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While the gang obviously take their name from Peter Pan, the original script, written by Jan Fischer and James Jeremias, more interestingly used the idea of Peter Pan as a vampire who visited Wendy and her brothers at night, never growing old and could fly. Here they are seen merely as a group of troublesome punks as we see them gliding like sharks through the crowd, looking for their next prey, which generally seems to be whoever is annoying them at that moment as seen by the fate that befalls the boardwalk security guard who chases them off. The boardwalk though really makes a perfect hunting ground with the Lost Boys riding on the carousel each interestingly being introduced in the order they will later be dispatched. This is also another location whose smaller details really stand out on repeat viewings such as the missing person posters highlighting the victims of the vampires such as the lost child milk carton we see for Laddie ( Chance Michael Corbitt). The comic book store where we are introduced the Frog Brothers and the bandstand where let’s not forget we are memorably introduced to sax guy and his purple PVC pants. The real key moments of the film however can all be found lingering around the boardwalk as it’s here we are introduced to the charismatic David ( Kiefer Sutherland) and his fellow lost boys.

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Schumacher is clearly keen not to just make your traditional vampire movie and really makes the most of the setting, be it by moving the camera through the crowds or flying with his vampire brood, you really get a great sense of what the town and its surrounding area are like. It makes for an interesting contrast to have the film take place largely in this coastal town, while the mountain range where the grandfather’s house is located only further reinforces how different the setup for the film is compared to what we have become used to from the genre. Shooting the boardwalk like a twilight playground with its fun fair atmosphere from the various game stalls and rides, it all sits in the shadow of the roller coaster “The Giant Dipper,” bringing back memories of Coney Island in the opening of The Warriors. READ MORE: A Closer Look at Corey Haim‘s Classic Lucas

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Ironically it was the true crime history of Santa Cruz which had attracted the producers in the first place, with the late 1970’s earning it the moniker of Murdersville, USA after it became the hunting ground for a trio of serial killers Edmund Kemper, Herbert Mullin and David Carpenter. Originally the script had also kept Santa Cruz as the name of the town only for the city council to object to the town being portrayed as the “murder capital of the world” and blocking their requests for filming permits. Shot on location in Santa Cruz, California where Schumacher utilised the picturesque Pogonip open space preserve and surrounding mountains as well as most keyly the boardwalk where the film essentially provides us with many of its key moments. With The Lost Boys though, director Joel Schumacher gave us vampires who are more keen on spending their eternal life as one continuous party. The vampire genre has always suffered from being something of a cliché beast, constantly reworking the usual well worn tropes of gothic castles and questionable accents but with the dawn of the 80’s we finally started to see the genre being tweaked in interesting ways with the likes of Kathryn Bigelow’s Near Dark portraying her vampires as a nomadic group while Tom Holland’s Fright Night moved them into the house next door with the horror fan Charley discovering that his neighbour Jerry is a vampire. Okay perhaps there might be a worryingly high number of unusual disappearances but for some they will do anything to make sure the partying never stops like those darn vampires.” “On the surface Santa Carla might seem like the quintessential California beach town, with a vibrant boardwalk scene. The Lost Boys is a 1987 thriller about two brothers who discover that the area they’ve just moved into is a haven for vampires.