Vampires can't eat food
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Phaenon — 7 months ago(August 27, 2025 11:06 AM)
I think their sustenance is blood and lifeforce Benny, their 'food'.
But food, and alcohol, as you and I perceive it is merely a prop to them to use for social integration.
In The Lost Boys I think the Chinese food is to show the consumerist aspect of the 1980s with both product and cultural exchanges blending into the norm - but that's just one take on an otherwise fun story
Ding Dong
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BennyMuso82 — 7 months ago(August 27, 2025 09:55 PM)
In retrospect, your right. They wanted to show there supernatural abilities by changing Micheal's perception of the food , from rice to maggots.
Chopper: I'm just a bloody normal bloke. A normal bloke who likes a bit of torture -
Lilith — 7 months ago(August 27, 2025 11:11 PM)
Definitely agree with this assessment.
I also think
Lost Boys
is one of the best movies. It was certainly very pivotal and made its mark. I think it will always have quite the following. It stands the test of time. Great casting as well.
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cryptoflovecraft — 7 months ago(August 27, 2025 12:01 PM)
Lost Boys was a lousy take on the vampire myth, but to be fair, vampires can eat normal human food (even greasy Chinese American garbage), and they might do so for a variety of reasons e.g., in order to appear "normal". They just don't get any nutritional value from such food. Blood is the only food that vampires need to sustain themselves.
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Chicxulub — 7 months ago(August 27, 2025 11:05 PM)
There's a part in the Dracula novel where the good guys find him in his coffin after he's been out gorging himself on blood, and Dracula is all swelled up like a tick…Similar to you or I after a trip to Mickey D's
