Why THE LOST BOYS Has a Special Place in 80s Horror
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The picture of Jim Morrison in their hiding place is quite symbolic. Morrison was only 27 when he died, so he quite literally is eternally young now. However, he is also an example of how eternal youth is not worth dying for.
Also, the name "Lost Boys" is a reference to Peter Pan. In the original play/novel it is constantly hinted that Neverland is a place for dead children. Even Peter himself never touches anyone. The lost boys of Neverland yearn and ache for a mother, just like these vampire kids. Being truly lost also means having no one to guide you or a shoulder to cry on when things get scary or overwhelming.
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I thought it was interesting that this movie almost directly mirrors Neverland and the ideas presented in the original Peter Pan story (not the Disney version, but the original book). The Lost Boys never grow up, and while Peter is similar to a "father figure", having been there the longest, they long for someone to love them, a mother, who they seek in Wendy. I think this movie, while obviously twisting it, also follows that they probably just want to be loved and accepted. They're forever teenagers, and that's all that teens really want, deep deep down. Love and acceptance.
@@megancockett7376 Exactly! I grew up with the original book so I recognised the themes and characters immediately. I felt horribly bad for these kids. They are so scared and lost!
It mirrors it even more if the original idea was to have the Lost Boys were supposed to be preteen to young teenagers not the older teens
The vampires are also named after Pan's Lost Boys.
I love the "kids and teenagers taking care of business themselves" attitude of plenty of eighties horror/adventure films.
90s too, as those of us who grew up on "Goosebumps" and "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" can attest. It's always been a hallmark of horror stories with kids or teens as protagonists. They're very much coming of age stories where kids have to deal with the threat on their own because adults tend to be oblivious, useless or just plan antagonistic.
It's called the 'Kids on Bikes' genre.
Stranger Things brought this back in a big way, though other movies and shows did it; ST was a phenomenon, and influenced many shows since.
The ‘Fear Street’ trilogy certainly used this trope, and hardly had any adults do anything until the third movie. I really enjoyed it in the first movie, like a throwback to Monster Squad, and especially with main characters actually getting killed, before the seemingly small victory.
The other two weren’t very good, but the first Fear Street movie was a fun twist on 80’s tropes.
@@CorbCorbin My favorite example of this in newer films is The Babysitter, which had the young protagonist handling the problems (almost) all by himself. It even had that stereotypical surburbian setting. Then there's Summer of '84 which had a GRIM deconstruction of this trope.
Yes! Me too! Movies are way better role models than tik tokers or celebritys.
What am I talking about? I am 37,living alone with no kids.
Boi I'm lucky.
I think Joel Schumacher is one of the most divisive directors out there. Not in the "some people love it, some people hate it", in the "I love his style soooo much....except in the movies where it doesn't work. There I hate it with my soul".
So much this! How did the same man direct 'A Time to Kill' and 'Batman and Robin' just one yea apart??
@@rgoodwyn To be fair, WB interferred a lot in Batman and Robin as well as Batman Forever. They were too worried about selling Happy Meal toys than making a good movie
I quite like this film, but man st elmo's fire is probably my least favourite film
@@porkchopproductions0314 I actually like Batman and Robin now? . It puts me in a good mood, gives me lots nostalgia, and I prefer Camp cringy Batman that Snyder Edgelord batman. I'm not saying it's good, just enjoyable.
@@porkchopproductions0314 Yeah that is very true. I feel like they hit a much better balance in Batman Forever then went way over the line for Batman and Robin. I don't fully blame Schumacher but he knew what he was getting into.
"You're A Creature Of The Night, Michael. Just Like Out Of A Ryan Hollinger 'HOYEVER' video."
Hi Michael! I appreciate you a lot.
You wait til mom finds out, buddy
@@RayCharound damn wow! I read your comment at the exact moment the line was played in the video. What a fun but ultimately meaningless coincidence!
My mom forced me to watch this and Labyrinth, and I will forever be grateful to her for it. It was such a different take on vampires than what I had seen up to that point (and I was a pretty hard core vamp fan at the time), and it really captured the energy of the time from how my mom described living it. I also called her within five minutes of starting to tease her about her sense of fashion back then. XD
Your mom sounds awesome
She really is haha
@@santos8468 she sounds like an irresponsible "I'm not like a regular mom, I'm a COOL mom, right, Regina?" parent
Your mom *forced* you to watch horror and a corny fairy tale against your will just because she felt entitled to you liking what she likes? My sympathies.
Like dang she couldn't even have picked good movies lol
It was a joke? She didn't physically force me. She recommended I watch them cuz we have similar tastes and I think they're a couple of the best movies I've ever seen. But you probably knew I was joking and thought this was a clever way to diss these movies cuz you don't like them... It wasn't btw
Grandpa might be the greatest character in cinematic history.
He never could stand all those damn vampires.
I would have watched the Grandpa/Frog Bros spinoff.
"Let's go to town!"
@@GiantBoarMonster *turns off car.
"I thought we were going to town?"
"That's about as close to town as I like to get."
@@xevious21 read the tv guide, don't need a tv!
The Lost Boys is a classic.
Fun characters.
Great music.
A cool aesthetic.
And Kiefer Sutherland was a fantastic villain here.
Etc.
RIP Joel Schumacher and Corey Haim.
As well as the actor that played Max
Yes Edward Herrmann.
and Bernard Hughes... Grandpa was freakin cool!
@@kharma7755 he was why I watched Blossom…her granddad was the granddad in Lost Boys.
And Broke McCarter rip 😔
Oh my god… I only just realised that ‘the lost boys’ is a reference to Peter Pan, how he wants Wendy to be their mother exactly how the vampire father wants a mother for his vampire boys. Can’t believe I didn’t make that connection before!
I'm impressed that you dove into the sad painful lives of The Lost Boys' lives. Being lost out of time and isolated from the world around you is no way to exist. The thing is it seemed liked the father recognized their pain. It's as if he was seeking out a mother figure to help them connect on some level with the world around them so that they can live a whole life as immortals. The romanticism nature of this movies lends to reacher deeper into the motivations of these characters.
The soundtrack is as awesome as the movie.
The new Morbius trailer.
I Still Believe
The Lost Boys, at least in cinema, was the definitive shift from vampires as horrific monsters to be slain to “Man, it would be fuckn cool to be a vampire!”
It really is a pop culture milestone
Fun fact, the Santa Carla boardwalk/fairground in Lost Boys is the same one used in Jordan Peele's "US".!!!
It even references The Lost Boys in the beginning of the movie.
That's because both movies were filmed, at least partially, in Santa Cruz, California! In the 1970's Santa Cruz had a reputation as the murder capital of the world because of a series of murders. I was living in Santa Cruz when the Lost Boys was filming and got to watch them film a scene.
Anyone notice how much the Vamp makeup in this is reminiscent of what Buffy's Vamps went onto look like? Hell, Spike's character has echos of David look too come to think of it. This came first so I've always had a sneaking suspicion that Buffy was influenced by this film.
I was a child of the 80's and can confirm. Before Spike was the Hot Vamp, Kiefer Freakin' Sutherland was the Hot Vamp.
Yes, bleach blond dude was Kiefer Sutherland way, way back. Take that in.
Yeah, I've thought that too, especially the David/Spike connection. I wonder if the makeup artist was the same for both.
@@williamerickson520 Weirdly enough I don't think it was.
@@Silver-rx1mh I really don't think so either. I think Joss Whedon watched The Lost Boys too many times, just like the rest of us back in the 80's.
of course it was!
"Maggots Michael... You're eating maggots"
Still my absolute favourite vampire movie, unlikely to change
So do you like your pasgetti
@@BassLineProductionsI I'm so glad someone made that joke. love WWDITS.
Ew
Except twilight lol
Those weren't maggots, they were meal worms.
It's the ultimate 80s horror. It aged well, not cringe, and delivers on all the 80s stereotypes that satisfies any nostalgia all while having a pretty decent vampire story.
Honestly one of Schumacher’s best movies & a fun twist on teen vamps with a great cast. I do enjoy mocking the bad Schumacher movies, but he had his good films like this, Flatliners, 8MM and Phone Booth & he really seemed like a kind man from the stories I’ve heard
Don’t forget falling down. It’s a beautifully touching film.
@@Neat0_o I haven't seen the movie, only knowing that it inspired the character "Frank Grimes" in the Simpsons. However, I hear it's prescient in discussions over how much society excuses bad or violent behavior from white people because they were having "a bad day."
@@NobodyC13 CRT b.s.
The film is just a perfect blend of horror and comedy. It knows how to have eerie atmosphere with a great sense of humor and has a blast doing it. It's one of those films u just never get bored of watching.
You are one of the first channels I ever watched, in regards to horror.
same dude
The whole time i was hearing "Cry little sister (i shall not falllll). Come, come to your brother (Thou shall not diiiie)..."
Lost Boys was definitely a big part of my teen years.
This is one if my faves if all times I dont even think any part of it is even cringey....well maybe the dancing
The dancing is flawless!
Dude, if you're dancing and worried about being cringe... you're doing it wrong bud.
Ryan now need to talk about the other Cult Vampire Movie from the 80s: Near Dark!
So you're the other person that seen Near Dark . Ha ha , but seriously love that movie it's just eveyone I mention it to has no clue what I'm talking about .
@@feck2594 I’m surprised it didn’t got a boost once Kathryn Bigelow got more famous, of her early movies that one is very underrated
@@Malum09 no kidding , not to mention the cast . Somehow it just went without notice and under the radar. It was definitely one of the most original idea's for a movie involving vampires.
Underrated film.
He needs to track it down first. Thank you, rights issues.
This is a very special movie for me and between me and my little sister. There isn't many things we have a shared love for, but this movie is one of them. Her favorite character is Marco (first vamp dude to kick it played by Alex Winters) of all of them lol.
Marco was sooooo cute lol
@@carrietobey6091 it's the curls, right? I'm pretty sure that's what got my lil sis 😂
@@squishycoveswena it's absolutely those gorgeous curls!!
I also love the symbolism of the Emerson brothers in this movie and their relationship. Often in cinema you see these sibling relationships types portrayed to resemble light and darkness so it has a bit of a religious undertone; its very Cain and Abel. Good and evil; innocence and sin. A loving sibling rivalry, one popular and cool while the other is a bit of a geek yet intelligent. Younger brother Sam is human, he is the light (his light colored wardrobe reflects this too and he's always walking around in the sunlight) and is drawn to the self proclaimed vampire hunters who are essentially there protect light from darkness. Michael, the older brother (who is slowly becoming one of the undead and found mostly wandering at night and in the shadows), is drawn to Star, David and his group who are all vampires embracing the darkness. Again his black leather wardrobe is a major character detail. But unlike the other vampires, Michael is trying to fight his blood lust and darkness within which he's able to do this because of Sam. The brothers balance one another out and its their love/bond with one another that proves stronger than the opposite sides of the spectrum. For me this was my favorite takeaway of the film even though I'm a sucker for classic horror and the 80s :)
This movie feeling “genre-less” is exactly how I felt after first watching it. Saw it after hearing lots of good things, and I enjoyed it, it also subverted my expectations with how it didn’t seem to strictly fit into one genre with the movie’s tone regularly changing.
The boardwalk portions of the movie were filmed at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in Northern California. In pre-pandemic times, they would hold Movie Night on the Beach, and sometimes play The Lost Boys.
I live about an hour away from there, and I didn’t make it there all that often, even before COVID-19 reared its ugly head.
I went there two years ago and they had a sign up of all the movies that were filmed there. The movie US was also filmed there.
@@chubbs.mp3435 a friend of mine lives across the street from the Boardwalk, and was able to watch some of Us being filmed.
@@misterpeterman I was living in Santa Cruz when the Lost Boys was being filmed, and got to watch some of the filming. A lot of times, moviemaking is more boring than you'd think.
My 8th grade binder was covered in pics from the Fangoria issue that featured the Lost Boys. Obsessed.
It has one of the best ending lines in my opinion.
This is crazy! The song "Cry little sister" came up on my timeline this morning! Thank you for this review, this is one of my all time favorite movies!❤
The MTV vampire film. Everything about it is so saturated in 80s culture from the hairstyles to the color to the Coreys.
Saw this in the theater in high school-we were so into the movie, then the saxophone player was there and we all busted out laughing.
Santa Cruz Boardwalk is where this was filmed. It’s really beautiful, but creepy, run-down and dangerous. They captured the eerie vibe of the area quite well.
Speaking of vampires, I would love a video on What We Do in the Shadows at some point, in my opinion it's one of, if not, the most perfect Halloween movies
Funny, I was thinking just last night about how I haven’t watched Lost Boys in forever and I should give it a rewatch.
I've been obsessed with this movie since I was a little kid in the 80's. Totally crushed on Corey Feldman for many years.
I still sometimes crush on Corey Haim when I think about or see him. He and Sean Astin 🤪😍
@@Dommommy Too bad about what happened to Corey Haim....still makes me sad when I think about it :/
@@twilightqueen221 the story of what Charlie sheen did to Corey haim is so disturbing
@@P_steez It really is, and it makes me so sad that even Haims own mother denies the claims. Like he was your son and you don't even want to consider the possibility that something happened? You just wanna take Charlie Sheen (a known assaulter of others) for his word that nothing happened?
Shame he's lost his mind in recent years. I get that being molested fucked him up but that doesn't excuse his creepiness towards and abuse of women.
this movie will always have a special place in my heart as the first “proper” horror movie I ever watched - not that spooky but certainly enough to get my dad in a lot of trouble for letting a seven year old watch it unaccompanied 😂😂😂
Shit, I watched this for the first time when I was two.
I remember seeing bits of this movie as a kid while my sister watched it during a slumber party. This movie has great atmosphere and cool characters. Proves that Joel Schumacher has made great films.
0:54 the original Epic Sax Guy
That hopeless - on the edge of tears sigh - of the mother looking for her child at 08:27 haunts me for as long as I can remember this movie...
Actually she’s the wife (presumably) of the security guard that goes missing early in the movie - that’s the poster she’s putting up. Not a child.
@@ollyrukes Neckbeard...
It has everything you want: fun or likeable characters, great soundtrack, memorable cool villains, quotes etc. And then you watch Twilight......oh god.....
David would fucking destroy those diet vampires from Twighlight
There’s a place in my heart for both series’. 😅
Twilight is a camp deconstruction of toxic heteronormativity through the lens of ya supernatural romance.
@@deanscordilis7280 while this is a great way to look at it, thats not how it was intended to be viewed. its a (in the authors eyes) genuine love story between characters which represent gerard way and the author herself.
Near Dark came out the same year as this and is also really good imho. :3
Like to tell people that The Lost Boys is part of an unconnected trilogy of awesome 80's vampire flicks! Starting with Fright Night (1985), continuing with The Lost Boys and ending with Near Dark (both 1987).
I grew up in the 90s, but my parents would listen to 80s music and I was watching horror from a young age (Aliens, Stephen King's The Stand, Night of the Comet, etc). My dad would introduce me to the fun 80s slashers and gems, but every now and then my mom would show me some really good ones, and The Lost Boys was one of the first horror films she introduced me to. It was so much fun watching it at a young age and I still quote it to this day! RIP to Corey Haim, Edward Herrmann, Joel Schumacher, and Brooke McCarter
"Overwhelming stench of teen spirit"
Brilliant!
Here we are now
Entertain us- Oh wait, wrong era. My bad.
When I was a kid, I can remember jamming out to the soundtrack of this film when I would go on car rides with my mom. It wasn't until I was older that I finally got to watch this gem. Definitely one of the best 80s horror films in my opinion
A Maven recommendation I feel like I'm back in 2012. Well done!
I saw this in the theater when I was in high school and immediately went and bought the soundtrack on cassette 😂 I still LOVE this movie so much, and yes, it does a great job of capturing some serious 80’s elements while still being a good vampire flick.
slapped the like button and added to watch later for after work
I don't care how long it took you before you watched this movie, the important thing is you did!! It's awesome and everyone should watch it! I would have liked a tiny more mention about just how perfect the soundtrack is, but I realise that's not your main area. Guess I'll have to make a video!! I'm also gonna check out Maven's video. Thanks again, Ryan!!!
So glad Ryan has seen Maven of the Eventide's work! I'll never get tired of seeing YT critics I love referencing & recommending one another. 🥰🧛♀️
Joel really made his masterpiece with falling down. When Michael Douglas realized something at the end of the film, it hurt, but you see where he’s coming from. Lost boys is right there with falling down. One of my favorite horror films. And the lost boys probably have the best last line in a film.
This is my favourite movie of all time. Arriving into the town to People are Strange is my favourite scene of all time.
Omfg Ryan, this video is hitting me at the perfect time because I LOVE this movie to death and had secretly hoped you'd talk about it!! Like how this movie has a special place in 80s horror, it has such a special place in my heart 💖💖💖 it being very queercoded (thank you mr. Schumacher 💖) made me realize who I really was when first seeing it as a young teen.
I saw this movie for the first time earlier this year, and it's easily in my top thirty or so horror films. Plot-wise, it's strangely similar to Christina Rossetti's poem "Goblin Market", and its themes reminded me quite a bit of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's novella CARMILLA.
Oooo. Interesting. I thought that it was cool how the title "Lost boys" just seems like a throw away literally reference until you find out that the goal all along was to make the mum there mother for the whole vampire clan just as Wendy in Peter Pan was for the original lost boys
The 80's was such a vibe, this movie sounds really intriguing
This movie, hocus pocus, the original Halloween, all of the simpsons treehouse of horror episodes and IT are already sitting by my DVD player ready to gO! Ready for the spoooooky season, even though I live in Alabama and it’s currently 105 degrees. 🧙🏻♀️☠️🥵
Yes, that is what I do for 31 days. One week of TV shows Halloween specials and then cartoons and then 80s vampire movies 🤟🏻
As an American I love Ryan’s accent when he says “ Hoy-Ever”
As an American it makes me feel weird that some of my ancestors spoke the same way
As someone from Northern Ireland i find it odd how many people gush over how we say certain words
As an American Southerner, I can feel that.
@@samuelgault7118 If you guys ever gushed over how Americans spoke, you might feel differently.
I think a weed store by my house in Toronto uses the same typeface that Ryan uses to introduce his name card lmao.
Lost Boys has always been something of a conundrum for me. I think you summed it up perfectly when you said it was genreless. This perhaps explains my mixed feelings about it. I was born in 74 so I was the demographic for this but despite enjoying it at the time of release, I always felt a bit of hesitation when confronted with watching it again. It captures beautifully the atmosphere and attitude of the 80s and is up front about revelling in it's Goonies approach to handling adult themes, but there has always been something missing and I have never considered it a horror film. For me, the success of Lost Boys is a combination of elements and being released at the perfect time is a big part of it. It was always very popular with all my female friends and remains so, my wife, who has to be dragged kicking and screaming to watch a vampire film, still talks about it fondly. This could easily be explained away by the heart throb cast but I dont think it would have had the same impact without the soundtrack, humour and characters. And therein lies my problem, the Vampire element to this is purely cosmetic, the coming of age nature of the film and the feeling of the end of summer always felt in conflict to a movie that deals with mass murder within a small town. That said, I think foldly of this movie and it is telling that I can rememeber where I was and who I was with every time I saw it.
Katherine Bigelow's Near Dark came out the same year as this. I recommend checking that one out as well. :3
so weird im an avid viewer of yours and just re-watched this last night absolutely fucking beautiful timing
Well Ryan good job. Now it's time to explore Near Dark.
Yes, the other great vampire film from 1987. Such great contrasts with each other.
@@geoffreyfyfe2248 Exactly.
This movie has sentimental value to me because it was filmed in my hometown as I was growing up there. I remember when they were filming this movie. I clearly remember watching them film the scene when they were racing the dirt bikes on the beach.
The party scene on the beach is a classic
And “I still believe” is a certified bop! It’s one of my favorites lately to keep me motivated. Thanks for another great video :)
I was 17 when this came out. I worked at a theater and all of us employees had a private 'previewing' of it on the Thursday night (after midnight) before it's Friday release date. That night and the rest of the 80's were a time to remember.
This is an absolute classic. Watched it so much on video growing up.
"One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach, all the damn vampires." --Grandpa
I have seen The Lost Boys over 200 times, and needless to say-I love it. I wish I could have been there to watch your first watch, lol.
The script originally called for children instead of teens. A lot more trivia is in the comments, so I won't repeat it here.
That being said-movies like this have the symbolism we put into them. I have heard so many theories: a movie about AIDS, a movie about homosexuality(because God forbid a bunch of men just be friends, ffs), a love letter to old tropes, etc.
I just love the movie because it is about people that were my age at the time, liking things that I liked, and being the heroes defeating true evil we all wanted to be at that age. That's why I loved your analysis better than anyone else's. No one has the right/wrong answer. Everyone's takeaway(not the mind game Chinese kind) is the right one. That is why it is a classic.
That and one of the best soundtracks ever released.
Falling down is a great picture, too bad he’s only known for the Batman films
I think he's known kinda like John carpenter a legendary director who made some real stinkers...
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6:58 it was hinted grandpa knew about vampires when he was setting up sharpened fence posts with the spikes pointing up
I fell in love with this film because the boardwalk / rides look very similar to my childhood shore town. Always reminds me of how much fun I had there.
Despite you both being horror-specific youtubers, I've never really mentally associated you with Elisa, so it was a delightful surprise when you plugged Maven of the Eventide. It always really pleases me when I find out that my youtubers and podcasters check out each other's work.
I feel very fortunate to have grown up with these movies as an early 2000s kid. My dad let me watch so many 80s classics, like Fright Night, Lost Boys, The Goonies, The Outsiders, Stand By Me, etc. A lot of people I know my age don't know a good majority of these films, unfortunately.
I was born in 86. too young to have seen this when it came out but since we never went to movies, we had a few VHS tapes of movies my parents liked in their late teens and early 20s. first time I saw this movie was probably when I was 4. this and commando have a special place in my heart.
We were all LOST BOYS until we discovered Ryan's amazing videos
first time I heard about this movie was because of the band Death By Stereo who got their name from the best line in the movie
I’m also a nineties baby but I have a special connection to this movie, I grew up going to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk where the movie was filmed, and they show it for free every summer on the beach, and my buddy’s mom is in the open shot with all random people
I saw this as a teen when it first came out, and I’m surprised at at well I remember it, and how much I’d like to watch it again after seeing this.
That last line is classic, amirite?
Fact: the suiting up montage when Sam & the Frog Brothers prepare for the final showdown is a pure shot of fist-pumping adrenalin in celluloid form.
Every year the city of Santa Cruz plays this on the GIANT screen on the beach. It was one of my favorite events to go to when I lived there. Like, 8000 people all shouting “TOO MANY DAMN VAMPIRES!!” (Santa Cruz is where it was filmed)
As a person from the 90s myself, but that had very liberal parents that used to allow me to watch horror and disturbing things from a young age, this was definitely one that shaped my entire taste in films through my life. I keep finding myself gravitating towards it during halloween time every year
I watch it at least once a year. It’s a stone cold classic. My 66 year old dad still quotes this movie to me every time I see him 😂
@@willfazackerley when my parents want to listen to "cry little sister" to get some nostalgia they say: play the lost boys song pls, so cute
That's so sad
@@jostockton. I don't get why it's sad tho 😂
My parents were the same. I've been watching horror and r-rated movies my whole life.
Fright Night is one of my favorite horror movies, I would love to see a video about it!
By the way, great video! I never paid much attention to these themes while watching the movie!
IDK how anybody couldn't say it's not a schlock filled fun movie. The POV camera angles, the way they lit the vampires with a single light under them, the absurd parts like how that old guy somehow ripped off a car door he was latching onto for dear life. It demands you just don't overanalyze it and let it happen.
Another amazing video. The Lost Boys is one of my favourite vampire movies and set in my favourite decade. I'll always love it. Yeah it's not your typical vamp flick but it has some of the coolest dialogue and holy shit Keifer is stunning.
Next to Near Dark and From Dusk Till Dawn. One of my favourite Vampire movies and I'm glad you've covered this incredible movie
I loved this movie so much growing up. Now as an adult I think I mostly appreciate the relationship between the siblings because the brothers had such a bond and the actors did an incredible job at portraying that.
I've been rewatching this movie lately and it's still been one of my favorites as the years pass
This was one of the first horror movies I watched when I was 9 and I absolutely love it
I was born in ‘86 but my older brother introduced me to this movie and I swear it shaped my taste in movies. I still watch this movie at least once a year.
The year was 1987. I was 16/17 and it was definitly the year of the vampire flick for me for 2 different reasons.
There was the lost boys which is fun and spoke to me as a teenager, running around and exploring my limits. It has the coolest vampire in Keifer Sutherland, it has Nanook and it has 'Death by stereo'. I also had the soundtrack on tape which I wore thin in my Walkman.
Then there was Near Dark which to this day is for me one of the greatest vampire flicks ever made. This to spoke to me as someone who left home and was vulnerable. It's pacing, the sense of danger, the need to belong no matter the risk. This film truly is 'finger licking good'. I also had the soundtrack to this and still do as I love the music of Tangerine Dream.
Oh man, you have no idea how nice to hear that I wasn't the only 90's-born individual who didn't appreciate earlier movie genres. In middle school especially, as I gained more awareness of my preferred tastes in film, I remember literally telling my mom that I didn't want to watch anything older than the mid-to-late 90's, as I was born in 1999. Of course, silly me didn't realize she'd already been well accustomed to such "distant relics," like how her favorite Beauty and the Beast movie came from 1986, or that her much-loved Scooby Doo Where Are You? aired during 1969-1970. I developed a more appreciative and open taste as I got into high school (like when I saw Dracula Untold back in 2014 and it had me so hyped I told Mom that I wanted to watch the Bela Lugosi classic), but with how much of a film lover I've become nowadays, I was admittedly embarrassed to remember that I used to think that way. But now knowing that *you* of all people Ryan used to have that mindset as well, I'm less so. 😊✨
I’m glad you didn’t spoil the last line of the movie, which in itself is enough reason to check it out.
The Lost Boys has a special place in my heart when it comes to horror movies. Sure I've seen a ton of vampire themed movies but none of them had ever hit the same way this one did. I don't know what it is about it really but I've taken a sort of job to show this movie to all of my friends who haven't seen it and are a fan of more supernatural stuff. So far all of my friends have said that they loved it but can't quite put their finger on why. It's a horror movie with comedy and coming of age stuff and all of that. It's kind of like a movie for everyone.
The Lost Boys was a childhood favorite to me, I remember watching it back in the early 2000's with my older brother
THE LOST BOYS is a classic.
As Ryan points out, one of the more interesting things about the film is how AMBIGUOUS it is when all is said and done.
Think of the end of the movie, out of nowhere Grandpa drives backward smashing through the wall of his own house, killing the master vampire. Then while everyone else is celebrating, he just walks to his fridge, grabs a root beer and says: "One thing about Santa Carla I never could stomach... all the damn vampires."
Roll Credits.
That... is ten thousand questions that will never be answered: He knew about the vampires? How did he know? Why didn't he warn any of them? Is there more to this character than we suspected? Et cetera.
And that's one example, the film has a lot that goes unexplained.
Contrast that to today where *Everything* has to be explained to the audience in detail, every point covered, nothing unexplained, nothing left to their malnourished imaginations at all.
Sometimes the best thing to do, is leave the audience hanging on the last word... and let them fill in the rest of the sentence.
Thank You for Reading.
Absolutely underrated vampire movie, one of my favorites. Both Korys give great performances in it & Nanook is the bestests boy there was! 🐺🧄
Nanook was the true hero of this film!
im glad Schumacher has this film under his belt, but originally Richard Donner was going to direct it, imagine how intense THAT film would be!
also man they got Michael Chapman to shoot this and Thomas Newman to do the music!
9:23 heh "Poe"
Me and my brother watched this film during the first lockdown and absolutely loved it. So glad you covered it on the channel, it’s amazing.
Awesome that you plugged Maven's video, 2 of my fav channels interracting! Lol
Another example why this film has a place in most of us horror fans; after watching this video earlier, the film was conveniently on TCM this evening, promoting me to watch it again from start to finish with ad breaks even tho I own it on DVD 😂
I love this movie so much. My mom and I watch it every October.