10, 2010 [9 favorites]
I can't say I'm shocked. One look at that 2008 photo in the Wiki, jeez, I mean the guy's not even 40. Sorry to his loved ones.
posted by Pollomacho at 6:09 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by Pollomacho at 6:09 AM on March 10, 2010
what
posted by hypersloth at 6:13 AM on March 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by hypersloth at 6:13 AM on March 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
First Boner...now a Corey...if I were Urkel, I'd be a little worried right about now.
posted by briank at 6:13 AM on March 10, 2010 [18 favorites]
posted by briank at 6:13 AM on March 10, 2010 [18 favorites]
Padraigin is right. Lucas was pretty good. Poor guy.
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posted by Ghidorah at 6:14 AM on March 10, 2010
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posted by Ghidorah at 6:14 AM on March 10, 2010
A tortured soul.
Corey: "I was working on The Lost Boys (1987) when I smoked my first joint. But a year before that, I was starting to drink beer on the set of the film Lucas (1986). I lived in Los Angeles in the '80s, which was not the best place to be. I did cocaine for about a year and a half, then it led to crack. I started on the downers which were a hell of a lot better than the uppers because I was a nervous wreck. But one led to two, two led to four, four led to eight, until at the end it was about 85 a day - the doctors could not believe I was taking that much. And that was just the valium - I'm not talking about the other pills I went through."
posted by gman at 6:14 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Corey: "I was working on The Lost Boys (1987) when I smoked my first joint. But a year before that, I was starting to drink beer on the set of the film Lucas (1986). I lived in Los Angeles in the '80s, which was not the best place to be. I did cocaine for about a year and a half, then it led to crack. I started on the downers which were a hell of a lot better than the uppers because I was a nervous wreck. But one led to two, two led to four, four led to eight, until at the end it was about 85 a day - the doctors could not believe I was taking that much. And that was just the valium - I'm not talking about the other pills I went through."
posted by gman at 6:14 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
So, one of our brave boys "suicided" while spying on the Canadian threat hanging over our nation, and so our agents returned the favor.
Mars, you Canuck bitches! Don't mess with us, or I swear to God, it will be Shatner next!
posted by markkraft at 6:18 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Mars, you Canuck bitches! Don't mess with us, or I swear to God, it will be Shatner next!
posted by markkraft at 6:18 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Having seen episodes of The Two Coreys, I am saddened but not surprised.
posted by Dr. Zira at 6:21 AM on March 10, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by Dr. Zira at 6:21 AM on March 10, 2010 [3 favorites]
This truly gives new meaning to the
posted by hypersloth at 6:22 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
corehaimtag.
posted by hypersloth at 6:22 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Mars, you Canuck bitches! Don't mess with us, or I swear to God, it will be Shatner next!
Please, can't it be Jim Carrey instead?
posted by Pollomacho at 6:24 AM on March 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
Please, can't it be Jim Carrey instead?
posted by Pollomacho at 6:24 AM on March 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
Checking on Feldman, I see that: He married Susie Sprague on October 30, 2002, on the final episode of the first season of The Surreal Life. The ceremony was co-officiated by a rabbi and by M.C. Hammer..
Stay classy, Hollywood.
posted by DU at 6:25 AM on March 10, 2010 [9 favorites]
Stay classy, Hollywood.
posted by DU at 6:25 AM on March 10, 2010 [9 favorites]
Some links from my deleted double here, here, and here.
I still remember friends pasting his Tiger Beat photos on their bedroom walls. And Lucas was indeed an amazing film.
posted by availablelight at 6:27 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
I still remember friends pasting his Tiger Beat photos on their bedroom walls. And Lucas was indeed an amazing film.
posted by availablelight at 6:27 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
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posted by Faint of Butt at 6:29 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by Faint of Butt at 6:29 AM on March 10, 2010
I liked Lucas to a crazy degree when it came out because it was Winona Ryder's first role. But after watching it about 100x I have to say that Haim's fake glasses (which are obviously just non-prescription glass) became so distracting they really kinda ruined the whole thing for me, and I can't watch it anymore.
posted by stinkycheese at 6:30 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by stinkycheese at 6:30 AM on March 10, 2010
Yikes...it's a shame how the Coreys' lives have turned out.
I always find it interesting to look at a deceased celebrity's "official" site and see how long it takes for someone with access to post something about the death.
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posted by moviehawk at 6:32 AM on March 10, 2010
I always find it interesting to look at a deceased celebrity's "official" site and see how long it takes for someone with access to post something about the death.
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posted by moviehawk at 6:32 AM on March 10, 2010
When I read that, a voice in my head said "'bout time..." How desensitized have I become? I mean, the last three or four episodes of The Coreys kind of hinted that he really didn't have anything under control, and something drastic needed to happen. Too bad it was this.
Anyhow,
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posted by Bathtub Bobsled at 6:33 AM on March 10, 2010
Halfway through typing a comment about how upset he was at Michael Jackson's funeral, I realized that I was thinking of the other Corey.
Sorry, Corey.
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posted by ColdChef at 6:33 AM on March 10, 2010
Sorry, Corey.
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posted by ColdChef at 6:33 AM on March 10, 2010
And just three days too late for inclusion in the Academy Awards "People Who Died" segment.
posted by Joe Beese at 6:34 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by Joe Beese at 6:34 AM on March 10, 2010
I feel pretty bad about this -- guy was fucked up. On the two Corey's reality show, he was just a walking disaster, so filled with self-loathing and a sense of constant betrayal that even the slightest interaction with him was fraught with peril. I can't blame Hollywood exclusively for what happened to Haim -- he was an adult and continued to make hideously destructive adult decisions -- but he'd been through the grinder. There were certainly signs that he had been molested when younger -- a lot of accusations against Feldman, whose friend was apparently responsible for it.
He was also still capable of turning in unexpectedly enjoyable performances -- I barely recognized him in the 2nd Crank movie, and he was hilarious in it.
Here's a true story about Haim. When he was still a teenager, he put out a video diary called Me, Myself, and I. It's pretty dreadful -- him sort of nattering at the camera about his career and philosophy (there's a strong anti-drug message that makes the whole thing feel like a public service project by somebody convicted of possession.) I worked at a video store in Westwood, and we had a staff favorites shelf, but we put a lot of joke favorites up there -- Terror of Tiny Town was a mainstay. We also put Haim's video up there for quite a while, until one day Corey Haim himself came into the store. He looked around the place for a while, finally noticed the staff favorites shelf, saw his own video, and quickly grabbed it. He marched up to the front and asked if he could buy it, and then did. We never saw him again. I presume he was searching for, and destroying, every copy of the film he could -- David Copperfield was doing the same thing with a film called Terror Train that he was embarrassed by.
This was 1992, so Haim must have been about 21. I used to think that story was pretty funny, but now it's got me wondering if, even at so young an age, his career was starting to be defined by shame.
Former child stars are people too.
posted by Astro Zombie at 6:36 AM on March 10, 2010 [46 favorites]
He was also still capable of turning in unexpectedly enjoyable performances -- I barely recognized him in the 2nd Crank movie, and he was hilarious in it.
Here's a true story about Haim. When he was still a teenager, he put out a video diary called Me, Myself, and I. It's pretty dreadful -- him sort of nattering at the camera about his career and philosophy (there's a strong anti-drug message that makes the whole thing feel like a public service project by somebody convicted of possession.) I worked at a video store in Westwood, and we had a staff favorites shelf, but we put a lot of joke favorites up there -- Terror of Tiny Town was a mainstay. We also put Haim's video up there for quite a while, until one day Corey Haim himself came into the store. He looked around the place for a while, finally noticed the staff favorites shelf, saw his own video, and quickly grabbed it. He marched up to the front and asked if he could buy it, and then did. We never saw him again. I presume he was searching for, and destroying, every copy of the film he could -- David Copperfield was doing the same thing with a film called Terror Train that he was embarrassed by.
This was 1992, so Haim must have been about 21. I used to think that story was pretty funny, but now it's got me wondering if, even at so young an age, his career was starting to be defined by shame.
Former child stars are people too.
posted by Astro Zombie at 6:36 AM on March 10, 2010 [46 favorites]
Astro Zombie: "Former child stars are people too."
Well, here in Utah, Gary Coleman has been terrorizing the place for a while.
posted by Joe Beese at 6:39 AM on March 10, 2010
Well, here in Utah, Gary Coleman has been terrorizing the place for a while.
posted by Joe Beese at 6:39 AM on March 10, 2010
I sense an honorary all-weekend 80's film blitz in his honor. I know my wife would approve of such a fitting tribute.
posted by caution live frogs at 6:43 AM on March 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by caution live frogs at 6:43 AM on March 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
Its things like this and the Oscar's Hughes tribute that make me realize the wildly disparate experiences of the very back end of Gen-Xers and the emerging cusp of Echo Boomers.
posted by jefficator at 6:43 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by jefficator at 6:43 AM on March 10, 2010
Well, here in Utah, Gary Coleman has been terrorizing the place for a while.
He was also a renter at the video store. He regularly claimed videos to be broken, so he wouldn't have to pay for them. It got to the point where we couldn't refund the video until he showed us exactly where it was broken, which meant watching the movie in fast-forward until he'd say, here we are, this is where the screen got all snowy. It never was, though. The videos always worked perfectly.
Once I was walking down the street and Coleman was in front of me. He passed two young women, maybe students at UCLA. He stopped them. Ladies, I'd like to tell you something, he said. I passed him and went to an arcade, played video games for about half an hour. When I left, Coleman had assembled a crowd around him and was telling them about how his family had misappropriated his money, he was broke, and was working in a show store. He was actually stopping strangers in the street to tell his tale of woe.
That was actually the moment I started making plans to leave Los Angeles. It was just a terrifying thing to see.
posted by Astro Zombie at 6:46 AM on March 10, 2010 [35 favorites]
He was also a renter at the video store. He regularly claimed videos to be broken, so he wouldn't have to pay for them. It got to the point where we couldn't refund the video until he showed us exactly where it was broken, which meant watching the movie in fast-forward until he'd say, here we are, this is where the screen got all snowy. It never was, though. The videos always worked perfectly.
Once I was walking down the street and Coleman was in front of me. He passed two young women, maybe students at UCLA. He stopped them. Ladies, I'd like to tell you something, he said. I passed him and went to an arcade, played video games for about half an hour. When I left, Coleman had assembled a crowd around him and was telling them about how his family had misappropriated his money, he was broke, and was working in a show store. He was actually stopping strangers in the street to tell his tale of woe.
That was actually the moment I started making plans to leave Los Angeles. It was just a terrifying thing to see.
posted by Astro Zombie at 6:46 AM on March 10, 2010 [35 favorites]
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posted by Smart Dalek at 6:48 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by Smart Dalek at 6:48 AM on March 10, 2010
...a lot of accusations against Feldman, whose friend was apparently responsible for it.
Actually, as I understood it, Haim was resentful towards Feldman, not because he held him responsible for what happened, but more out of the fact Feldman pretty much told him "walk it off and do some lines, sport."
Also, your story doesn't come as a surprise to me. When I met him in Toronto back in '01, he was still out of his head a bit. He was in a bad place. I remember the one part of the conversation where he asked if we were going to take pictures of him, and my friend and I shrugged our shoulders and told him we didn't have a camera. He was comforted by this a bit, but his reaction was a bit reserved. It was odd. He seemed to embrace his celebrity when two guys came up to him and wanted to meet him; almost as if he liked the attention, but then he switched gears and acted as if he wanted for us to engage with him just like anyone else. He asked us if we were going to a party or hanging out with other people, which we weren't. He then said he had somewhere to be, and took off.
I think he just wanted real friends, and he didn't know where to find them. When he saw the video, my guess is he thought it was a bit self-aggrandizing and embarrassing, but also because maybe he felt a bit detached from who the boy was in the video, and who he seemed to think he really was.
I've never envied him.
posted by Bathtub Bobsled at 6:49 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Actually, as I understood it, Haim was resentful towards Feldman, not because he held him responsible for what happened, but more out of the fact Feldman pretty much told him "walk it off and do some lines, sport."
Also, your story doesn't come as a surprise to me. When I met him in Toronto back in '01, he was still out of his head a bit. He was in a bad place. I remember the one part of the conversation where he asked if we were going to take pictures of him, and my friend and I shrugged our shoulders and told him we didn't have a camera. He was comforted by this a bit, but his reaction was a bit reserved. It was odd. He seemed to embrace his celebrity when two guys came up to him and wanted to meet him; almost as if he liked the attention, but then he switched gears and acted as if he wanted for us to engage with him just like anyone else. He asked us if we were going to a party or hanging out with other people, which we weren't. He then said he had somewhere to be, and took off.
I think he just wanted real friends, and he didn't know where to find them. When he saw the video, my guess is he thought it was a bit self-aggrandizing and embarrassing, but also because maybe he felt a bit detached from who the boy was in the video, and who he seemed to think he really was.
I've never envied him.
posted by Bathtub Bobsled at 6:49 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
I just told my 22 year old coworker that Corey Haim died. His response:
"Who's Corey Haim?"
Once I tried to explain to him what a filmstrip was. That did not go well either.
posted by electroboy at 6:51 AM on March 10, 2010 [19 favorites]
"Who's Corey Haim?"
Once I tried to explain to him what a filmstrip was. That did not go well either.
posted by electroboy at 6:51 AM on March 10, 2010 [19 favorites]
Are we entirely sure that President Barack Hussein Obama didn't have anything to do with the death of Corey Haim, a noted and passionate opponent of any year after 1989?
posted by xmutex at 6:52 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by xmutex at 6:52 AM on March 10, 2010
Man, Gary Coleman must have had a crappy VCR.
posted by Pollomacho at 6:53 AM on March 10, 2010 [4 favorites]
posted by Pollomacho at 6:53 AM on March 10, 2010 [4 favorites]
This is sad, by I sort of expected to happen sooner or later.
But it's still a bit of a shock, sort of like River Phoenix, except the Phoenix was much younger when he checked out.
It certainly doesn't seem to be worth it to be a child star in Hollywood.
posted by bwg at 6:55 AM on March 10, 2010
But it's still a bit of a shock, sort of like River Phoenix, except the Phoenix was much younger when he checked out.
It certainly doesn't seem to be worth it to be a child star in Hollywood.
posted by bwg at 6:55 AM on March 10, 2010
by I ?
"but I" works better there, maybe I need to lay off the wine.
posted by bwg at 6:59 AM on March 10, 2010
"but I" works better there, maybe I need to lay off the wine.
posted by bwg at 6:59 AM on March 10, 2010
Jesus. I still remember seeing The Lost Boys in the theatre back in my high school days in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. In the back of my head, Corey Haim was always singing in a falsetto voice in the bathtub while his brother was outside the bathroom having vampire-related issues.
Celebrities from my formative years are no longer allowed to die while being younger than I am. I have spoken.
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posted by Mr. Bad Example at 6:59 AM on March 10, 2010 [3 favorites]
Celebrities from my formative years are no longer allowed to die while being younger than I am. I have spoken.
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posted by Mr. Bad Example at 6:59 AM on March 10, 2010 [3 favorites]
He was actually stopping strangers in the street to tell his tale of woe.
Day of the fucking locust, indeed.
posted by octobersurprise at 7:01 AM on March 10, 2010 [4 favorites]
Day of the fucking locust, indeed.
posted by octobersurprise at 7:01 AM on March 10, 2010 [4 favorites]
I might have to pop into fnac on my way home and get a copy of The Lost Boys (if I can find one that's not dubbed into French).
posted by handee at 7:01 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by handee at 7:01 AM on March 10, 2010
Also, I just found out he had a drug induced stroke in '01.
So that may have been the reason he seemed "out of his head".
Man, I feel like a dick.
posted by Bathtub Bobsled at 7:01 AM on March 10, 2010
So that may have been the reason he seemed "out of his head".
Man, I feel like a dick.
posted by Bathtub Bobsled at 7:01 AM on March 10, 2010
I don't think I have the courage to click the 'overdose' tag.
posted by shakespeherian at 7:04 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by shakespeherian at 7:04 AM on March 10, 2010
I'm a lonely boy, I ain't got a home.
The song is by New Orleans R&B great Clarence "Frogman" Henry.
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:06 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
The song is by New Orleans R&B great Clarence "Frogman" Henry.
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:06 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
It's just like the Beatles. The Coreys are dying in order of coolest to lamest.
Ouch that really *doesn't* feel good, does it?
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posted by Slarty Bartfast at 7:08 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Ouch that really *doesn't* feel good, does it?
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posted by Slarty Bartfast at 7:08 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
shakespeherian: "I don't think I have the courage to click the 'overdose' tag."
Short version: If someone is unconscious, don't insert an ice cube in their rectum.
posted by Joe Beese at 7:09 AM on March 10, 2010
Short version: If someone is unconscious, don't insert an ice cube in their rectum.
posted by Joe Beese at 7:09 AM on March 10, 2010
I was 13 when Lost Boys came out, and my room was plastered with pictures of Corey from Tiger Beat magazine.
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posted by desjardins at 7:09 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
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posted by desjardins at 7:09 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
It's Robot Chicken. Robot Chicken has killed Pat Morita, Don Knotts, Dom DeLuise and now Corey Haim. Look out Soleil Moon Frye - you may be next.
posted by plinth at 7:10 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by plinth at 7:10 AM on March 10, 2010
This thread has completely depressed me.
posted by A Terrible Llama at 7:11 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by A Terrible Llama at 7:11 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Who's going to break it to Lisa Simpson?
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 7:16 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 7:16 AM on March 10, 2010
I remember a summer in my childhood that was dominated by The Lost Boys. I saw it a number of times, listened to the soundtrack constantly, consumed all available clip shows, articles and interviews about it, etc. etc. And Corey Haim was my favourite person in the movie.
It is such a pity that his life ended this way.
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posted by sueinnyc at 7:17 AM on March 10, 2010
It is such a pity that his life ended this way.
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posted by sueinnyc at 7:17 AM on March 10, 2010
When I left, Coleman had assembled a crowd around him and was telling them about how his family had misappropriated his money, he was broke, and was working in a show store. He was actually stopping strangers in the street to tell his tale of woe.
Do I sense a "Rime Of The Ancient Mariner" re-write coming on?
posted by sourwookie at 7:19 AM on March 10, 2010 [4 favorites]
Do I sense a "Rime Of The Ancient Mariner" re-write coming on?
posted by sourwookie at 7:19 AM on March 10, 2010 [4 favorites]
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posted by furious_george at 7:20 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by furious_george at 7:20 AM on March 10, 2010
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I hope wherever you are, you aren't so lost any more.
posted by Jilder at 7:26 AM on March 10, 2010
I hope wherever you are, you aren't so lost any more.
posted by Jilder at 7:26 AM on March 10, 2010
sorrywrongcorey.tumblr.com
disclosure: I made this; I don't benefit from it
posted by Alt F4 at 7:26 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
disclosure: I made this; I don't benefit from it
posted by Alt F4 at 7:26 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
The XE story about Corey selling off his hair and rotten teeth on Ebay to try and make a buck.
posted by unixrat at 7:33 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by unixrat at 7:33 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
(.) I was surprised that I really like the movie Silver Bullet... because I don't like scary movies and/or Steven King stories - it was Corey that made that movie watchable for me.
posted by goml at 7:36 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by goml at 7:36 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
ODing is neither shocking nor hard to do. It's just a bummer.
posted by rmmcclay at 7:36 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by rmmcclay at 7:36 AM on March 10, 2010
Do I sense a "Rime Of The Ancient Mariner" re-write coming on?
The shortened stature of the man,
His denim-clad neurosis:
The sad result of forty years'
Glomerulosclerosis.
posted by The White Hat at 7:37 AM on March 10, 2010 [18 favorites]
The shortened stature of the man,
His denim-clad neurosis:
The sad result of forty years'
Glomerulosclerosis.
posted by The White Hat at 7:37 AM on March 10, 2010 [18 favorites]
He rightfully gets a lot of love for the excellent The Lost boys, but almost no one ever seems to remember how great License to Drive was when it came out. I'm almost tempted to watch it again in memoriam but I sort of suspect that the reality of it won't hold up to my recollection.
And I just now realized that I'm older than he was.
posted by quin at 7:38 AM on March 10, 2010 [3 favorites]
And I just now realized that I'm older than he was.
posted by quin at 7:38 AM on March 10, 2010 [3 favorites]
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V sad.
License to Drive!
I miss my mates from school I used to watch that with....
posted by runincircles at 7:43 AM on March 10, 2010
V sad.
License to Drive!
I miss my mates from school I used to watch that with....
posted by runincircles at 7:43 AM on March 10, 2010
You know how gay people read movies for gay content, even when it isn't overt? Jews do that too, or, at least, I do. If a movie or a show has a preponderance of Jews, especially in the lead roles, I try to understand the Jewish content of the film.
So here we have The Lost Boys, a film directed by a Jew, was scripted by a screenwriter with a Jewish last name (can't discover whether or not Jeffrey Boam was conclusively Jewish), and featured Corey Haim. Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, and Alex Winter in lead roles -- all Jews.
So what is Jewish about a coastal town terrorized by preening teenage vampires? Well, in some ways, the film is about assimilation. The two brothers are given the option of assimilating into a new world of vampirism, and the older brother (played by an Irish actor) accepts it, while the younger brother teams with an anti-assimilationist Jew, played by Feldman, to fight it.
Is it an exact reading? No; these things never are, not unless they're done deliberately. But it works about as well as reading Superman as Jewish.
Of course, I'm also Irish, so there's a great desire to try and read the story as one of doomed Celtic rebels (Jason Patrick and Kiefer Sutherland) fighting the man by building an illegal still, with blood standing in for moonshine, but that one doesn't work as well.
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:44 AM on March 10, 2010 [18 favorites]
So here we have The Lost Boys, a film directed by a Jew, was scripted by a screenwriter with a Jewish last name (can't discover whether or not Jeffrey Boam was conclusively Jewish), and featured Corey Haim. Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, and Alex Winter in lead roles -- all Jews.
So what is Jewish about a coastal town terrorized by preening teenage vampires? Well, in some ways, the film is about assimilation. The two brothers are given the option of assimilating into a new world of vampirism, and the older brother (played by an Irish actor) accepts it, while the younger brother teams with an anti-assimilationist Jew, played by Feldman, to fight it.
Is it an exact reading? No; these things never are, not unless they're done deliberately. But it works about as well as reading Superman as Jewish.
Of course, I'm also Irish, so there's a great desire to try and read the story as one of doomed Celtic rebels (Jason Patrick and Kiefer Sutherland) fighting the man by building an illegal still, with blood standing in for moonshine, but that one doesn't work as well.
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:44 AM on March 10, 2010 [18 favorites]
Lucas was one of the few movies where I cried in the theater. I wanted him to catch that damn football so, so very much. For that, I'll toast Corey.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 7:44 AM on March 10, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 7:44 AM on March 10, 2010 [3 favorites]
Wish I was more surprised but it feels like he's been publicly overdosing in slow motion for two decades, really.
Looks like it's time to finally retire the Haimburgle once and for all. Maybe he'll finally get a chance to hang out with his man Jack Tripper now...
posted by miss lynnster at 7:51 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Looks like it's time to finally retire the Haimburgle once and for all. Maybe he'll finally get a chance to hang out with his man Jack Tripper now...
posted by miss lynnster at 7:51 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Corey Haim. Whenever I saw him on TV in recent years, it was all I could do to just sit there, wide-eyed, and wonder why he didn't just come back to Canada. He would have been a huge star up here.
(Are you listening, Kiefer?)
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posted by Sys Rq at 7:53 AM on March 10, 2010
(Are you listening, Kiefer?)
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posted by Sys Rq at 7:53 AM on March 10, 2010
Metafilter: Man, I feel like a dick.
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 8:01 AM on March 10, 2010 [4 favorites]
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 8:01 AM on March 10, 2010 [4 favorites]
I just told my 22 year old coworker that Corey Haim died. His response:
"Who's Corey Haim?"
I just e-mailed my 26 year old boyfriend (I'm 31) informing him of the death of Corey, one of my most intense childhood crushes, and was greeted with the same response. It's really almost made me question the foundation of our entire relationship.
My favorite thing about Corey Haim was his always-slightly-open mouth, which seriously drove me crazy with cuteness. But now I wonder if maybe he just had allergies or something and couldn't breathe through his nose. In any event,
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posted by eunoia at 8:14 AM on March 10, 2010 [3 favorites]
"Who's Corey Haim?"
I just e-mailed my 26 year old boyfriend (I'm 31) informing him of the death of Corey, one of my most intense childhood crushes, and was greeted with the same response. It's really almost made me question the foundation of our entire relationship.
My favorite thing about Corey Haim was his always-slightly-open mouth, which seriously drove me crazy with cuteness. But now I wonder if maybe he just had allergies or something and couldn't breathe through his nose. In any event,
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posted by eunoia at 8:14 AM on March 10, 2010 [3 favorites]
I just e-mailed my 55 year old husband (I'm 36) informing him of the death of Corey... yeah he didn't know either. I expect there's a window of 30-38 year-olds who're really sad and the rest of the world are just getting on with it.
posted by handee at 8:21 AM on March 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by handee at 8:21 AM on March 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
I expect there's a window of 30-38 year-olds who're really sad and the rest of the world are just getting on with it.
Well, I'm 28, if that matters. I suspect the range is more like 27-47.
posted by Sys Rq at 8:24 AM on March 10, 2010
Well, I'm 28, if that matters. I suspect the range is more like 27-47.
posted by Sys Rq at 8:24 AM on March 10, 2010
Do I sense a "Rime Of The Ancient Mariner" re-write coming on?
It is an ancient child star,
And he stoppeth one of three.
`By thy short crest and glittering eye,
Now wherefore stopp'st thou me ?
The Arcade's doors are opened wide,
And I am keen to win ;
The fee is met, the game reset :
May'st hear the merry din.'
He holds him with his chubby hand,
`There was a show,' quoth he.
`Hold off ! unhand me, tiny loon !'
Eftsoons his hand dropt he.
He holds him with his glittering eye--
The Gamer he stood still,
And listens like a three years' child :
The Actor hath his will.
The Gamer sat down on a stone :
While lighting a cigar ;
And thus spake on that ancient shrimp,
The bright-eyed Child Star.
`The show was praised, the ratings raised,
Merrily we did play
Before the news, to rave reviews,
prime time was our soiree.
Arnold-mania did grip
the lands without a doubt;
everywhere was heard this quip,
my: "Whatchoo talkin' bout?"
Down dropt the numbers, down the fans,
My co-stars all were dicks ;
Till finally canceled we be,
in 1986.
Syndication everywhere,
upon my cursed soul!
Syndication everywhere,
but here I'm on the dole!
My very Trust did rot : O Christ !
That ever this should be !
Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs
And took my royalty.
Farewell, farewell! but this I tell
If thou wish to make good:
He prayeth well, who loveth well,
And fuck you, Hollywood.
The Child Star, whose eye is bright,
but stature not impressive,
Is gone : and now the Game Player
is left rather depressive.
He went like one that hath been stunned,
And is of sense forlorn :
A sadder and a wiser man,
He rose the morrow morn.
posted by rusty at 8:26 AM on March 10, 2010 [44 favorites]
It is an ancient child star,
And he stoppeth one of three.
`By thy short crest and glittering eye,
Now wherefore stopp'st thou me ?
The Arcade's doors are opened wide,
And I am keen to win ;
The fee is met, the game reset :
May'st hear the merry din.'
He holds him with his chubby hand,
`There was a show,' quoth he.
`Hold off ! unhand me, tiny loon !'
Eftsoons his hand dropt he.
He holds him with his glittering eye--
The Gamer he stood still,
And listens like a three years' child :
The Actor hath his will.
The Gamer sat down on a stone :
While lighting a cigar ;
And thus spake on that ancient shrimp,
The bright-eyed Child Star.
`The show was praised, the ratings raised,
Merrily we did play
Before the news, to rave reviews,
prime time was our soiree.
Arnold-mania did grip
the lands without a doubt;
everywhere was heard this quip,
my: "Whatchoo talkin' bout?"
Down dropt the numbers, down the fans,
My co-stars all were dicks ;
Till finally canceled we be,
in 1986.
Syndication everywhere,
upon my cursed soul!
Syndication everywhere,
but here I'm on the dole!
My very Trust did rot : O Christ !
That ever this should be !
Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs
And took my royalty.
Farewell, farewell! but this I tell
If thou wish to make good:
He prayeth well, who loveth well,
And fuck you, Hollywood.
The Child Star, whose eye is bright,
but stature not impressive,
Is gone : and now the Game Player
is left rather depressive.
He went like one that hath been stunned,
And is of sense forlorn :
A sadder and a wiser man,
He rose the morrow morn.
posted by rusty at 8:26 AM on March 10, 2010 [44 favorites]
miss lynnster : Looks like it's time to finally retire the Haimburgle once and for all.
I was just going to link to the thread where you pitched the idea of the Coreyroll, but it seems you beat me to it.
posted by quin at 8:31 AM on March 10, 2010
I was just going to link to the thread where you pitched the idea of the Coreyroll, but it seems you beat me to it.
posted by quin at 8:31 AM on March 10, 2010
Me: Corey Haim has died!
Colleague: Who?
Guess all I can really respond to that is 'There were two Coreys, and one was known as the Haimster, and one as the Feldmouse, and that is all I know about Corey Haim.'
posted by mippy at 8:46 AM on March 10, 2010
Colleague: Who?
Guess all I can really respond to that is 'There were two Coreys, and one was known as the Haimster, and one as the Feldmouse, and that is all I know about Corey Haim.'
posted by mippy at 8:46 AM on March 10, 2010
Lucas was one of the few movies where I cried in the theater.
Oh god, me too. I was supposed to go to the movies with some friends, but they all backed out. I saw Lucas alone. Cried through about half of it. Haven't seen it since.
posted by vibrotronica at 8:49 AM on March 10, 2010
Oh god, me too. I was supposed to go to the movies with some friends, but they all backed out. I saw Lucas alone. Cried through about half of it. Haven't seen it since.
posted by vibrotronica at 8:49 AM on March 10, 2010
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posted by brundlefly at 8:50 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by brundlefly at 8:50 AM on March 10, 2010
Now I'm curious about the age range of people that would feel a connection to this news -- probably just the people that were in their "nostalgia period" during Haim/Feldman's movie career peak (I was in my mid-teens when Lost Boys came out, so I'm about the perfect age to remember the pair fondly); my wife, in her very early '30s, also remembers Haim very well.
If we assume that License to Drive was the end of their peak phase (I don't recall any big, non-ironic Corey2 productions after that), in 1988, and that the youngest ages that would have been going to see this movie were probably 10 years old, you'd think that people born in '78 (now 32 years old) are the youngest people that would reasonably remember Haim very well.
But there's also the older sibling thing, which has an actual name that I can't remember; the idea being basically that the biggest pop-culture phenomena will actually resonate with people up to five years younger than the "target" age at the peak time, because big brother/big sister will have posters up, talk up the movies or music, force little bro' or little sis' to watch the movies on TV past their due date, etc.
So I'd guess that most people born later than '82-'83 wouldn't remember Haim at all, really, unless they were retroactive '80s buffs.
It's weird to think that somebody so prevalent in my memory would be so compartmentalized in a time period, but I guess it's the way of things; the radio station I used to run had a giant old room full of 45s, and I used to do a show for fill-in emergencies where I'd just grab a pile and work through 'em. I never recognized any of the names, which always made me a bit sad: so much effort, so much joy, so ephemeral.
posted by Shepherd at 8:56 AM on March 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
If we assume that License to Drive was the end of their peak phase (I don't recall any big, non-ironic Corey2 productions after that), in 1988, and that the youngest ages that would have been going to see this movie were probably 10 years old, you'd think that people born in '78 (now 32 years old) are the youngest people that would reasonably remember Haim very well.
But there's also the older sibling thing, which has an actual name that I can't remember; the idea being basically that the biggest pop-culture phenomena will actually resonate with people up to five years younger than the "target" age at the peak time, because big brother/big sister will have posters up, talk up the movies or music, force little bro' or little sis' to watch the movies on TV past their due date, etc.
So I'd guess that most people born later than '82-'83 wouldn't remember Haim at all, really, unless they were retroactive '80s buffs.
It's weird to think that somebody so prevalent in my memory would be so compartmentalized in a time period, but I guess it's the way of things; the radio station I used to run had a giant old room full of 45s, and I used to do a show for fill-in emergencies where I'd just grab a pile and work through 'em. I never recognized any of the names, which always made me a bit sad: so much effort, so much joy, so ephemeral.
posted by Shepherd at 8:56 AM on March 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
I expect there's a window of 30-38 year-olds who're really sad and the rest of the world are just getting on with it.
Well, I'm 28, if that matters. I suspect the range is more like 27-47.
I can confirm that. I'm 47. I am distantly related to the other Corey, so I followed them both out of the corner of my eye, like an older cousin keeping tabs on the kiddie table.
I saw some of the Two Coreys reality show and between Corey F's intensity and lifestyle pushiness, you could see Corey H just falling apart.
There is a LOT of screwed-upidness between the two of them.
I hate that this happened.
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posted by Ruthless Bunny at 8:57 AM on March 10, 2010
Well, I'm 28, if that matters. I suspect the range is more like 27-47.
I can confirm that. I'm 47. I am distantly related to the other Corey, so I followed them both out of the corner of my eye, like an older cousin keeping tabs on the kiddie table.
I saw some of the Two Coreys reality show and between Corey F's intensity and lifestyle pushiness, you could see Corey H just falling apart.
There is a LOT of screwed-upidness between the two of them.
I hate that this happened.
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posted by Ruthless Bunny at 8:57 AM on March 10, 2010
I'm 28 and have no idea - though I was sad when Ian Dury and Adrian Henri died, both before my time. Guess teen idols are more ephemeral in their fame, though. I was slightly too young for NKOTB.
posted by mippy at 9:02 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by mippy at 9:02 AM on March 10, 2010
i know nothing about either corey except what i saw on a&e's 'the two coreys' show. for some reason i was fascinated with that. fascinated like train-wreck fascination. so my knowledge of corey haim is that he is a gigantic ass. humongous. galactic proportions.
also insecure as anyone i've ever known. as they say in a.a., an egomaniac with an inferiority complex. that boy was so painfully looking for love, friendship, and acceptance. and he was looking all over the place when what he really needed to do was look inside himself.
yeah. i'm sitting here in my office typing this & playing armchair psychologist. and thanking my lucky stars that for whatever reason, some people do manage to overcome addictions. and knock on wood, i'm one of them.
rest in peace, corey.
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posted by msconduct at 9:05 AM on March 10, 2010
also insecure as anyone i've ever known. as they say in a.a., an egomaniac with an inferiority complex. that boy was so painfully looking for love, friendship, and acceptance. and he was looking all over the place when what he really needed to do was look inside himself.
yeah. i'm sitting here in my office typing this & playing armchair psychologist. and thanking my lucky stars that for whatever reason, some people do manage to overcome addictions. and knock on wood, i'm one of them.
rest in peace, corey.
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posted by msconduct at 9:05 AM on March 10, 2010
You know how gay people read movies for gay content, even when it isn't overt?
I thought for sure this was going to be about how Haim's character in Lost Boys is clearly a budding homosexual. (Actually, I suspect the character was supposed to be a bit younger than Haim was at the time, but his "girls are icky" pose plus the Rob Lowe poster in his bedroom read as gay).
posted by Bookhouse at 9:06 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
I thought for sure this was going to be about how Haim's character in Lost Boys is clearly a budding homosexual. (Actually, I suspect the character was supposed to be a bit younger than Haim was at the time, but his "girls are icky" pose plus the Rob Lowe poster in his bedroom read as gay).
posted by Bookhouse at 9:06 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
I expect there's a window of 30-38 year-olds who're really sad and the rest of the world are just getting on with it.
I'm 20, and watched TBS growing up like anyone else. I'm sad. Loved License to Drive.
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posted by two or three cars parked under the stars at 9:07 AM on March 10, 2010
I'm 20, and watched TBS growing up like anyone else. I'm sad. Loved License to Drive.
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posted by two or three cars parked under the stars at 9:07 AM on March 10, 2010
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No thanks Dad, I already have a Mercedes.
posted by Big_B at 9:10 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
No thanks Dad, I already have a Mercedes.
posted by Big_B at 9:10 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
I thought for sure this was going to be about how Haim's character in Lost Boys is clearly a budding homosexual. (Actually, I suspect the character was supposed to be a bit younger than Haim was at the time, but his "girls are icky" pose plus the Rob Lowe poster in his bedroom read as gay).
We've covered this before. (Oddly enough, that thread is the first result if you google "lost boys gay.")
posted by brundlefly at 9:11 AM on March 10, 2010
We've covered this before. (Oddly enough, that thread is the first result if you google "lost boys gay.")
posted by brundlefly at 9:11 AM on March 10, 2010
42 here and sad for the kid and his family. Yes, we all make choices, but I feel like he never had a chance.
posted by Joey Michaels at 9:11 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by Joey Michaels at 9:11 AM on March 10, 2010
(Actually, I suspect the character was supposed to be a bit younger than Haim was at the time, but his "girls are icky" pose plus the Rob Lowe poster in his bedroom read as gay).
He also sings "I ain't got a man, I ain't got a home, I'm a lonely girl, I ain't got no one" in a high falsetto.
But, then, it's a Joel Schumacher film -- the guy who put nipples on Batman. Some homoerotic subtext is expected.
posted by Astro Zombie at 9:12 AM on March 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
He also sings "I ain't got a man, I ain't got a home, I'm a lonely girl, I ain't got no one" in a high falsetto.
But, then, it's a Joel Schumacher film -- the guy who put nipples on Batman. Some homoerotic subtext is expected.
posted by Astro Zombie at 9:12 AM on March 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
Not surprised. Very very sad, but not surprised. Something about being a teen idol in the 80's turned so many of those kids into adults with drug issues, depression, and other various problems that come from...what? Hitting fame too young? Partying too hard? Seems like the kids who made it through teen-idol status and went on to be successful are the exception rather than the rule. While I loved Corey Feldman in Stand by Me, Haim was always my favorite. I didn't, however, watch the Two Coreys show or any other reality show with Haim in it, because I preferred to let him stay the young Corey I remembered from my idolizing teen years. Reality shows with actors who no longer act make me sad. Kind of like when someone you love is suffering from a long term illness, and you want to remember them as they were - full of life and happy, instead of struggling and in pain. Not that what I saw of Corey Haim in films was ever who he really was, but hey - movies are about everything but reality.
Lucas also made me cry. I had a TigerBeat poster of Corey Haim. I loved the Lost Boys, and it's one of those classics I need to show my now teenage (and almost teenage) sons. I guess now's a good time. As for the age thing? I'm 37.
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posted by routergirl at 9:21 AM on March 10, 2010
Lucas also made me cry. I had a TigerBeat poster of Corey Haim. I loved the Lost Boys, and it's one of those classics I need to show my now teenage (and almost teenage) sons. I guess now's a good time. As for the age thing? I'm 37.
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posted by routergirl at 9:21 AM on March 10, 2010
I guess I could probably proclaim my insensitivity, blame it on the internet or anything other than myself. But then I think..he could've been a family member...he could have been a close friend.
Thoughts and prayers go out those that are dealing with this troubled loss.
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posted by samsara at 9:25 AM on March 10, 2010
Thoughts and prayers go out those that are dealing with this troubled loss.
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posted by samsara at 9:25 AM on March 10, 2010
(Actually, I suspect the character was supposed to be a bit younger than Haim was at the time, but his "girls are icky" pose plus the Rob Lowe poster in his bedroom read as gay).
When I was a teenager someone told me every time they heard the name "Rob Lowe" they thought people were saying "Raw Blow." I cannot, to this day, hear his name without wanting to call him Raw.
posted by routergirl at 9:27 AM on March 10, 2010 [3 favorites]
When I was a teenager someone told me every time they heard the name "Rob Lowe" they thought people were saying "Raw Blow." I cannot, to this day, hear his name without wanting to call him Raw.
posted by routergirl at 9:27 AM on March 10, 2010 [3 favorites]
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posted by mattbucher at 9:35 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by mattbucher at 9:35 AM on March 10, 2010
I had forgotten about that Rob Lowe poster. I barely knew what gay was back when I was in full Corey-crush mode, but that poster prompted some puzzled discussions with my BFF. It's not just a poster of a guy, it's a sexy pin-up poster. And it's big. And prominently displayed.
. for Corey. You were awesome.
posted by Mavri at 9:46 AM on March 10, 2010
. for Corey. You were awesome.
posted by Mavri at 9:46 AM on March 10, 2010
Months ago, watching Crank: High Voltage:
Wife: Oh my God, is that Corey Haim?
Me: (yelping) WHAT?
Wife: It is!
Me: Holy fucking shit.
Poor bastard. RIP.
posted by Skot at 9:53 AM on March 10, 2010
Wife: Oh my God, is that Corey Haim?
Me: (yelping) WHAT?
Wife: It is!
Me: Holy fucking shit.
Poor bastard. RIP.
posted by Skot at 9:53 AM on March 10, 2010
Driving to work just now, I passed the famous Oakwood apartments in Burbank. News trucks were everywhere. I didn't know until then that that's where he died.
Working in Hollywood can be very weird.
posted by Bookhouse at 9:59 AM on March 10, 2010
Working in Hollywood can be very weird.
posted by Bookhouse at 9:59 AM on March 10, 2010
Some people liked The Lost Boys or Lucas more than you.
Here's my drop in the ocean.
posted by Dr-Baa at 10:17 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Here's my drop in the ocean.
posted by Dr-Baa at 10:17 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Between the John Hughes tribute / Brat Pack reunion on the Oscars, Bill Atherton on LOST last night looking like a grandpa, and now the death of Corey Haim? This is a lousy, lousy week for an 80's kid.
Resquiat in pacem, Corey. Even though I had a weird affinity for Feldman, I still loved you lots.
Oh, and Rusty wins.
posted by shiu mai baby at 10:26 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Resquiat in pacem, Corey. Even though I had a weird affinity for Feldman, I still loved you lots.
Oh, and Rusty wins.
posted by shiu mai baby at 10:26 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Just over the 50 line here, and I feel no personal connection whatsoever (though sorry for a life lost in such a way). I've never seen The Lost Boys, or a single John Hughes movie. I'm definitely past the cutoff point: for me the 80s is when I disconnected with popular culture, so I'm outside the generational window. Just a data point. I probably would have have heard of Corey Haim if he hadn't been Canadian.
posted by jokeefe at 10:28 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by jokeefe at 10:28 AM on March 10, 2010
45 here and never heard of him. But what a sad tale.
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posted by fourcheesemac at 10:34 AM on March 10, 2010
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posted by fourcheesemac at 10:34 AM on March 10, 2010
41, saw Lost Boys summer before my freshman year in college.
Fame is toxic. I'm of the mind the hard drugs & booze just push people over the top.
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posted by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey at 10:35 AM on March 10, 2010
Fame is toxic. I'm of the mind the hard drugs & booze just push people over the top.
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posted by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey at 10:35 AM on March 10, 2010
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posted by disclaimer at 10:37 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by disclaimer at 10:37 AM on March 10, 2010
I just emailed my 98 year-old dear hubby (I'm 17).
posted by Optimus Chyme at 10:39 AM on March 10, 2010 [15 favorites]
posted by Optimus Chyme at 10:39 AM on March 10, 2010 [15 favorites]
Saw the movie the summer I moved to CA, I was 15.
The next day I bought the soundtrack on cassette and tucked my ticket stub in the cover. Still got it.
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posted by codswallop at 10:46 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
The next day I bought the soundtrack on cassette and tucked my ticket stub in the cover. Still got it.
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posted by codswallop at 10:46 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Maybe the existence of The Two Coreys ruined this already (no cable - never seen it) but I've been holding on to the hope that Tarantino would resurrect the careers of both Coreys at the same time. Or at least give them an honorable coda. Alas.
Lost Boys was basically the perfect movie when it came out and you were the 13 year old me.
posted by dirtdirt at 10:51 AM on March 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
Lost Boys was basically the perfect movie when it came out and you were the 13 year old me.
posted by dirtdirt at 10:51 AM on March 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
This one hits me hard. Loved both Coreys. The Lost Boys was my favorite movie for a long, long time.
Hope you found peace, Corey.
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posted by silverstatue at 10:53 AM on March 10, 2010
Hope you found peace, Corey.
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posted by silverstatue at 10:53 AM on March 10, 2010
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posted by JohnnyGunn at 11:04 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by JohnnyGunn at 11:04 AM on March 10, 2010
Gaaah. Now I'm just thinking of the oiled up shirtless sax player from Lost Boys. Why would a band have one of those?
posted by sourwookie at 11:09 AM on March 10, 2010 [6 favorites]
posted by sourwookie at 11:09 AM on March 10, 2010 [6 favorites]
Gaaah. Now I'm just thinking of the oiled up shirtless sax player from Lost Boys. Why would a band have one of those?
SERGIO!
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 11:16 AM on March 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
SERGIO!
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 11:16 AM on March 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
I am embarrassed that I didn't give a hat-tip to Dream a Little Dream. I mean, yeah, it's definitely a Feldman showcase, but Haim was great as Dinger. I was literally obsessed with that movie when I was 13; one Saturday I saw it three times in a row.
Having confessed that, I will also say I am notably more embarrassed that I am admitting my fiery teenaged love for Dream a Little Dream in a public forum.
posted by shiu mai baby at 11:18 AM on March 10, 2010 [5 favorites]
Having confessed that, I will also say I am notably more embarrassed that I am admitting my fiery teenaged love for Dream a Little Dream in a public forum.
posted by shiu mai baby at 11:18 AM on March 10, 2010 [5 favorites]
38 is kind of late for an accidental overdose.
Not any great performances from him (Meredith Salenger was the best part of Dream a Little Dream, for instance) but he and the other Frog brother was an icon (loved or despised, still an icon) in the lives of most GenX/early Y-ers.
He was one of us, and many of us felt like we knew him, and now he's gone. Always thought Bonaduce would go first.
Would really have liked to seen a Tarantino-driven revival of the boys as was previously mentioned. That would have been...wait for it....totally awesome.
posted by lon_star at 11:19 AM on March 10, 2010
Not any great performances from him (Meredith Salenger was the best part of Dream a Little Dream, for instance) but he and the other Frog brother was an icon (loved or despised, still an icon) in the lives of most GenX/early Y-ers.
He was one of us, and many of us felt like we knew him, and now he's gone. Always thought Bonaduce would go first.
Would really have liked to seen a Tarantino-driven revival of the boys as was previously mentioned. That would have been...wait for it....totally awesome.
posted by lon_star at 11:19 AM on March 10, 2010
I'm willing to bet his friends and family thought of him all the time, and will continue to do so.I'm sure they are too. Which is what makes these inane message board funerals so unbearable; the families of these celebrities *can't possibly* need our remembrances as much as we think they do. As a culture we love nothing more than to mourn people we never met as the family in the house next door starves to death. I love Metafilter, but I dread these celebrity death threads.
posted by littlerobothead at 11:20 AM on March 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
Just over the 50 line here, and I feel no personal connection whatsoever (though sorry for a life lost in such a way).
My thoughts more or less ... until I did an imdb search on Mr. Haim and saw FIRST BORN as his very first credit, a movie I do remember seeing way back when and even being struck by the naturalness of the little brother's performance. Suddenly I'm saddened.
More so after this Youtube find.
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posted by philip-random at 11:22 AM on March 10, 2010
My thoughts more or less ... until I did an imdb search on Mr. Haim and saw FIRST BORN as his very first credit, a movie I do remember seeing way back when and even being struck by the naturalness of the little brother's performance. Suddenly I'm saddened.
More so after this Youtube find.
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posted by philip-random at 11:22 AM on March 10, 2010
I love Metafilter, but I dread these celebrity death threads.
I applaud your brave reading of the thread, then. Overcome your fears by facing them!
posted by Bookhouse at 11:23 AM on March 10, 2010 [8 favorites]
I applaud your brave reading of the thread, then. Overcome your fears by facing them!
posted by Bookhouse at 11:23 AM on March 10, 2010 [8 favorites]
I love Metafilter, but I dread these celebrity death threads.
What, is your clicky finger broken? Because last I checked, obit threads aren't compulsory, so you're here by your own decision, hoss.
posted by shiu mai baby at 11:24 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
What, is your clicky finger broken? Because last I checked, obit threads aren't compulsory, so you're here by your own decision, hoss.
posted by shiu mai baby at 11:24 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
As a culture we love nothing more than to mourn people we never met as the family in the house next door starves to death.
Also, kudos to you! I'm sure you're doing a bang-up job helping that starving family next door by hanging out on MeFi obit threads.
posted by shiu mai baby at 11:27 AM on March 10, 2010 [8 favorites]
Also, kudos to you! I'm sure you're doing a bang-up job helping that starving family next door by hanging out on MeFi obit threads.
posted by shiu mai baby at 11:27 AM on March 10, 2010 [8 favorites]
I love Metafilter, but I dread these celebrity death threads.
Metafilter is a shared experience. You see a "celebrity death thread." I see me reading the newspaper and reminiscing over the obituary pages with thousands of my closest friends.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 11:27 AM on March 10, 2010 [12 favorites]
Metafilter is a shared experience. You see a "celebrity death thread." I see me reading the newspaper and reminiscing over the obituary pages with thousands of my closest friends.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 11:27 AM on March 10, 2010 [12 favorites]
I recognized the name, not familiar with his work (I'm not too much of a movie buff, honestly) but this is still sad.
These celebrity deaths do remind us of our own mortality, I think. That things change, that nothing is the same, and I think for younger people that is pretty jarring at first. AT my age you start to, scarily, get used to it.
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 11:28 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
These celebrity deaths do remind us of our own mortality, I think. That things change, that nothing is the same, and I think for younger people that is pretty jarring at first. AT my age you start to, scarily, get used to it.
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 11:28 AM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
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posted by Ink-stained wretch at 11:45 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by Ink-stained wretch at 11:45 AM on March 10, 2010
I remember when the Thrills did that song about him a few years ago -- the song was good, but man, when they sing songs about you like that when you're still young is never a good thing -- it's like he never had a prayer...
posted by Alexandra Kitty at 11:50 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by Alexandra Kitty at 11:50 AM on March 10, 2010
I was surprised that I really like the movie Silver Bullet... because I don't like scary movies and/or Steven King stories - it was Corey that made that movie watchable for me.
Plus [SPOILER] Gary Busey, "I'm a litte too old to be playing Hardy Boys meet Reverend Werewolf!"
posted by kirkaracha at 11:53 AM on March 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
I thought of him in the past 15 years. So there's that.
posted by Astro Zombie at 11:58 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by Astro Zombie at 11:58 AM on March 10, 2010
Heather Graham starred with Corey and Corey in 1988's License to Drive. Who knew?
posted by i_have_a_computer at 12:01 PM on March 10, 2010
posted by i_have_a_computer at 12:01 PM on March 10, 2010
Actually, the saddest thing I read about Haim today came from a two decade-old review of Lucas by Roger Ebert:
Lucas is played by Corey Haim, who was Sally Field's son in "Murphy's Romance," and he does not give one of those cute little boy performances that get on your nerves. He creates one of the most three-dimensional, complicated, interesting characters of any age in any recent movie. If he can continue to act this well, he will never become a half-forgotten child star, but will continue to grow into an important actor. He is that good.
So the loss of his life at so young an age is compounded by the waste of his talent. He could have been good. Hell, he could have been great. You see flashes of it here and there -- unlike Feldman, who always seems be to acting, Haim would get completely lost in a scene. At his best, he never grandstanded, never showboated, but just inhabited his films, as bad as they might have often been. In another world, there is another Haim, and he's seen as a great actor. Somehow he avoided the drugs and his personality was strong enough not to be destroyed by the toxic effects of young fame and fortune. That's a better world than this one.
posted by Astro Zombie at 12:03 PM on March 10, 2010 [18 favorites]
Lucas is played by Corey Haim, who was Sally Field's son in "Murphy's Romance," and he does not give one of those cute little boy performances that get on your nerves. He creates one of the most three-dimensional, complicated, interesting characters of any age in any recent movie. If he can continue to act this well, he will never become a half-forgotten child star, but will continue to grow into an important actor. He is that good.
So the loss of his life at so young an age is compounded by the waste of his talent. He could have been good. Hell, he could have been great. You see flashes of it here and there -- unlike Feldman, who always seems be to acting, Haim would get completely lost in a scene. At his best, he never grandstanded, never showboated, but just inhabited his films, as bad as they might have often been. In another world, there is another Haim, and he's seen as a great actor. Somehow he avoided the drugs and his personality was strong enough not to be destroyed by the toxic effects of young fame and fortune. That's a better world than this one.
posted by Astro Zombie at 12:03 PM on March 10, 2010 [18 favorites]
I'm 34, with a six-years-older sibling and a four-years-older pop-culture-immersed spouse (it comes with our territory), and I think it's a bummer. I liked License to Drive, and, well, I saw Danny Bonaduce slouch down the street one too many times when I worked in West Hollywood.
I can't help thinking that guys like Wil Wheaton could've easily gone that way if not for some essential difference-- maybe Wil's just too into D&D and SF to have gotten into the teen-star drug thing, who knows.
posted by fairytale of los angeles at 12:03 PM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
I can't help thinking that guys like Wil Wheaton could've easily gone that way if not for some essential difference-- maybe Wil's just too into D&D and SF to have gotten into the teen-star drug thing, who knows.
posted by fairytale of los angeles at 12:03 PM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
It's also an age thing: there's a moment of horrible 'intimations of mortality' that comes when people who are a part of your childhood begin to die/age/decay.
I'm older than the average here -- 48 -- but was in my 20's in the 80s. Lost Boys was a video staple when I was in grad school in the 90's.
posted by jrochest at 12:14 PM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
I'm older than the average here -- 48 -- but was in my 20's in the 80s. Lost Boys was a video staple when I was in grad school in the 90's.
posted by jrochest at 12:14 PM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Heather Graham starred with Corey and Corey in 1988's License to Drive. Who knew?
*sheepishly raises hand*
My first job in Hollywood was working for a couple of producers who made License to Drive, which is a film I've always enjoyed, so I know probably more than I'd ever need to about that movie. Corey and Corey's other co-star from the film was a young Grant Heslov, who later found great success as an Academy Award-nominated film producer.
Coincidentally, the Oakwood Apartments were Haim died was also my first residence when I moved to Los Angeles about 10 years ago, so I've always had fond memories of that bizarre patch of land on the hill between Burbank and Hollywood.
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posted by dhammond at 12:16 PM on March 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
*sheepishly raises hand*
My first job in Hollywood was working for a couple of producers who made License to Drive, which is a film I've always enjoyed, so I know probably more than I'd ever need to about that movie. Corey and Corey's other co-star from the film was a young Grant Heslov, who later found great success as an Academy Award-nominated film producer.
Coincidentally, the Oakwood Apartments were Haim died was also my first residence when I moved to Los Angeles about 10 years ago, so I've always had fond memories of that bizarre patch of land on the hill between Burbank and Hollywood.
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posted by dhammond at 12:16 PM on March 10, 2010 [2 favorites]
Well, if there's anything good I can take away from this, it's that I got to laugh remembering Lisa Simpson's addiction to the Corey Hotline, featuring gripping recordings such as:
"Hi, you've reached the Corey hot-line. $4.95 a minute. Here are some words that rhyme with Corey: Gory. Story. Allegory. Montessori."
And:
"Hi, this is Corey. Hope you and I can get married someday."
posted by Skot at 12:31 PM on March 10, 2010 [5 favorites]
"Hi, you've reached the Corey hot-line. $4.95 a minute. Here are some words that rhyme with Corey: Gory. Story. Allegory. Montessori."
And:
"Hi, this is Corey. Hope you and I can get married someday."
posted by Skot at 12:31 PM on March 10, 2010 [5 favorites]
I don't recall anything about this guy at all, other than hearing jokes many years ago about two Coreys people couldn't tell apart. I scanned his imdb entry and can't say I'd be tempted to watch any of it. The bits of stuff I found on youtube were awful. If he hadn't been pretty, would he even have been allowed to watch movies, never mind be in them?
But being dead is no way to be. Undo, dead dude.
posted by pracowity at 12:33 PM on March 10, 2010
But being dead is no way to be. Undo, dead dude.
posted by pracowity at 12:33 PM on March 10, 2010
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posted by joannemerriam at 12:35 PM on March 10, 2010
posted by joannemerriam at 12:35 PM on March 10, 2010
Am I the only one who cannot distinguish 80s-era Corey Haim from 80s-era Kirk Cameron?
posted by ricochet biscuit at 12:42 PM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by ricochet biscuit at 12:42 PM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Mod note: few comments removed - feel free to take your GRAR to MetaTalk if you want.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 12:44 PM on March 10, 2010
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 12:44 PM on March 10, 2010
Definitely watching the greatest 80s teen comedy-drama of them all, the mighty THE LOST BOYS, tonight in tribute. "My own brother, a goddamn shitsucking vampire! You wait 'til mom finds out!"
posted by DecemberBoy at 1:06 PM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by DecemberBoy at 1:06 PM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Somehow he avoided the drugs and his personality was strong enough not to be destroyed by the toxic effects of young fame and fortune. That's a better world than this one.
Well, in that world Yahoo Serious is Australia's most bankable actor, so, yeah, win a few, lose a few.
(I thought Lost Boys was great, too. And that scene in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter where Corey Feldman shaves his head? I've been creeped out by that scene for years and only today (re-)learned that it wasn't Corey Haim.)
posted by octobersurprise at 1:09 PM on March 10, 2010
Well, in that world Yahoo Serious is Australia's most bankable actor, so, yeah, win a few, lose a few.
(I thought Lost Boys was great, too. And that scene in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter where Corey Feldman shaves his head? I've been creeped out by that scene for years and only today (re-)learned that it wasn't Corey Haim.)
posted by octobersurprise at 1:09 PM on March 10, 2010
Corey Haim's tragic life after initial success as a teen idol gives me all the more respect for the Olsen Twins.
posted by KokuRyu at 1:11 PM on March 10, 2010
posted by KokuRyu at 1:11 PM on March 10, 2010
Am I the only one who cannot distinguish 80s-era Corey Haim from 80s-era Kirk Cameron?
Kirk Cameron was left behind.
posted by KokuRyu at 1:12 PM on March 10, 2010 [3 favorites]
Kirk Cameron was left behind.
posted by KokuRyu at 1:12 PM on March 10, 2010 [3 favorites]
Kirk Cameron was left behind.
And his drug of choice: the church (no, not the band.)
posted by heyho at 1:42 PM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
And his drug of choice: the church (no, not the band.)
posted by heyho at 1:42 PM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Rats, I was about to say that my drug of choice is Whitesnake.
posted by shakespeherian at 1:44 PM on March 10, 2010
posted by shakespeherian at 1:44 PM on March 10, 2010
I remember when the Thrills did that song about him a few years ago -- the song was good, but man, when they sing songs about you like that when you're still young is never a good thing -- it's like he never had a prayer...
The Thrills (2004): Whatever happened to Corey Haim?
That song and this comment summarizes the life and death of Corey Haim:
"For about three years in the late ’80s, Corey Haim was the hottest teenager on the planet. For most of the past two decades, he’s been someone to feel sorry for."
posted by iviken at 1:49 PM on March 10, 2010
The Thrills (2004): Whatever happened to Corey Haim?
That song and this comment summarizes the life and death of Corey Haim:
"For about three years in the late ’80s, Corey Haim was the hottest teenager on the planet. For most of the past two decades, he’s been someone to feel sorry for."
posted by iviken at 1:49 PM on March 10, 2010
Corey Feldman:
"I was awakened at 8:30 this morning by my brother and sister knocking on my bedroom door. They informed me of the loss of my brother Corey Haim. My eyes weren't even open all the way when the tears started streaming down my face. I am so sorry for Corey, his mother Judy, his family, my family, all of our fans, and of course my son who I will have to find a way to explain this to when he gets home from school. This is a tragic loss of a wonderful, beautiful, tormented soul, who will always be my brother, family, and best friend. We must all take this as a lesson in how we treat the people we share this world with while they are still here to make a difference. Please respect our families as we struggle and grieve through this difficult time. I hope the art Corey has left behind will be remembered as the passion of that for which he truly lived."posted by ericb at 1:51 PM on March 10, 2010 [3 favorites]
Lots of blame being passed to drug, alcohol, and fame at an early age. But lots of people drink, do drugs, and are famous and don't live the kind of wrecked life that Corey Haim did. So what happened?
I guess getting raped by your best friend's best friend would sort of suck, huh? And I don't mean that flippantly. Who do you have when you're a child star, completely vulnerable to the world, parents shuttling you around to auditions, and the one friend you have (or think you have) fails to protect you from being completely ruined. Not that I blame Feldman - he was just a kid, too, and was being molested at the same time.
But, look, you watch the footage of Haim in those The Two Coreys clips and he is just a complete walking wound. Completely fragile, trusts nobody, and always a poor choice of words away from meltdown. Those are the scars of trauma, and it's not all that difficult to imagine where he got them.
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 2:18 PM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
I guess getting raped by your best friend's best friend would sort of suck, huh? And I don't mean that flippantly. Who do you have when you're a child star, completely vulnerable to the world, parents shuttling you around to auditions, and the one friend you have (or think you have) fails to protect you from being completely ruined. Not that I blame Feldman - he was just a kid, too, and was being molested at the same time.
But, look, you watch the footage of Haim in those The Two Coreys clips and he is just a complete walking wound. Completely fragile, trusts nobody, and always a poor choice of words away from meltdown. Those are the scars of trauma, and it's not all that difficult to imagine where he got them.
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 2:18 PM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Death by stereotype.
posted by geckoinpdx at 2:33 PM on March 10, 2010
posted by geckoinpdx at 2:33 PM on March 10, 2010
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I had the biggest crush on Corey Haim in high school.
Time to drag out the VCR for a Corey marathon with The Lost Boys, Dream a Little Dream and Prayer of the Rollerboys. Yes, I own them on video. Don't judge me.
posted by Kris10_b at 2:42 PM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
I had the biggest crush on Corey Haim in high school.
Time to drag out the VCR for a Corey marathon with The Lost Boys, Dream a Little Dream and Prayer of the Rollerboys. Yes, I own them on video. Don't judge me.
posted by Kris10_b at 2:42 PM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
I was a lesbian in the 80s, and one of my best friends and I used to have a secret shared affection for Corey/Corey movies. We called them "hairless boy" movies, as in, "Hey, want to come over and watch some hairless boy movies?"
posted by not that girl at 3:18 PM on March 10, 2010
posted by not that girl at 3:18 PM on March 10, 2010
These celebrity deaths do remind us of our own mortality, I think. That things change, that nothing is the same, and I think for younger people that is pretty jarring at first. AT my age you start to, scarily, get used to it.
Mortality indeed - the first thing I thought aside from "Poor Corey" was "Holy crap, I feel old." (Way to think of others there, self!) To add a data point to an earlier discussion, I'm 35. I loved The Lost Boys beyond all reason, back in the day.
I'm not looking forward to getting used to it. :(
posted by dendritejungle at 3:18 PM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Mortality indeed - the first thing I thought aside from "Poor Corey" was "Holy crap, I feel old." (Way to think of others there, self!) To add a data point to an earlier discussion, I'm 35. I loved The Lost Boys beyond all reason, back in the day.
I'm not looking forward to getting used to it. :(
posted by dendritejungle at 3:18 PM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
With all due respect to Roger Ebert, and I have lots, I don't think that Haim doing so well in Lucas was more a matter of the director casting someone who was perfect in the part of the outsider who is desperate to fit in, but doesn't really have a chance. That's also the kind of character that Haim played in Lost Boys. Ditto for Corey Feldman; if you remember Teddy Duchamp, the character that he played in Stand By Me, he was someone who would carry the scars of physical abuse from a mentally-ill father for the rest of his life. That's why, whenever I'd see Haim doing his sort of teen idol thing in the 80s, my irritation was always leavened a bit by pity, because he came off as the kid who tries way, way too hard.
posted by Halloween Jack at 3:24 PM on March 10, 2010
posted by Halloween Jack at 3:24 PM on March 10, 2010
This is sad.
Another formerly mega-crushed, TigerBeat-posting, Lost Boys-loving Corey fan here. I'm 34.
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posted by jeoc at 3:49 PM on March 10, 2010
Another formerly mega-crushed, TigerBeat-posting, Lost Boys-loving Corey fan here. I'm 34.
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posted by jeoc at 3:49 PM on March 10, 2010
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posted by TrialByMedia at 5:01 PM on March 10, 2010
posted by TrialByMedia at 5:01 PM on March 10, 2010
For the record, I liked Lucas, and a big part of it was Haim.
Nevermind the football scene, what about the jacket moment?
posted by bwg at 5:15 PM on March 10, 2010
Nevermind the football scene, what about the jacket moment?
posted by bwg at 5:15 PM on March 10, 2010
Yup, another early-thirties woman here, so saddened by this news. My bedroom was plastered with images of him from Tiger Beat, The Big Bopper, 16...but now I'm looking at some of those publicity shots from the late 80s and man, his eyes look sad in just about every picture.
I spent some time this morning watching clips from The Two Coreys. It was hard to square him as a man with my nostalgic image of him from his films. He was a messed-up manchild. Even Corey Feldman thought he was annoying. That's saying something. And much as Feldman annoys the crap out of me, I have to give him kudos for getting sober and making some sort of life for himself.
But hell, how do you learn to be a functional adult when your allocated teenage fucking-up-and-learning time is occupied by groupies, lecherous assistants and lines of coke? It's just damn sad and my heart is breaking for his mom. No one should have to bury their kid.
posted by Monsters at 5:22 PM on March 10, 2010
I spent some time this morning watching clips from The Two Coreys. It was hard to square him as a man with my nostalgic image of him from his films. He was a messed-up manchild. Even Corey Feldman thought he was annoying. That's saying something. And much as Feldman annoys the crap out of me, I have to give him kudos for getting sober and making some sort of life for himself.
But hell, how do you learn to be a functional adult when your allocated teenage fucking-up-and-learning time is occupied by groupies, lecherous assistants and lines of coke? It's just damn sad and my heart is breaking for his mom. No one should have to bury their kid.
posted by Monsters at 5:22 PM on March 10, 2010
Having confessed that, I will also say I am notably more embarrassed that I am admitting my fiery teenaged love for Dream a Little Dream in a public forum.
Even as a teen I thought DALD was a really indulgent, obnoxious movie--but I watched the hell out of it anyway. License to Drive was also very bad, but at least a smidge aware that it was mindless dreck.
As it has been mentioned previously, Lucas was a very good vehicle for Haim and in hindsight was a kind of crossroads that Astro Zombie explained very well. He had real talent, but no real foundation to his personal life. A shame.
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posted by zardoz at 6:24 PM on March 10, 2010
Even as a teen I thought DALD was a really indulgent, obnoxious movie--but I watched the hell out of it anyway. License to Drive was also very bad, but at least a smidge aware that it was mindless dreck.
As it has been mentioned previously, Lucas was a very good vehicle for Haim and in hindsight was a kind of crossroads that Astro Zombie explained very well. He had real talent, but no real foundation to his personal life. A shame.
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posted by zardoz at 6:24 PM on March 10, 2010
Jeez. One of my students told me the news this morning, which shocked me because I didn't know that 19 year olds were aware of Corey Haim. He was definitely THE THING when I was 13. (This thread is helping me figure out who's in my age group here on Metafilter.)
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posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 6:42 PM on March 10, 2010
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posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 6:42 PM on March 10, 2010
I remember being so in love with Corey Haim when I was in elementary school. I had so many little pin-ups of him. This was before I was so in love with Joey McEntire from New Kids on the Block. And before I was so in love with Dylan McKay. I used to count down to the day when the new issue of Bop would be published, and I'd beg my Dad to take me to the store to buy it. Although (off-topic), I was looking at old issues of Bop on eBay and thinking about how often enough my Dad would surprise me by buying me the magazine himself. Now, as an almost 30 year-old woman I wouldn't be caught dead buying a magazine like that for me or anyone else, and it brings tears to my eyes thinking about how my Dad (completely not their intended reader as a middle-aged man) would not be too embarrassed to buy something so frivolous and silly for his daughter.
Aww, Corey Haim.. poor thing. Just another part of my relatively happy childhood (well, until that ended with my father's death) being chipped away. Anyhow, RIP Corey Haim.
posted by Mael Oui at 7:35 PM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
Aww, Corey Haim.. poor thing. Just another part of my relatively happy childhood (well, until that ended with my father's death) being chipped away. Anyhow, RIP Corey Haim.
posted by Mael Oui at 7:35 PM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
"I am so dead they're going to have to bury me twice. "--Corey Haim, License To Drive.
posted by sourwookie at 8:14 PM on March 10, 2010
posted by sourwookie at 8:14 PM on March 10, 2010
No one's YouTubed Clem Snide's The Junky Jews, so I can't link it, but it's the most appropriate song for this thread.
posted by clarknova at 9:52 PM on March 10, 2010
posted by clarknova at 9:52 PM on March 10, 2010
I always just wanted to hug him and say "It's not your fault."
posted by obiwanwasabi at 11:14 PM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by obiwanwasabi at 11:14 PM on March 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
29 here. When I was a kid, my girlfriends and I would debate for hours which was cuter or the better actor. There was never a consensus; we loved them both. God, I was really rooting for him.
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posted by Ugh at 11:37 PM on March 10, 2010
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posted by Ugh at 11:37 PM on March 10, 2010
Note to self: letting child get sucked into the star machine is generally a bad idea.
Thou Shall Not Fall.
posted by rodgerd at 12:40 AM on March 11, 2010
Thou Shall Not Fall.
posted by rodgerd at 12:40 AM on March 11, 2010
I turn 34 this year. I've seen "The Lost Boys" many many times.
posted by mirepoix at 12:41 AM on March 11, 2010
posted by mirepoix at 12:41 AM on March 11, 2010
Did anyone else notice that Haim checked out on Chuck Norris's 70th birthday? Coincidence? I don't think so...
posted by beelzbubba at 10:51 AM on March 11, 2010
posted by beelzbubba at 10:51 AM on March 11, 2010
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