The Boys Next Door

Starring:Maxwell Caulfield, Charlie Sheen, Patti D'Arbanville, Christopher McDonald, Hank Garrett, Paul C. Dancer, Richard Pachorek, Lesa Lee, Kenneth Cortland, Moon Unit Zappa, Dawn Schneider, Kurt Christian, Don Draper, Blackie Dammett, Phil Rubenstein, James Carrington, Grant Heslov, Michael Lewis, Leonard O. Turner, Vance Colvig Jr.
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Studio: Anchor Bay
Product Type: DVD

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THE BOYS NEXT DOOR
Grim stuff
Great 80s suspense film!
VERY ENTERTAINING THRILLER
Little Mistake

The Boys Next Door
Starring: Maxwell Caulfield , Charlie Sheen , Patti D'Arbanville , Christopher McDonald , and Hank Garrett
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000059PP4
Release Date: 2001-05-08

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THE BOYS NEXT DOOR.......2006-08-22

I BOUGHT THIS MOVIE FOR NOSTALGIA.YOU HAVE A YOUNG CHARLIE SHEEN AND HIS FRIEND, DECIDE TO TAKE A ROAD TRIP TO L.A. BEFORE THEY GET STUCK FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES AT A FACTORY JOB. IT SHOWS CHARLIE'S FRIEND LOSES HIS MIND,BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ANNOY,OR GET ON HIS NERVES.SO HE DECIDE'S TO BEAT THEM,OR WITH SOME HE DECIDE'S TO KILL THEM,OVER LITTLE THINGS.AT THE END CHARLIE IS FORCE TO MAKE CHOICE ABOUT HIS FRIEND.I WOULD RECOMMEND IT.

Grim stuff.......2005-01-18

Before Penelope Spheeris's directed "Wayne's World," she made another film about a pair of young men. "The Boys Next Door," though, contains little of the offbeat humor that marked the Dana Carvey/Mike Meyers collaboration. You won't find subtle and not so subtle pop culture references punctuated with over the top antics in "The Boys Next Door." Nor will you hear a single reference to "party on." In a way, "The Boys Next Door" resembles Spheeris's other films, namely "The Decline of Western Civilization," in that it looks closely at the sort of young people we don't normally see on television or in the print media. In the case of "Decline," Spheeris examined the effects of punk rock music on select members of America's youth. In "Boys Next Door," it's how the loss of hope leads a select few youngsters to a life of murder and mayhem. The movie, interestingly enough, begins with an error. Pictures of notorious criminals David Berkowitz, Ken Bianchi, and Ed Kemper float by in order to set a context for what we are about to see. Regrettably for the film, Berkowitz, Kemper, and Bianchi were serial killers. The two boys we meet in the movie, Roy and Bo, are spree killers. There is a big difference between the two as anyone interested in true crime stories knows.

Roy Alston (Maxwell Caulfield) and Bo Richards (Charlie Sheen) are just two of your average, everyday kids getting ready to graduate from high school. They are also the loner type, two kids who paired up with each other after the other kids excluded them from the various social circles. Both Roy and Bo are instantly recognizable high school types, at least for those of us perceptive enough to notice those around us during those painful years of compulsory schooling. They are a little rough around the edges, thanks to their miserable home lives and their relative poverty, but occasionally they make tentative overtures to others that are cruelly rebuffed. One can only feel sorry for Bo when he admires one of the prettiest girls in his class from afar, hoping against hope that he can somehow approach her and strike up a meaningful connection. Roy, the more cynical of the two, has long since reconciled himself to being an outcast, and he spends most of his time quashing any kernels of kindness popping up in Bo's mind. There's something more about Roy, something that goes beyond cynicism into the realms of downright cruelty and hatred. We first see it when he talks to a Marine recruiter on campus about joining the Corps so he can kill people. Not good. Later, of course, Roy will give full vent to his murderous rages.

After crashing a graduation party and finding themselves tossed out on the street, the two decide to cruise down to Los Angeles for a day or two for some old fashioned hijinks. Besides, getting away for a few days sounds like a good idea when the only thing they have to come back to is a couple of cruddy jobs at a local factory, jobs that will probably last a lifetime. The two barely enter the Los Angeles area when all heck breaks loose at a gas station. Roy, thinking the attendant ripped him off over two bucks in gas, beats the man to a bloody pulp. Later, at the beach, one of the boys throws a beer bottle that strikes an elderly woman on the head. Two young ladies attempt to confront the pair about the bottle, and one of them ends up taking a ride around the parking lot on the hood of Roy's car. More atrocities follow, all escalating with ferocious brutality. A gay man dies at their hands, as does an attractive young couple whose only crime involved first making eye contact with Bo and later spurning him in a video arcade. By the time Roy murders Angie (Patti D'Arbanville) while she's in the process of wooing Bo, the game is about over. Two cops, Detective Mark Woods (Christopher McDonald) and Detective Ed Hanley (Hank Garrett), have been tracking these two since the gas station heist, and a lucky break puts the boys right in their hands. Or does it?

I remember seeing "The Boys Next Door" back in the mid 1980s on cable. I was impressed with it then and consider it a good movie now. Aside from the misidentification of the two as serial killers, the movie still contains plenty of good performances, good dialogue, and shocking scenes. Sheen and Caulfield both carry off their respective roles convincingly, but Caulfield does the best job in the frightening role of Roy Alston. His speech about how he feels inside sends chills down the spine, as does his transformation from composed youth to shrieking beast. Oddly enough in a film larded with killings, I consider the bottle scene one of the most disturbing in the film. The look on that old lady's face when the bottle conks her on the head is so upsetting that it's not easy to forget, especially when the camera cuts back to Bo and Roy in order to show them laughing about what they did. There's just something about this scene that successfully telegraphs, just as much as the murders, the coldness of these two kids. "The Boys Next Door" does contain at least one unintentionally hilarious scene in the form of Detective Ed Hanley's haircut. Geez, I thought he was wearing a tricorn hat or something!

Extras on the DVD include a commentary with Spheeris and Caulfield, a trailer, and cast biographies. The picture quality looks great for a twenty year old film. I would recommend this movie to most fans of low budget cinema, but it's also got an appeal to Charlie Sheen completists (Is there such a thing? God help us!) and lovers of movies dealing with the criminal mindset.

Great 80s suspense film!.......2004-04-11

This is one of those movies that for some reason is often overlooked by many viewers. True, it is a low-budget film starring two actors( Charlie Sheen, and Maxwell Caulfield) who haven't done anything remarkable in a about a decade, but it kept me on the edge of my seat all the way to the thrilling conclusion. Its cool to see the intense and belligerent performance by given by Maxwell Caulfield. I read a review on Amazon where someone compared this film to the movie Falling Down, I couldn;t agree more. The whole movie moves through a of a series of scenes consisting of everyday situations and shows how a psychotic and over the edge teen reacts to them, its not good. Charlie Sheen plays his timid sidekick more deteremined to winning his psychotic friend's affection rather than speaking up for himself and saying what they are doing is wrong. All and all a great movie and highley entertaining.

VERY ENTERTAINING THRILLER.......2003-12-13

TWO TEENAGERS [CHARLIE SHEEN AND MAXWELL CAULFIELD] DECIDE TO GO TO LA. ONCE THEY GET THERE, THEY COMMIT A SERIES OF RANDOM KILLINGS. THIS MOVIE IS REALLY UNDERRATED BY THE CRITICS. THIS IS A HIGHLY ENTERTAINING MOVIE. THE BEST THING ABOUT THIS MOVIE IS THAT IT KEEPS YOU WATCHING. THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER CHARLIE SHEEN MOVIES. BUY THIS AS SOON AS YOU CAN! IT'S REALLY WORTH THE MONEY!

Little Mistake.......2003-11-23

My dad was an extra in this movie. He was one of the mall security guards. If you look close, you can see him looking at a map on the wall, then walking around the mall at the same time. I know its nothing, just one of those things we noticed when first watching it.

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INSIGHT INTO THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE

The Boys Next Door

Manufacturer: Atrisan/Hallmark
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0002Q9SHI

Product Description

A hiarious and touching film about five very special men with a lot to learn about life, and a lot to teach about love. When four mentally-challenged men share a house, there's no place like home! Steering them through the pitfalls is social worker Jack (Tony Goldwyn), but he has his own problems as well. As Jack and his boys face the ups and downs of daily life they discover the magic of laughter, the power of love and the joy of taming the urban jungle together.

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INSIGHT INTO THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE.......2005-09-07

This is a made-for-television, Hallmark Hall of Fame film that is small in scale but big in heart. A true ensemble piece, every actor turns in a first-rate performance: Nathan Lane (The Bird Cage, Mouse Hunt), Michael Jeter, Robert Sean Leonard (Much Ado About Nothing), and Courtney B. Vance as mentally-challenged men living in a group home together; with Tony Goldwyn (Joshua, Tarzan, Last Tattoo) as the social worker who holds it all together. Also featured is Mare Winningham as Nathan's character's girlfriend. Funny, touching and unforgettable, it gives you insight into the lives of people whose challenges may be more obvious than our own; but who, nonetheless, possess the same desires and goals - to be whole, to fit in, to be loved.

This is one of Goldwyn's best performances to date, because he shows tenderness as well as strength, making him vulnerable, making him real. As the social worker Jack, he is torn between his love for his guys in the home, and his need to make a decent living and take care of his wife. The extra features give you a look into the thinking of each actor behind his performance, as well as the director's take on the piece, which is based on the play by Tom Griffin. This is a great movie to snuggle up with someone you love and watch with a big bowl of popcorn. Expect to laugh and cry.

Waitsel Smith

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