The Lost Boys: 15 Weird Facts About This 80s Classic You Didn’t Know
Remember when in the 80s, the landscape of the vampire movie was forever altered with the release of The Lost Boys, a film that set the stage for Buffy, Twilight, Vampire Diaries, The Originals, and every other Vampire movie from then on. Ditching the capes for leather jackets, the movie, starring Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, and Jason Patric blended horror movies with an edgy style. This video explores the enduring impact of this 80s movies classic, offering some interesting movie trivia.
The Lost Boys (1987): 15 Weird Facts You Didn’t Know
Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
01:10 – The Lost Boys Began as The Goonies with Fangs — Joel Schumacher
02:37 – Corey Feldman and Jameson Newlander Got Rambo as Homework — Corey Feldman
04:23 – Santa Carla Was Really the M*rder Capital of the World — Santa Cruz
05:40 – Star Was Originally Written as a Boy — Jamie Gertz
07:33 – Ace Ventura Was Almost David, and Zoolander Was Nearly a Frog Brother — Jim Carrey
09:20 – Jason Patric Turned Down The Lost Boys More Than Michael Gets Called — Jason Patric
11:16 – The Frog Brothers Are Named After Edgar Allan Poe — Edgar Allan Poe
12:30 – Kiefer’s Iconic Tear Was Actually Just Pain — Kiefer Sutherland
14:05 – Rob Lowe’s Poster and the Birth of S3xy Sax Man — Tim Capello
15:32 – The Blood Was Glittery and Dinner Became a Horror Icon — Jason Patric
17:46 – Corey Feldman Got Fired, Then Saved Edgar Frog — Corey Feldman
19:17 – The Vampires Everywhere Comic Was Completely Fake — Atlantis Fantasy World
20:27 – David’s Body Was Left Intact for a Reason — Kiefer Sutherland
21:57 – The Ending Almost Revealed Max’s Dark Secret — Max
23:41 – It Created the Blueprint for Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Joss Whedon
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@beckystrohl5539
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
Great commentary about this iconic film. I never put it together with all the teen vampire shows and movies since it's release.
@AC-gy9fv
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
Thank God Jim Carey did not play David. It was not his kind of film.
@Ctworld15
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
Good facts dumb jokes
@Backpfeifengesicht7
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
Best soundtrack ever!!
@aletheahusted3932
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
My all time favorite movie. I must've watched this movie a thousand times. Especially when I was a teen in the 80's. ❤❤🦇🦇🦇💋💋🧛🧛🏻🧛🏾♂️ Thank god for Joel Schumacher or it would've been corny
@Wildman-zh8lg
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
If you want to see a sexy vampire movie , watch vamp
@jessibrandl311
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
didn't the movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer pave the way for the TV series? 🤔
@christopherjames-qt5oy
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
i lived across the street from the train bridg and boardwalk. now wood coasters and screaming girls always reminds me of campy pseudo punk 80s vamps.
@Erica-o111o
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
The Lost Boys and Silver Bullet are my favorite movies of all time…
@Doggmatic_
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
What was the 16 candles reference?
@jtmcclure6998
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
14:36 honestly as campy as the movie and that scene was, the song I Still Believe by Tim Capello is legit 🔥 and based 80s. Hell The Lost Boys soundtrack was my first experience with what a soundtrack even was. I was probably about 5 when I watched it for the first time. My cousin had a sweet set up at the time and I watched it on laserdisc along with Batman – both in stereo… so imagine my 5yo brain getting his face melted and that was some of my first movie experiences with some of the best music 🤘
@WunHitWonder
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
The combination of Schumacher and Patric's stubbornness gave us a most excellent movie.
@DrakeDietrick
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
The entire cast of The Lost Boys had great hair.
@Lilo-A
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
LOVE this movie!!
@sharonmiller868
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
Love this movie! Kiefer's smile at the start still gets me.
@planetearthzone31
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
the 80’s were the best
@ThisIsMyLife7399
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
Several of these actors were my very first “boyfriends” when I was 7yrs old. . . But nobody told them and they didn’t know what I was 😝😝😝😝😝
@thecircledk8597
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
Feldman was signed VERY early so Stiller would have been Alan
Also Carrey did some serious acting before Ace Ventura (see Dirty Harry "The Deadpool")
@jackiegreiner8303
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
A great vampire movie and I've seen it way more than once. The casting was perfect. Sometimes picking established actors fr the lead takes away from the story and this one was a very good example of an ensemble group rather than any star vehicle.
@Maxamander3008
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
“Short sheet your sleeping bag?” Wow guys how old is your writer?
@julianfaltesek
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
I only watched it once and it was great.
@texascatlady82
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
This was the first horror film I ever saw. I was about six years old and my family and I saw it at the drive in theater. This is still one of my absolute favorite films.
@DanysDedDragon
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
The happiest day of Corey Feldman's life was when Corey Haim died. Insecure, jealous, abuser. Ppl should watch the interviews Mark Vicente had with Margo, the lady who filmed Feldman's documentary and the former girls in his little wannabe cult band. Feldman is a repulsive person!
@Bridget-c8s6k
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
Love the soundtrack as much as the movie.
@TheFrogfeeder
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
Keifer Sutherland was the bad guy in Lost Boys, he was the bad guy in Stand By Me, he was the bad boy in real life back then, why on earth wasn’t he the bad guy in The Goonies instead of that nobody dweeb who played Troy…
@JaneEvil
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
I watched this just week ago … I watch it at some point every month, and it’s still as good as the first time I watched it! The main song “ Lost Boys “ sung by Lou Gramm still gives me goosebumps… and later in my life I got the chance to actually meet Lou! My BF ended up working FOR Lou Gramm as a stage manager.. ❤
@JaneEvil
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
Best vampire Movie EVER made ! STILL! I cannot even count how many times I’ve seen this movie, and I never .. will never get tired of watching it !
@glennsimpsonscomics
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
To be fair to the people looking for the comic, the publisher listed in the upper left of the comic, Blackthorne Publishing, was a real comic book publisher at the time.
@goldfoxknows
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
Doesn't anyone notice at 6:22, the directors eyes glitch straight up look reptilian.
@MelancoliaI
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
So Joel Schumacher took a bubblegum script and decided it needed to be more dark and gritty? Huh.
@781milky
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
Yes it was just as good.
@JasonRapson-m6r
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
Its always reminds me of the Doors movie..they have the exact same vibe for me..Jim kind of turns into a vampire in that movie. I have seen a few interviews from people close to him and they all said in there own way that Oliver Stone got Jim totally wrong..he was not like that off stage all the time..I'm sure he was a rock star for real but I don't think he was as much of one as the movie makes you think…I like the the Jim on the beach, when he meets pam and when Jim wakes up at the BBQ with a doll of himself in his hand..that felt like him as I imagine.. Lost boys rocked
@ragibby6557
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
I saw this movie twice when it first came out while I was in college. My wife and I watched it every October.
@midago7332
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
This is one of the best Vampier movies ever made, absolutely love it, it was so good the person I loaned the blu ray copy I had to actually vanished with it and it took ages to find another copy.
@jim2lane
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
I never knew Mr. Gilmore had such a dark side until watching this movie
@lake-of-fire313
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
My brother in law grew up in Santa Cruz. He was 18 when this movie came out. Oh, and his name is Michael. 😮
@lake-of-fire313
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
A new Lost Boys with Kiefer Sutherland back as David whould be 🔥🔥🔥👍👍👍
@JayS-j9d
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
Shoemacher most likely gave Feldman another chance because they simply didn’t have the money to recast and reshoot his scenes
@SelenaJarvis-Jordan
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
These are my vampires!
@Jeff-t5o5n
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
F Jim Carrey!! Even mentioning him is a thumbs down!! Enjoyed besides that but thumbs down!! F Carrey!! Stop giving him anything good or bad!!
@noegamboa9924
April 2, 2026 at 7:55 pm
I watch it 3-4 times a year.
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