The Lost Boys
Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire.
Country
Production
Budget
$8 500 000
Box office
$32 222 567
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Harvey Bernhard, Richard Donner
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Audition
Marion Dougherty
Editing
Robert Brown
Whole Team (122)
Whole Team (122)
Short description
A mother and her two teenage sons move to a seemingly nice and quiet small coastal California town yet soon find out that it's overrun by bike gangs and vampires. A couple of teenage friends take it upon themselves to hunt down the vampires that they suspect of a few mysterious murders and restore peace and calm to their town.
What's left behind the scenes
- Originally, Richard Donner was going to direct the film.
- Initially, Keenan Wynn was considered for the role of the grandfather, however, the actor passed away on October 14, 1986, just before filming began.
- Then the choice fell on John Carradine, a veteran of vampire films, but it turned out that the actor was seriously ill and unable to film.
- Initially, it was intended that David (Kiefer Sutherland) would only wear black gloves while riding a motorcycle. However, while riding his motorcycle for leisure near the set, Kiefer Sutherland fell and broke his arm. Because of this, he had to wear gloves in some other scenes as well to hide the cast.
- The film was subsequently novelized by American writer Craig Shaw Gardner. The book includes several episodes that were not included in the film.
- The names of the Frogg brothers, Edgar and Alan, are a reference to the name of the legendary master of literary horror, a classic of American literature, Edgar Allan Poe.
- The original draft of the screenplay, written by Janis Fischer and James Jeremaya, was a purely children's scary story. The vampires in it were a group of mischievous kids, the Frog brothers were 8-year-old boy scouts, and the Star was a boy, with a love story, naturally, absent.
- When Joel Schumacher was brought on to direct the film, he disliked the children's concept and told the producers he would only take on the project if he was allowed to change the script's concept, making the children teenagers, as he believed this version would be much more interesting and sensual.
- The film's opening credits list actress Kelly Jo Minter, despite her having only one noticeable scene in the entire movie, in a video store. The reason is that her role was originally much larger – but almost all of it was cut during editing. Scenes with Kelly Jo Minter were included in the bonus materials of the Western two-disc collector's edition released in 2004.
- In the film's finale, David, pierced by two stakes, does not turn to dust like the other vampires. Although Max later states otherwise, it was intended that David was not completely destroyed. He was supposed to reappear in a sequel that was never made.
- Originally, the film was not supposed to end with the grandfather's joking line by the refrigerator. After that, there was to be a transition to a scene where the surviving vampires gather in an abandoned hotel. The final shot of the film was to be an image of a drawing on the wall, made at the beginning of the 20th century, depicting Max looking exactly as he did in the film. All of this was in an early version of the script but was not implemented.
- In the vampires' cave, you can see an image of Jim Morrison – a legendary rock idol, leader of The Doors, and author and performer of the original version of the song “People Are Strange,” which is featured in the film performed by Echo & the Bunnymen.
- On Sam's closet door, you can see a poster of actor Rob Lowe – this is a reference to Joel Schumacher's previous film, “St. Elmo's Fire” (1985), in which Rob Lowe starred.
- Initially, Keenan Wynn was considered for the role of the grandfather, but the actor passed away on October 14, 1986, just before filming began.
- The choice then fell to John Carradine, a veteran of vampire films, but it turned out that the actor was seriously ill and unable to film.
- It was originally intended that David (Kiefer Sutherland) would wear black gloves only while riding his motorcycle. However, while riding his motorcycle in his free time around the filming location, Kiefer Sutherland fell and broke his arm. Because of this, he had to wear gloves in several other scenes to hide the cast.
- The film was later novelized by American writer Craig Shaw Gardner. The book includes several episodes that did not make it into the movie.
- The names of the Frog brothers, Edgar and Alan, are a reference to the legendary master of literary horror and classic of American literature, Edgar Allan Poe.
- In the vampires' cave, an image of Jim Morrison can be seen—the legendary rock idol and leader of The Doors, who wrote and performed the original version of the song "People Are Strange," which is performed in the film by Echo & Bunnymen.
- A poster featuring actor Rob Lowe can be seen on Sam's closet door—this is a reference to Joel Schumacher's previous film, "St. Elmo's Fire" (1985), in which Rob Lowe starred.
- The original draft of the script, written by Janice Fisher and James Jeremiah, was a purely children's scary tale. In it, the vampires were a group of evil children, the Frog brothers were 8-year-old Boy Scouts, and Star was a boy; consequently, there was no romantic subplot.
- When Joel Schumacher was invited to direct the film, he completely disliked the child-centric concept and told the producers that he would only take on the production if he were allowed to change the script's concept, making the children teenagers, as he believed this version would be much more interesting and sexy.
- The opening credits of the film list actress Kelly Jo Minter, despite the fact that she has only one notable appearance in the video store throughout the movie. This is because her role was originally significantly larger, but almost all of it was cut during editing. The scenes featuring Kelly Jo Minter were included in the bonus materials of the Western collector's two-disc edition released in 2004.
- In the film's finale, David, despite being impaled by two stakes, does not crumble into dust like the other vampires. Despite what Max says later, it was intended that David was not permanently destroyed. He was supposed to reappear in a sequel that was never filmed.
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