CATEGORY: FILM: An '80s Classic + German Paranoia

I've been enjoying some Netflix over the last few days. First, I finally managed to see a German film from 2001 that I've wanted to see for a while: Das Experiment. The plot revolves around a psychological experiment: 14 men are picked to spend 2 weeks in a fake jail. Some men are assigned to be prisoners, others are guards. Basically, it's a study on power and submission and how people are usually sadistic assholes on the inside. I really enjoyed it. The performances were good, especially the dude who played the lead guard. That man would fit well into any Nazi movie. I recommend it for those looking for something different to watch.

Recently, I also indulged myself in a repeated viewing of a movie I probably haven't seen in close to 20 years: The Lost Boys. Damn... Kiefer Sutherland in all his teenage vampire badness, the Coreys at their peak, even Jersey Girl Jami Gertz. And I totally forgot that Edward Herrmann is the head vampire! The guy who now makes a living narrating History Channel documentaries... it's all so weird. Time hasn't necessarily been kind to this movie but it's still pretty badass. The music, on the other hand, is atrocious. God... was all 80s music so awful? I thought my ears were going to start bleeding at some point...