Who was the creator of the flick “The Lost Boys”?
The Lost Boys is a 1987 American horror film about two young Arizonans who move to California and end up fighting a gang of teenage vampires. Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film stars Jason Patric, Corey Haim, and Kiefer Sutherland, and co-stars Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Dianne Wiest, Edward Herrmann, Alex Winter, Jamison Newlander, and Barnard Hughes. The title is a reference to the Lost Boys in J. M. Barrie’s stories about Peter Pan and Neverland. * The greater majority of the movie was filmed in the city of Santa Cruz, California, and the surrounding Santa Cruz mountains. The amusement park scenes were filmed at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. This is the same park that appeared in Brotherhood of Justice (1986) (TV) (also starring Kiefer Sutherland). The Boardwalk also was seen in the Dirty Harry sequel Sudden Impact (1983) and Harold and Maude (1971). Only the inside of the Cave and house were filmed on Stages 12 and 15 at Warner Brothers. * The original screenplay written by ‘J
As we speak, the song “Cry Little Sister” from this flick is booming out of my stereo. Great f**king song! And the movie? Well, it’s hard not to love “The Lost Boys”. I mean you got the hyper slick MTV look Schumacher slaps in, you got great looking teens wearing their best 80’s digs (Sutherland and Gertz look way gnarly), you’ve got kool locations (amusement park, creepy cave with a poster of Jim Morrison in it, comic book store, video store), some kickarse tunes, some good laughs and some fun vampire action all wrapped up in a tongue and cheek package. The script was obviously written by someone who loves the genre (Jeffrey Boams RIP) and movies in general. We get lots of pop culture references: “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”, Eddy Munster, Brady Bunch, Twisted Sister and a gay looking poster of Rob Lowe (what wuz that doing in Sam’s room anyway? Schumacher you silly rabbit…). The dialogue itself is hip, sharp and at times very funny. In my humble opinion, Grandpa (Hughes) gets all of the
