The Lost Boys | |
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Theatrical release poster by John Alvin.
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Directed by | Joel Schumacher |
Produced by | Harvey Bernhard |
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Music by | Thomas Newman |
Cinematography | Michael Chapman |
Edited by | Robert Brown |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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98 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $8.5 million |
Box office | $32.2 million |
The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
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Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
Released | July 31, 1987 October 25, 1990 (CD release) |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Length | 41:14 |
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Atlantic Records Warner Music Group |
Producer | Various Artists |
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Allmusic | |
PopMatters | Favorable |
The Lost Boys is a 1987 American horror comedy film starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Dianne Wiest, Edward Herrmann, Alex Winter, Jamison Newlander, and Barnard Hughes.
The film is about two Arizona brothers who move to California and end up fighting a gang of young vampires. The title is a reference to the Lost Boys in J. M. Barrie's stories about Peter Pan and Neverland, who, like the vampires, never grow up.
The film was followed by two direct to video sequels, Lost Boys: The Tribe and Lost Boys: The Thirst and spawned the franchise by the same name.
Brothers Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam (Corey Haim) travel with their recently divorced mother, Lucy (Dianne Wiest) to the small beach town of Santa Carla, California to live with her eccentric father (Barnard Hughes). Michael and Sam begin hanging-out at the boardwalk, which is plastered with flyers of missing people, while Lucy gets a job at a video store run by a local bachelor, Max (Edward Herrmann). Michael becomes fascinated by Star (Jami Gertz), a young woman he spots on the boardwalk, though she seems to be in a relationship with the mysterious David (Kiefer Sutherland), the leader of a biker gang. In the local comic book store, Sam meets brothers Edgar (Corey Feldman) and Alan Frog (Jamison Newlander), a pair of self-proclaimed vampire hunters, who give him horror comics to teach him about the threat they claim has infiltrated the town.