10 THINGS - The Lost Boys The Version You've Never Seen

[RodneyWarren-xsyw]

I love this guy
Just a genuine fan
Keep doing you bruh!!!

[gititgiitit]

The Lost Boys soundtrack to this day is one of my favorites.

[najwaflowers]

I don't feel this would have been the same movie if that greased up sax player wasn't in it. That guy is LEGENDARY!!!❤

[skylined]

"They're only noodles, Michael!"

So glad you covered this one Minty, this is one of the best films made in the 80s and still remains a great film with infinite re-watch value!

While I love The Goonies as a film I'm glad The Lost Boys went on a darker yet still comedic at times route, much more fitting!

[megatonhammer]

This is probably my fav movie of all time as a GenXer! This and The Crow reminds me of how fortunate I am to have grown up in the last two totally epic eras of music and movie genres.

[Ldy_Rezidvius]

I always wondered if the Grandpa was a true vampire hunter and that’s why you never saw him that much. The way the movie ends always made you think that he knew wayyyy more than anyone else.

[bigdoggtheinfamousone]

I feel so grateful that I grew up with this movie and not twilight

[Bow-to-the-absurd]

Gremlins, goonies and lost boys.
An awesome weekends watching.

[kessel]

RIP Corey Haim, Barnard Hughes, Edward Herrmann, and Nanook.

[alanmurray]

Sleep all day....Party all grow fun to be a vampire

[RichieBebb]

I'd say Maria KNEW about the vampires and Max. But probably kept human to keep an eye on things during the day with the promise of immortality

[KennyRider]

The Lost Boys was unique to me because of the beach life aesthetic, which was uncommon in horror films and attractive to me as a teenager.

[true_warlock]

I think a couple things are missed in this. Maria came across as what is usually referred to as a Familiar, which can be several things all at once such as a "wannabe" to a sort of servant that isn't a vampire but kept in a middle state indefinitely as long as they serve their master or mistress. They probably were considering making her something like a werewolf but chose not to go down that road.

The Grandpa Character I have always thought of as a retired vampire hunter that played off the assumption of others that he was simply a loopy old man with some form of dementia as a cover, especially with all his activities that became more clarified when he was turning the fences upside down with the spikes upward, and more so since at the end, he is less loopy and more serious with his comments.

The fascination with stuffing animals may have been a hint he worked in a funeral home at some point which would tie in and explain how he knew about the vampire problem originally with all the embalming and whatnot.


Being old he was simply trying to figure out how to save his family and when the opportunity came to kill the boss vampire he took it because there really wasn't much else he could do otherwise.

[Serai]

Joel Schumacher had the enviable talent of making anyone in his movies look like a god. Jason Patric and Kiefer Sutherland never looked that good again.

[supergg]

I am 57 now and that is still my favorite show to watch. I watch it at least twice a year.

[ATLOffroad]

I don’t know how I missed this movie while growing up in the 80s. It wasn’t until I began dating my now wife in the 2000s that I discovered Lost Boys on VHS in her video library. When I said, “I’ve never heard of this one.” Her reaction was as if I was a very deprived child. Anyway, we watched it immediately and I loved it.

[pequena_ninera]

In the novelization of The Lost Boys, it has tons of stuff that was not in the movie. If you read the novelization
and then watch the movie again, it really makes the movie even better! The Lost Boys is in my top 5 all time
favorite movies.

[bev]

Takes me back, we all LOVED this movie when it came out, everyone was talking about how good it was ... the feeling that it was gonna be a light romp that then turned far darker and scarier was truly well done!!! And of course we all LOVED the soundtrack too and quite played it to death after!!

[TimeisReel]

The Lost Boys is still Better than 70% than today's (2023) movies...

And the Soundtrack Kicks Ass !!!

[julieentrekin]

I've watched the Lost Boys recently. Never get tired of it! Love the way it turned out!! And Tim the saxophone played with Tina Turner! Love him!