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Re-watching the movie that blew all our minds back in 1987. I'd forgotten what a strange and beautiful film it is, not to mention how funny it is. Buffy owes it an awful lot, I think - was this the first vampire flick in which they burst into flames in sunlight? Is Spike's look based on David's?

Weird Science, OTOH, is saved from being total crap by snappy editing and a genuinely funny cast. It's a nice twist that the boys try to make themselves a girl and end up with a woman.

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ETA: The grandad from Lost Boys was Dumont in Tron. If I ever knew that, I'd forgotten!

ETA: I love how the flying is handled in the film. I guess Buffy also borrowed the idea of the vampires "vamping out". But does the "they have to be invited in" thing predate Lost Boys?

Date: 2008-01-08 08:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emma-in-oz.livejournal.com
It's in the book of Dracula. It's one of the scariest parts - they think they are safe because they haven't invited him in but he has a minion on the inside who has.

Date: 2008-01-08 03:19 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] pedanther
I'm amused that you were able to remember the word "zoophagus", but didn't remember his actual name... :)

Date: 2008-01-08 04:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alawston.livejournal.com
Bizarrely, the bit I remember most clearly of all was Harker's diary entry about paprika, right at the start.

Date: 2008-01-13 12:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emma-in-oz.livejournal.com
The one played by Peter Lorre.

Date: 2008-01-08 03:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jvowles.livejournal.com
Renfield, yes.

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