23 - Mullets, Murder, and Motorcycle Races

This week, we take a trip back to 1987 to discuss the horror-comedy movie The Lost Boys. Following a pair of brothers who move to a sunny California town plagued by vampires, the film includes a tangled love triangle, some inventive methods of murder, and a lot of 80s fashion. Topics of discussion include possible gay subtext, the deep-seated appeal of vampires, and why cinema needs more films about vampiric motorcycle gangs.

 

Other Media Mentioned:

• The Legend of Vox Machina
• Dungeons and Dragons
• The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta
• The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison
• The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
• Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
• Arcane (2021-)
• Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand
• Little Thieves by Margaret Owen
• What We Do in the Shadows
• Dracula by Bram Stoker
• Episode 11: An Anthropological Study of Cohabitating Vampires
• Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
• Worn Stories on Netflix
• Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time by K.M Szpara
• Dead Collections by Isaac Fellan
• A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
• Stranger Things (2016-)
• The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl
• The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
• Bit (2019)

 

Content Warnings: mentions of drug use, murder, a controlling/abusive relationship, all the blood-drinking stuff that comes with vampires.