The Lost Boys (1987)

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Writers:

Janice Fischer (story) &
James Jeremias (story) ...

Release Date:

31 July 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire.

Plot:

After moving to a new town, two brothers are convinced that the area is frequented by vampires.

Plot Keywords:

Garlic | Teenager | Windex | Dysfunctional Family | Brat Pack

Awards:

3 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Jason Patric	...	Michael Emerson
Corey Haim	...	Sam Emerson
Dianne Wiest	...	Lucy Emerson
Barnard Hughes	...	Grandpa
Edward Herrmann	...	Max
Kiefer Sutherland	...	David
Jami Gertz	...	Star
Corey Feldman	...	Edgar Frog
Jamison Newlander	...	Alan Frog
Brooke McCarter	...	Paul
Billy Wirth	...	Dwayne
Alex Winter	...	Marko (as Alexander Winter)
Chance Michael Corbitt	...	Laddie Thompson
Alexander Bacon Chapman	...	Greg
Nori Morgan	...	Shelly

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35mm prints)

Certification:

Finland:S (1999) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-14 (1987) | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-15 (2004) | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Norway:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Both Corey Feldman, who plays Edgar Frog, and Barnard Hughes, who plays Grandpa, share the same birthday, July 16th.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Shot of the approach to the cave was filmed and then played backwards.

Quotes:

Grandpa: Hey, anything around here that might pass for aftershave?
Sam Emerson: How about some Windex, Grandpa?
Grandpa: Yeah, yeah, let me try some of that.
Michael Emerson: You have a big date tonight, Grandpa?
Grandpa: I'm going to drop my handiwork by the widow Johnson.
Michael Emerson: What'd ya stuff for her? Mr. Johnson?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

Soundtrack:

Crazy Old Soldier

Funny, fast and fun to watch.

This movie to me is more of a comedy than a horror. The scenes I remember most are the funny ones. Not to say it is a pure comedy, it isn't. It is though a very good vampire tale. The cast is superb, even Corey Haim and Feldman. This is definitely the best movie they did together. This one has a family of three (a mother and two sons) moving into her dad's home. They go around town and the younger one hears from some comic book workers that there are vampires in town. The older son is in fact being recruited by said vampires and is already becoming one after drinking a strange liquid. All in all I love this film and it is one of my favorite vampire flicks. Good mixture of action, horror, and especially for me...comedy. This movie is so very well made that you will find it hard to believe that the director of this would go on to make the pretty bad "Batman and Robin". This movie though is good, and has one of the best ending lines of any movie.