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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 11:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wyldemusick.livejournal.com
Christopher Lee's Dracula had a tendency to burst into flame in sunlight, but I do believe that idea well predated even him -- as I recall that's essentially how the vampire in Nosferatu was waxed in 1922...he's convinced to stick around long enough that the sun comes up and flash-fries him. I'm trying to remember what happens in Herzog's Nosferatu -- I vaguely recall him turning into a shadow on the wall when the sun rises.

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