The Lost Boys
Kiefer Sutherland late opened up about a gruesome cannibalism scene that was ultimately cut fromThe Lost Boys . Sadly , filmgoers never got to see Sutherland chowing down on a victim ’s head . The 1987 vampire movie was directed by Joel Schumacher and star Corey Feldman , Corey Haim , Alex Winter , and Sutherland , who play the mullet - tire loss leader of the nominal vampire pack .
Thirty years by and by , The Lost Boysis still beloved by horror and 1980s film sports fan alike . The picture show follows the unfortunate adventures of two brothers who move to California and scotch path with a pack of tough - rock vampires . The world of the pic was expanded in a comic Holy Writ series , and The CW has been working on a potentialLost BoysTV seriesbased on the pic .
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In an interview withYahoo Entertainment , Sutherland described the trigger-happy deleted scene , which was at last take for too gory for audiences . While filming a scene where David feeds on a victim , Schumacher directed Sutherland to eat the back of the humanity ’s fountainhead like a birthday patty . Even after three decades , Sutherland still fondly remember this lose act of cannibalism .
“ There was a scene that actually did n’t make the movie that I was really , really delirious about , primarily because it was just so violent I could n’t conceive that we were doing it … It ’s sort of in the movie — they cut around it — but there was a guy on a beach and he was bald and they had made a prosthetic cast of his head . And the part of the scene that I loved the most was literally , it was like a cake : I ate the whole back of his head off and profligate just went everywhere . I had been directed to just smile like a child having cake , and the two icon were so fearful and scary . ”
unluckily , this flaming deleted scene has never institute its way of life to the public . That signify sports fan of the picture show will have to rely on Sutherland ’s verbal description of the picture , unless Schumacher determine to release an lengthy director ’s cut that restore the school principal - chomping clip . However , the drop scene was n’t Sutherland ’s only regret from the filming ofThe confused Boys . He also verbalize solemn self-reproach for his character ’s platinum - blonde gray mullet . The histrion promised that he will " justify to the death " for that unfortunate look .
The Lost Boys is n’t just an enduring fad film favorite . The eighties flick is also creditworthy for an important trend invampire celluloid . By merging the lamia genre with the teen celluloid archetypes made democratic by John Hugues , The Lost Boysintroduced the universe to pretty teenage vampires . So not only did the pic help revitalize the vampire film genre , but , for better or bad , you may also draw a verbatim line between the attractive young vamps ofThe Lost Boysand the sparkly teenage heroes of the uber - successfulTwilightfranchise .
In fact , Twilightdirector Catherine Hardwicke was even tapped to direct theCW ’s airplane pilot for a TV adaptation ofThe Lost Boys . Unfortunately for lover of the movie , the initial pilot was postpone . The CW is reportedly retread the series with a new pilot , which means Generation Z may still have a chance to fall in love withThe Lost Boys .
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Source : Yahoo Entertainment
