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Updated 8 months ago,August 22, 2024
We all knowThe Lost Boys.
Based on a YA romance novel, the film series feels like the antithesis to its 80s counterpart.
Sparkly 100-year-old vampires fighting over their 17-year-old bland-as-can-be girlfriends seem like the exact opposite ofThe Lost Boys.
Twilight / The Lost Boys
In the venn diagram ofLost BoysandTwilightfans, there seems to be very little overlap.
Lets face it:The Lost Boyswas one of the first movies to give us pretty boy vampires.
David was rugged though, right?
The Lost Boys didnt look like theyd just walked out of a spread fromGQ.
And that was the big complaint withTwilight.
No death, no turning to dust.
How rough his extended life must be.
This is where the connection comes in.
They roll up on the vampires den finding the beefcakes hanging from the ceiling by their gross taloned feet.
Gallons of vampire blood rain down on the trio of pubescent teen boys and theyre soaked.
See the telltale sparkle?
The filmmakers filled the vampires blood with glitter.
You read that right.
The Lost Boys blood sparkles when it gets into direct sunlight.
Hmm, sounds like the skin of some other vampires we know.
If youre unconvinced, feel free to watch the movie again.
you’re free to find it onNetflix.
It looks like this old meme, which has been circulating ever sinceTwilightcame out, isnt exactly ac
