The Biography Channel - Corey Haim Biography

Corey Haim
born: 23-12-1971
birth place: Toronto, Canada

The year before Haim had celebrated his engagement to Holly Fields, but the party was short lived, as the relationship soon fizzled out. By 1999 he was involved in further controversy, as a string of harassment allegations arose with then girlfriend Cindy Guyer, a former Playboy model. Guyer apparently wrote Haim a cheque so he could check into the Betty Ford Clinic and commented: "I paid to get this kid out of my life. He had a serious drug problem and was obsessed with me".

Sitting quietly in the shadows while he recovered from his financial and health issues, Haim attempted a comeback campaign in 2000 in the form of the movie Without Malice. Unfortunately it followed the now familiar route of going straight to video.

In 2001, Haim appeared in the film The Back Lot Murders and made a cameo appearance in Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, a film about a former child star who doesn’t live a normal childhood - featuring a range of other former real-life child stars, including his friend Corey Feldman.

Having been in and out of rehab more times than he’d care to remember, Haim appeared to have finally kicked his drug habit as of 2004 and made his way back to settle in his birth town of Toronto. Irish band, The Thrills, released a single, ‘Whatever happened to Corey Haim?’ later the same year and The Sun newspaper began a tongue-in-cheek investigation after the single's release to find out exactly what had happened to Haim. Haim responded saying, "I'm clean, sober, humble and happy.”

The Sun may well have triggered some unexpected publicity for Haim and in 2006 he began filming a pseudo reality TV show with old pal Feldman, The Two Coreys. The concept of the show was a look at the fictional versions of Haim and Feldman, with the comedy focusing on Feldman living with his wife, and Haim as a bachelor re-entering Feldman's life and shaking up his comfortable suburban lifestyle. Luckily for both former child actors, the series was received relatively well and the A&E Network agreed to sign the show for a second season.

Obviously pleased to be back on the celebrity circuit once again, Haim felt the need to publicly declare his arrival via an ad in Variety in February 2008 which read "This is not a stunt. I'm back. I'm ready to work. I'm ready to make amends."

In February 2008, filming resumed in Vancouver for Lost Boys 2: The Tribe and, despite previous claims he would never appear in a sequel, Haim reversed his previous decision to not appear and has reprised the role he is probably most famous for.

Sarah Barnard