Director: Joel Schumacher
1987
An 80's star packed classic, mixing horror and comedy, and being at the forefront of launching the teen vampire craze.
Story: Two brothers move with their recently divorced mother to a California town plagued with gang violence and mysterious disappearances. The brothers soon conclude that the town is infested with vampires.
Gay Factors: I'm reserved to include this film as being gay, but other sites have listed it, so I will too. At the very least, its director, Joel Schumacher is gay. The film is sited as having unintentional gay overtones - the attractive young man being stalked by the older male vampire; the gang of bad guys only has one female member, whom the guys don't show avert sexual interest in; David tricks Michael into swallowing some of his bodily fluids; Michael comes home sporting a single ear ring (back in the 80's some still considered it gay for a guy to wear a single ear ring - there was the whole debate about which ear was considered gay, but some consider either gay and effiminate) but the ear ring was the sign of the vampire clan. And at last, the gayest moment of all: Sam opens his closet where he has a sexy poster of Rob Lowe hanging on his door.
Overall, don't expect a huge gay pride parade of revelation in this film, the gayness is extremely subtle amongst a "straight" cast and film, but it is an enjoyable film.
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