Agree Totally :-) It's a great film, and still one of Joel Schumacher's best, as it has a great script to complement his visual skills, unlilke some of the later films he's made.
From a slightly different perspective - almost irrelevant of whether Buffy would have been made without The Lost Boys, I wouldn't have been into Buffy with the same passion without having fallen in love with this film years ago, as it was the first vampire film I ever saw and the film that got me into the genre in the first place!
I've seen it hundreds of times, and if you fancy a laugh, then I recommend watching it on DVD in badly dubbed French, as that is absolutely hilarious :-)