Ah, The Lost Boys. 1987's take on the (then) modern day vampire. Let us not forget this was directed by Joel Schumacher. He's now synonymous with ruining the Batman franchise in the 90s, but if you look at Schumacher's resume, he's done some great work. The Lost Boys is one of them.
This movie creeps me out now just as much as it did when I was younger. Most of it has to do with Kiefer Sutherland. Channeling his father's talent for evil as David – from the original movie poster through his prosthetic vampiric transformation, he's downright scary. Most of his pre-prosthetics scenes are just as chilling.
It may not be as big a deal now, but as a kid one of the scariest parts of the movie was just the fact that this gang was able to get away with whatever they wanted. The Kobra Kai were scary enough back then, but David and his crew were the juiced up version... with teeth. It blew my mind that these guys were out there unchecked by anyone.
By today's standards The Lost Boys may seem a little tame. But there's a real viciousness under the surface. Kiefer Sutherland, and later Edward Herrmann, bring it out from between the lines and that's one of the reasons The Lost Boys is so good. There's plenty of vampire gore and violence, but there's an unspoken cruelness underneath that makes it so frightening.
-Gint
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