The Lost Boys (1987): Vampire Film Guide & Queer Analysis
Joel Schumacher’s 1987 teen vampire film weaponizes homoerotic imagery to explore adolescent desire—and gets away with it under the cover of Reagan-era camp. The Lost Boys presents vampires as hyper-sexualized outlaws who recruit Michael by exploiting his bisexual confusion, then kills them all in a spectacular exorcism before restoring heteronormative order. 1987 · Director: Joel … Read more