History YMMV / TheLostBoys

** "Cry Little Sister". It was so awesome, it was covered by Music/MarilynManson for ''Film/TheNewMutants''.
** The ENTIRE soundtrack.

* DracoInLeatherPants: The boys themselves, but especially David.

* HarsherInHindsight: Sam and Michael make jokes about marijuana and crack cocaine, which are less funny after Creator/CoreyHaim became a drug addict and ultimately died prematurely.

* HoYay: David and Michael. Just... David and Michael. David pretty much seduces him in a strange blood drinking sequence, half hypnotises him with continuous usage of his name and makes him hallucinate, ignores the pretty love interest in favor of Michael, and spends the whole movie trying desperately to get Michael to see things his way. Never mind David's insistence [[spoiler:leads to him dropping his guard, therefore leading to his death... he never makes a move to kill Michael, even when his victim blindly refuses to become a full vampire. David actually looks genuinely hurt by this rejection.]] The amount of eyesex and shimmering sexual tension in this film concerning these two is just amazing.
** There's a lot of {{subtext}} in the movie overall. For example, Michael has to drink David's blood (a ''bodily fluid'') to lose half his humanity, and it can be argued that Star and Laddie create the guise of a nuclear family so Michael is more easily lured in.

** [[BigBad Max]] the video store owner is secretly the head vampire, and the "father" of the Lost Boys. Desiring to find a wife and a mother to his vampiric "boys," Max uses his charm and [[AffablyEvil genuine politeness]] to enchant the recently divorced Lucy Emerson into going out with him while staying beneath suspicion. Instructing his Lost Boys to vampirize her children so that they can be a happy family, Max goes on multiple dates with her. When entering Lucy's home, Max ensures he is invited in, rendering him immune to tests which would reveal his vampiric nature. When tested and accused by Lucy's son Sam, he quickly and effortlessly spins a narrative that the boy is afraid Max will try to replace his father, discrediting him further. Taking Lucy for a date at his house, Max returns to hers to find the Lost Boys killed. Calmly lamenting the circumstances and their deaths, he reveals his true nature, never letting up his kind tone, and threatens Sam to ensure Lucy will agree to being turned and marrying him due to his [[VillainousCrush genuine care for her]], being stopped [[NearVillainVictory mere seconds from victory]], and only by something he never could have predicted.
** [[TheDragon David]] is the leader of the vampire gang under his "father" and sire Max. A wild, brash youth with a calculating mind, David is the one who scouts out Michael and grows impressed with him. Tricking him into drinking Max's blood, David [[TheCorruptor sways Michael to the dark side]] while showing him the true nature of vampirism. Upon the death of one of their gang, David lays siege to the home of the Emersons, still attempting to pull Michael into darkness during their final battle. In the comics, David returns, masterminding the slaughter of the vampire hunters of Santa Carla and ending with a vial of elder blood in victory.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Given that it set the tone for works like ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/TrueBlood'', viewers forget how different this was when it first came out. It was one of the first films to portray vampires as [[YoungerAndHipper trendy teenagers]] rather than old-fashioned aristocrats, which subsequently became a popular portrayal for vampires.

* StrangledByTheRedString: [[spoiler: Michael and Star have sex when they barely know each other. Although seducing Michael might have been Star's plan to get Michael to help her; it's also strongly indicated they're having SexForSolace out of despair over their predicament.]]

* ShockingSwerve: In the original film, [[spoiler:the reveal that David's ''not'' the head vampire; it's really Max, the mild mannered local business owner and current boyfriend to Sam and Michael's mother. However, the groundwork is there, it's just done so subtly that you likely won't notice them on the first viewing.]]

* HoYay: David and Michael. Just... David and Michael. David pretty much seduces him in a strange blood drinking sequence, half hypnotises him with continuous usage of his name and makes him hallucinate, ignores the pretty love interest in favor of Michael, and spends the whole movie trying desperately to get Michael to see things his way. Never mind David's insistence [[spoiler:leads to him dropping his guard, therefore leading to his death... he never makes a move to kill Michael, even when his victim blindly refuses to become a full vampire. David actually looks genuinely hurt by this rejection.]] The amount of eyesex and shimmering sexual tension in this film concerning these two is just amazing. This could translate to FoeYay as well.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Sam and Michael make jokes about marijuana and crack cocaine, which are less funny after Creator/CoreyHaim became a drug addict and ultimately died prematurely.
* HarsherInHindsight: Subverted. In ''The Thirst'', Sam is stated to [[spoiler:have died when he attacked Edgar at the end of ''The Tribe'', with the film's release several months after his death making it seem like a RealLifeWritesThePlot]], except shooting had finished prior to Creator/CoreyHaim's death.

* MagnificentBastard: Max the video store owner is secretly the head vampire, and the "father" of the Lost Boys. Desiring to find a wife and a mother to his vampiric "boys," Max uses his charm and [[AffablyEvil genuine politeness]] to enchant the recently divorced Lucy Emerson into going out with him while staying beneath suspicion. Instructing his Lost Boys to vampirize her children so that they can be a happy family, Max goes on multiple dates with her. When entering Lucy's home, Max ensures he is invited in, rendering him immune to tests which would reveal his vampiric nature. When tested and accused by Lucy's son Sam, he quickly and effortlessly spins a narrative that the boy is afraid Max will try to replace his father, discrediting him further. Taking Lucy for a date at his house, Max returns to hers to find the Lost Boys killed. Calmly lamenting the circumstances and their deaths, he reveals his true nature, never letting up his kind tone, and threatens Sam to ensure Lucy will agree to being turned and marrying him due to his [[VillainousCrush genuine care for her]], being stopped [[NearVillainVictory mere seconds from victory]], and only by something he never could have predicted.

* HoYay: David and Michael. Just... David and Michael. David pretty much seduces him in a strange blood drinking sequence, half hypnotises him with continuous usage of his name, ignores the pretty love interest in favor of Michael, and spends the whole movie trying desperately to get Michael to see things his way. Never mind David's insistence [[spoiler:leads to him dropping his guard, therefore leading to his death... he never makes a move to kill Michael, even when his victim blindly refuses to become a full vampire. David actually looks genuinely hurt by this rejection.]] The amount of eyesex and shimmering sexual tension in this film concerning these two is just amazing. This could translate to FoeYay as well.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Star's BigSisterInstinct toward Laddie when the Frog Brothers try to stake him, followed by how she comforts and reassures him after the defeat of the final evil vampire.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The make-up for the vampires looks incredible and holds up extremely well to this day, making the vampires look predatory in an elegant sort of way. The luminous red-gold contact lenses really helps complete the look, which almost offsets the fact they were highly uncomfortable to wear.

* StrangledByTheRedString: [[spoiler: Michael and Star have sex when they barely know each other. Although seducing Michael might have been Star's plain to get Michael to help her.]]
** In ''The Thirst'', [[spoiler:DJ X is set-up as the [[BigBad Alpha Vampire]], it's revealed towards the end that it's really Peter Lieber, and most of the film was an EvilPlan so he could turn Edgar into his personal hitman]].

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Tim Cappello as the the oily saxophone player on the dock is surprisingly memorable among viewers of the film. [[https://www.facebook.com/greasysaxdude/ He even has a fan page!]]

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Given that it set the tone for ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/TrueBlood'', viewers forget how different this was when it first came out. It was one of the first films to portray vampires as [[YoungerAndHipper trendy teenagers]] rather than old-fashioned aristocrats, which subsequently became a popular portrayal for vampires.

** [[Creator/KieferSutherland Jack Baeur]] playing a vampire was funny enough to think as it is, but then ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' took it to the next level by having Dracula replace [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer]] as the lead.

* OlderThanTheyThink: This movie uses the phrase "vamping out" before ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.

** ''The Lost Girl'' comic, by Tim Seeley et al.: Taking place shortly after the first film, [[GreaterScopeVillain Agnes Underwood]] poses as a [[WiseOldFolkFacade sweet old woman]] while secretly the head vampire of the Blood Belles, preying on the needs of lost and lonely girls before turning them into vampires. She masterminds the murder hunters of Santa Carla, including Grandpa Emerson, abductions of multiple [[WouldHurtAChild children]], and plot to awaken Tlahuelpuchi--Mother Vampires--to bring about the age of vampires. Agnes also had Star infiltrate the Lost Boys to make a power play in Santa Carla. It's revealed that all this was that Agnes sought the blood of the mother vampires to [[ImmortalityImmorality restore her youth]]. Agnes also takes Lucy Emerson and Laddie hostage, and also kills and turns the residents and orderlies as a local retirement home. Besides having no loyalty to anyone, Agnes dismisses the deaths of her girls, simply saying she can make more, and tries to force Star to test the Tlahuelpuchi blood to see if it will kill her or make her lose her humanity, calling it a win-win.

** Peter from ''The Thirst'' is known publicly as the brother of vampire novelist Gwen Lieber but is secretly is the Alpha Vampire and her alleged lover. He is seemingly held hostage by DJ X, who used Peter's blood to make a drug to create vampires. However, once DJ X was killed, Peter took control of the consumers, nearly sending them into a feeding frenzy. Upon being revealed as the Alpha Vampire, we are treated to a flashback of him leading a vampire attack of a village. He offered Gwen a chance to become a vampire if she brings him Edgar and Alan Frog, and once she does the task, he kills her. He reveals that his true intentions all along were to turn Edgar and Alan into vampires themselves, so they can be his personal hitmen and cull the expanding vampire race, so there can be more people to feed on. Since Alan was already transforming, Peter uses his partial control over Alan to force him to fight Edgar.
** In the comic ''The Lost Girl'', by Tim Seeley et al., taking place shortly after the first film, [[GreaterScopeVillain Agnes Underwood]] is a [[BitchInSheepsClothing seemingly-sweet old lady]] in Santa Carla, but is in fact the head vampire behind the Blood Belles and the secret mastermind of their operations. Agnes recruits the Blood Belles by preying on the needs of lost and lonely girls before turning them into vampires. With Agnes operating behind the scenes, the Blood Belles kill off the hunters of Santa Carla, including Grandpa Emerson, abduct and turn multiple [[WouldHurtAChild children]], and plot to awaken ancient vampires (Tlahuelpuchi) to conquer the world and bring about the age of vampires. Agnes also had Star placed in Santa Carla to infiltrate the Lost Boys to make a power play of her own. What makes Agnes worse is that all these things are a mere means to a [[EvilIsPetty petty]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish end]]: for centuries Agnes sought the pure blood of the mother vampires to [[ImmortalityImmorality restore her youth]]. Agnes also takes Lucy Emerson and Laddie hostage under the threat of death, as well as kills and turns the residents and orderlies as a local retirement home. Besides having no loyalty to the Tlahuelpuchi, Agnes dismisses the deaths of the Blood Belles by simply saying [[WeHaveReserves she can make more]], and tries to force Star to test the pure blood to see if it will kill her or make her lose her humanity, calling it a win-win scenario.

** In the comic ''The Lost Girl'', by Tim Seeley et al., taking place shortly after the first film, [[GreaterScopeVillain Agnes Underwood]] is a [[BitchInSheepsClothing seemingly-sweet old lady]] in Santa Carla, but is in fact the head vampire behind the Blood Belles and the secret mastermind of their operations. Agnes recruits the Blood Bells by preying on the needs of lost and lonely girls before turning them into vampires. With Agnes operating behind the scenes, the Blood Belles kill off the hunters of Santa Carla, including Grandpa Emerson, abduct and turn multiple [[WouldHurtAChild children]], and plot to awaken ancient vampires (Tlahuelpuchi) to conquer the world and bring about the age of vampires. Agnes also had Star placed in Santa Carla to infiltrate the Lost Boys to make a power play of her own. What makes Agnes worse is that all these things are a mere means to a [[EvilIsPetty petty]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish end]]: for centuries Agnes sought the pure blood of the mother vampires to [[ImmortalityImmorality restore her youth]]. Agnes also takes Lucy Emerson and Laddie hostage under the threat of death, as well as kills and turns the residents and orderlies as a local retirement home. Besides having no loyalty to the Tlahuelpuchi, Agnes dismisses the deaths of the Blood Belles by simply saying [[WeHaveReserves she can make more]], and tries to force Star to test the pure blood to see if it will kill her or make her lose her humanity, calling it a win-win scenario.

* {{Squick}}: The maggots and worms. Doubly so when WordOfGod instructs budding filmmakers that maggots tend to just lie there. How to get them to wriggle? Squeeze lemon juice on them.

* MagnificentBastard: Max is secretly the head vampire, and the "father" of the Lost Boys. Desiring to find a wife and a mother to his vampiric "boys," Max uses his charm and [[AffablyEvil genuine politeness]] to enchant the recently divorced Lucy Emerson into going out with him while staying beneath suspicion. Instructing his Lost Boys to vampirize her children so that they can be a happy family, Max goes on multiple dates with her. When entering Lucy's home, Max ensures he is invited in, rendering him immune to tests which would reveal his vampiric nature. When tested and accused by Lucy's son Sam, he quickly and effortlessly spins a narrative that the boy is afraid Max will try to replace his father, discrediting him further. Taking Lucy for a date at his house, Max returns to hers to find the Lost Boys killed. Calmly lamenting the circumstances and their deaths, he reveals his true nature, never letting up his kind tone, and threatens Sam to ensure Lucy will agree to being turned and marrying him due to his [[VillainousCrush genuine care for her]], being stopped [[NearVillainVictory mere seconds from victory]], and only by something he never could have predicted.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Tim Capello as the the oily saxophone player on the dock is surprisingly memorable among viewers of the film. [[https://www.facebook.com/greasysaxdude/ He even has a fan page!]]

* DirectorDisplacement: Creator/RichardDonner produced, but Creator/JoelSchumacher directed due to Donner's commitment to ''Film/LethalWeapon''.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Given that it set the tone for ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/TrueBlood'', viewers forget how different this was when it first came out.

* TheScrappy: Sam, Edgar & Alan are not well-liked characters to say the least considering they pointlessly steal the story away from Michael, are very annoying and let's not forget the GenreShift.

** [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer]] Playing a vampire was funny enough to think as it is, but then ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' took it to the next level by having Dracula replace Jack Bauer as the lead.

** A little TruthInTelevision here, as Schumacher is gay, and vampires were (and still are) commonly used to represent the AIDS crisis that was especially prominent among the gay community in the 80s. There's actually a few articles floating around on homoerotic subtext in the movie - you can read one [[http://www.horror-movies.ca/2014/09/new-perspective-lost-boys-homosexual-film/ here]].

* StrangledByTheRedString: [[spoiler: Michael and Star have sex when they barely know each other although seducing Michael might have been Star's plain to get Michael to help her.]]

** StrangledByTheRedString: [[spoiler: Michael and Star have sex when they barely know each other although seducing Michael might have been Star's plain to get Michael to help her.]]