Q 01/05

Who directed The Lost Boys?

A) Richard Donner

B) Joel Schumacher

C) John Carpenter

D) Tony Scott

Answer · why

B) Joel Schumacher

Joel Schumacher disliked the script as a children's vampire adventure and took the job only once he could turn its heroes and villains into teenagers.

Q 02/05

What is the name of the fictional California town the Emersons move to in The Lost Boys?

A) Santa Mira

B) Santa Teresa

C) San Junipero

D) Santa Carla

Answer · why

D) Santa Carla

Santa Carla greets the Emersons with a cheery welcome sign whose back has been daubed with the words 'Murder Capital of the World'.

Q 03/05

The title of The Lost Boys refers to characters from which classic story?

A) Treasure Island

B) Lord of the Flies

C) Peter Pan

D) Oliver Twist

Answer · why

C) Peter Pan

Peter Pan: the co-writer asked himself whether a boy who came out only at night, could fly and never grew up might simply be a vampire.

Q 04/05

Which real California city stood in for the seaside town in The Lost Boys?

A) Santa Barbara

B) Monterey

C) Santa Cruz

D) Malibu

Answer · why

C) Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz: its beach boardwalk is the film's fairground, and Jordan Peele's Us, which opens there in 1986, slips in a line about a movie being shot n...

Q 05/05

Who plays David, the leader of the vampire gang, in The Lost Boys?

A) Billy Wirth

B) Kiefer Sutherland

C) Jason Patric

D) Alex Winter

Answer · why

B) Kiefer Sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland was so little known that, the director recalled, the studio had never heard of him; he later became television's Jack Bauer in 24.