Vampires are the new IT boys (and girls) thanks to blockbuster movies such as “Twilight” and hit TV shows like “True Blood.” But the vampire hottiesmade their debut in the hit 80s flick “The Lost Boys,”  starring Kiefer Sutherland and Jason Patric.

The hard-partying pack of bad-boy bloodsuckers reigned over fictional Santa Carla, California, and the movie has earned an immortal status in pop culture since its release in 1987. I even coined a new term for fang-bangers: Vamp Tramp! Classy, huh?

Since 2001, Kiefer Sutherland is most widely associated with the role of Jack Bauer, on the critically acclaimed television series 24. After being nominated four times for the “Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series” Primetime Emmy Award, Sutherland won the award in 2006 for his role in 24’s fifth season. He was also nominated for Best actor in a Drama Television Series in the 2007 Golden Globe Awards for 24. According to his latest contract, his salary of $40 million for three seasons of the show make him the highest-earning actor on television.

Jason Patric plays hunky new kid in town Michael Emerson, who’s a little too naive when it comes to making friends in Santa Carla. Yes, we know that girl on the boardwalk is cute, but if her weird motorcycle-riding pals jumped off the train tracks, would you do it, too? (Yes, he would.)  Patric’s handful of film credits post-’Lost Boys’ include ‘Sleepers’ and ‘Speed 2: Cruise Control.’ After starring in 2007’s acclaimed Iraq war drama ‘In the Valley of Elah,’ Patric seems poised for a comeback. This year he appeared as the father of a cancer-stricken girl in ‘My Sister’s Keeper.’

Corey Haim starred as Michael’s younger brother Sam, who realizes with horror that his older sibling has fallen prey to the local bloodsuckers. Jason Patric may be the eye candy of the movie, but it’s Haim who gives us the catchphrases ‘Death by stereo!’ and ‘Burn rubber does not mean warp speed!’ ‘Lost Boys’ propelled Haim to teen idol status, and he spent the next decade living it up. After a rehab stint in the early 2000s, the actor seems committed to staying sober, focusing on career renewal efforts like his reality show ‘The Two Coreys.’ He makes a brief appearance as Sam Emerson in ‘Lost Boys: The Tribe,’ a direct-to-DVD sequel released in 2008.

Michael and Sam’s mom, Lucy Emerson, played by Dianne Wiest, moves her boys into her father’s place in Santa Carla – having no idea of the blood-drinking hijinx that would result from that decision.  Two years after ‘Lost Boys,’ Wiest played another struggling single mom in ‘Parenthood.’ She is also known for her roles in Woody Allen movies such as ‘Hannah and Her Sisters’ and ‘Bullets over Broadway,’ for which she won Academy Awards. Wiest currently plays psychotherapist Gina on HBO’s ‘In Treatment.’

Jami Gertz broke vampire hearts as the lovely half-vamp, half-mortal Star, who falls hard for Michael – and he was supposed to be her first kill! Before joining the Santa Carla gang, Gertz starred in ’80s gems like ‘Sixteen Candles’ and the TV series ‘Square Pegs’ (alongside Sarah Jessica Parker). She’s now gone back to TV, recently starring in the family-friendly sitcom ‘Still Standing,’ and currently plays Marlo Klein on HBO’s ‘Entourage.’

Corey Feldman played Edgar Frog, one-half of the strange young vampire-hunting duo the Frog brothers. ‘Lost Boys’ was the first movie in which Feldman and Haim starred together, but it wouldn’t be the last: the Coreys teamed up on ‘License to Drive,’ ‘Dream a Little Dream’ and of course on their reality series ‘The Two Coreys.’ Feldman was most recently seen at Michael Jackson’s memorial, dressed in homage to the King of Pop, an old pal.

Jamison Newlander played the other half of the Frog brothers, Alan Frog. He returned to the role in the 2008 straight-to-DVD sequel, ‘Lost Boys: The Tribe’, in which an older Alan has become a vampire himself – however, Newlander’s scenes were cut and he appears only in the DVD’s bonus features. Nevertheless, he’s reportedly back for the upcoming ‘Lost Boys 3′.

As the vampire Marko, Alex Winter has the distinction of being the first of the gang to get staked by the Frog brothers. But the blond, curly-haired actor will forever be known as time traveling dude Bill S. Preston, Esq., in ‘Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure’ and ‘Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey.’  Winter has rarely been seen on screen since his ‘Bill and Ted’ days, though ‘Bones’ fans may have caught his single-episode appearance in 2007. He won critical raves as a director in 1999 for the psychological drama ‘Fever,’ which he also wrote.

The boys were suspicious of Max, their mom’s new boyfriend, played by Edward Herrmann – and he revealed his true colors eventually, as the real leader of the vampire tribe. Herrmann, who’s a 1976 Tony Award winner for ‘Mrs. Warren’s Profession’, may be best known these days for his role as reserved grandfather Richard Gilmore on ‘The Gilmore Girls.’