Tagline
“Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire.”
The Review
Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys is the film that made vampires cool, sexy, and dangerous for an entire generation. Kiefer Sutherland's David leads a biker gang of vampires terrorizing the Santa Cruz boardwalk, and the Coreys — Feldman and Haim — provide a comic counterbalance as self-proclaimed vampire hunters. The film's MTV aesthetic, Thomas Newman score combined with a killer soundtrack (featuring Echo & the Bunnymen's cover of 'People Are Strange'), and neon-drenched night photography defined 1980s horror-cool. It influenced everything from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Twilight to What We Do in the Shadows.
Fun Fact
The script was originally written as a children's film about pre-teen vampires, essentially a vampire Goonies. Schumacher aged the characters up and added the sex-and-rock-and-roll elements. The famous 'maggots' scene with the Chinese food was improvised by Kiefer Sutherland. Santa Cruz renamed a local comic shop after the film.
Score Breakdown
Total Score
21/30
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