I just don't see what the reason was to include the little boy. The girl made a big deal about him and there was even a scene with a "missing" ad of him on the milk carton. So it was quite apparent that he was kidnapped and was his character was important..
.. yet the entirety of the movie he had no scenes and was just there. Who was he?
Was wondering that myself. Would have been better if he was an actual 200 year old vampire like the Homer character in NEAR DARK ( came out the same year and alway liked that movie better). A human biker gang wouldnt keep a kidnapped little kid around for no reason, what appeal would that have to a vampire clan? (Ignoring any potential pedophile angles here and assuming the writers were too naive to make that kind of connection, hmmm mebbe NOT) And they are riding around with this kid at the amusement park even though he has MISSING posters stuck all over the place! If your a vampire trying to maintain a low profile would you cart an AMBER ALERT tot all around some very public areas? I guess they are just grooming him for vampiredom just for the novelty of it?? Cus they are twisted whackjobs on top of it?? Maybe! I think the NEAR DARK clan had more reasonable self preservation tactics but even they were a bit cavalier in their attitudes.
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I heard he was kidnapped as a companions for Star. I just won the tie-in novel on ebay, so maybe it will clear things up. I've heard at least part of it is told from Star's perspective.
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Star needed an eight year old boy to hang out with? Im sure she was thrilled;)
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Max probably wanted a small child to be one of his "sons" as well. The Bloodsucking Brady Bunch needs a Bobby after all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oFPlpAT84g&feature=related
This is true, I think it even said somewhere in the film, possibly at the reveal with Max at the end, that they needed to keep a new generation coming up.
shareHotwre6, that made me laugh 😃
share"I just don't see what the reason was to include the little boy."
Usually movies will try to tie everything up in a nice pretty bow at the end.
On one hand I want everything answered - no loose ends, but I kind of like that not every single curiosity was answered in this movie.
The little kid might have been taken for any number of reasons. How he got there is not critical to the story.
But, the "reason"s for him being in the movie:
- demonstrates that Star is a good, caring person (she's not "lost" yet).
- provides additional tension when the Frog boys are about to kill him (wonderfully disturbing moment) and Star steps in to protect him.
- the little one adds another layer in a terrific, well textured script; another opportunity for the audience to become invested in the story (who is he? what will happen to him?) - as evidenced by your curiosity.
From what I was told, star was goin to leave after she found out wat was in the wine bottle and wat david really was. Then david and the gang kidnapped laddie to make her stay. She loved kids and she would never leave laddie.by the way laddie wasnt 8 years old, he was 10.
shareReally? Seemed a lot more than just 3 years younger than Sam and Frog brothers.
shareIsn't there a deleted scene where Michael assumes Laddie is Star's little brother and she says, "He's not my brother."? This heavily implies that he's supposed to be Star's son or something.
Personally, I think the above posters who said the group used Laddie to keep Star around are correct. I also think Laddie may have been what was keeping Star from becoming a full fledged vampire.
Common sense. So rare, it's like a superpower.
A 22 year old knockout with a 10 year old son? Possible, but unlikely.
shareProbably had to include Laddie in order to complete the symbolic parallels with Peter Pan.
The Three Kids given a chance to see a new or fantasy world:
Star=Wendy
Michael=John
Laddie=Michael
Neverland=vampirism
The Band of Lost Boys:
David=Peter Pan (the one who introduces the "normals" to the new lifestyle)
the other vamps=The lost boys (but Marco is probably Tinkerbell. lol jk!)
The metaphor kind of breaks down after that. (Except for the very clever, subtle Nanook=Nana parallel) So you could see Max as Captain Hook or as a second version of Peter, with Lucy as his Wendy. Both Peter Pan and The Lost Boys have in common the moral that it's normal to have crazy awesome adventures, but to be lured into a lifestyle of permanent childhood is bad and should be avoided in the end.
For this reason, Wendy, John and Michael left Neverland, and Star, Michael and Laddie fought to escape becoming vampires.
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i don"t give a c*rap who the little kid is, all I know is he inspired one of the funniest lines of dialog in the movie (after he bursts through the bed):
"Holy $hit it's the attack of Eddie Munster!! "Get him"!!
I just love that part
YES!!! I agree with this! That was the best reason to have Laddie in the movie. Having his character there set up that line.
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Agreed. Also worth it for immediately after when Star is protecting him screaming ‘you leave him alone he’s just a little boy!’, cut to him gnashing and clawing at them like a demon-child, cut to Feldman’s priceless ‘ew WTF’ reaction face.
Holy cow, You're right. Especially when you consider that Captain Hook and Peter, while enemies, were also in a symbiotic relationship... which makes Hook almost a step-father figure... which is what Max was to David
shareSome things don't need voiced explanation. But there is a book based off the movie that could help. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Boys-Craig-Shaw-Gardner/dp/0553175831/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314904116&sr=1-1
I will say he could have been a runaway who Star or one of the boys felt sorry for so they made him a vampire. I remember reading on a lost boys fansite that he was starting to forget his old life from being a vampire. Maybe they made him a vampire so he would forget the abuse he went through and have a better life. On the boys making him one. I don't believe david would do it for love, but one of the other guys would.
A nod to the original idea? (a family of Peter Pan-esque vampires... Joel Schumacher came in and changed them to teenage bikers, but maybe he left that bit in)
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Laddie would've been used to lure victims.
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