Feldman and Haim rose to fame together in the 1980s and became two of Hollywood’s biggest teen idols. After The Lost Boys, they starred in popular films such as License to Drive and Dream a Little Dream, enjoying massive success and public adoration at a very young age. Haim died in 2010 at the age of 38.
In the documentary, Feldman recounts a conversation he says took place during the filming of The Lost Boys. According to Feldman, Haim suggested a sexual encounter and claimed it was something that “guys in the business do.” Feldman says he was confused, frightened, and did not want anything sexual to happen.
Feldman alleges that Haim referenced actor Charlie Sheen during the exchange, claiming Sheen had told him such behavior was acceptable. Sheen has strongly denied these allegations, calling them “sick, twisted and outlandish” and stating that they never occurred.
Feldman tells Hume that, despite feeling scared and uncomfortable, he invited Haim over in an attempt to defuse the situation. He says he was a child trying to protect himself in an environment he did not understand. “Truth be told, I was being molested by Corey Haim,” Feldman states in the film.
The actor has previously spoken about sexual abuse in Hollywood, revealing that both he and Haim were victims during their youth. In 2017, Feldman launched a “Truth Campaign” to raise money for a documentary exposing abuse in the industry. That effort resulted in the 2020 film My Truth: The Rape of Two Coreys, which focused on the two actors as victims and did not include allegations of Haim abusing Feldman.
Hume says she did not challenge Feldman on this apparent contradiction during filming. At the time, the #MeToo movement was at its peak, and Feldman was under intense pressure to name alleged abusers. “It was an incredibly emotional moment,” Hume says, describing Feldman as reliving a deeply traumatic childhood.
Corey Feldman vs. The World began as a very different project. Hume originally started filming Feldman nearly a decade ago as part of what was meant to be a comeback story. Feldman invited her to document his 2017 tour with his all-female band, Corey’s Angels.
In the documentary, Feldman says he created Corey’s Angels to help support female artists. However, the film shows a troubling dynamic. Some band members appear to be serious musicians, while others seem drawn by fame connected to Feldman’s celebrity. Hume captures scenes of Feldman dressing the women in revealing outfits and flirting with a female fan who appears intoxicated.
Former members of Corey’s Angels later tell Hume that what happened off-camera was far worse. They allege Feldman controlled what they ate and wore, limited when they could shower, and failed to pay them. One former Angel who lived with Feldman and his then-wife, Courtney Anne Mitchell Feldman, describes the group as a “straight-up sex cult.”
Hume says she was unable to capture everything that happened behind the scenes. “I definitely did capture a moment in time,” she explains, “but I don’t feel like I got the entire, complete picture.”
According to Hume, the documentary does not attempt to provide definitive answers about Feldman. Instead, it presents him as a deeply complicated figure. “Corey has many layers that contradict one another,” she says. “The film opens up as many questions as possible.”
The result is a difficult and unsettling portrait of a former child star still grappling with fame, trauma, and controversy decades after his rise to Hollywood stardom.
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