Kiefer Sutherland opens up about The Lost Boys, revealing the touching reason why Joel Schumacher's 1987 vampire horror is a career highlight of his.
When looking back on his career, Kiefer Sutherland addresses why Joel Schumacher's vampire film The Lost Boys is a career favorite of his due to a touching reason. The 1987 supernatural black comedy horror centered on two brothers and their mother as they moved in with their eccentric grandfather in the coastal town of Santa Monica before soon finding themselves entangled in the lives of a group of young vampires.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT When speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Sutherland was asked why The Lost Boys stood out amongst his other various roles, to which the actor explained how audiences' responses had helped further endear the role to him.
"It’s complicated. It was unexpected. I hadn’t been doing this long enough [when I made it]. I had no idea Lost Boys was going to be the success it was. I didn’t realize that it was going to represent a time in filmmaking. I certainly didn’t expect to run into grandchildren — and, in a couple cases, great-grandchildren — who said, “My dad showed me this movie, do you mind signing it for me?” That film, for whatever reason, has gone through three or four generations.
Despite inspiring others with their own takes on vampire mythology or in their own tributes, The Lost Boys has faced many obstacles when attempting to continue the franchise further. While Schumacher's attempted to develop sequels throughout the 90s, The Lost Boys would receive direct-to-DVD sequels in the form of 2008's Lost Boys: The Tribes and 2010's Lost Boys: The Thirst, though each film would be received poorly.
While the vampire concept continued to be explored and developed through subsequent features, The Lost Boys has an unshakable place within the subgenre. Sutherland's performance as the vampire David allowed audiences to envision how the bloodsucking creatures could fit into the shadows of the then-modern world while striking a balance between terrifying and cool.
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