Had Donner gone through with The Lost Boys, however, it might have turned out "like vampire-Goonies," Welch posits. He's just swinging for the fences.’"The greatest strength of Lost Boys is arguably the comfortable relationship between Michael and Sam. Patric doesn't hold back on his opinion surrounding reboots and weaponized nostalgia:"The Lost Boys is The Lost Boys because Joel Schumacher made it. That's why The Lost Boys is The Lost Boys. There's never going to be another Lost Boys like Joel’s Lost Boys.