A lot, apparently.
You can't miss the massive photo of him in the vampire's lair. The photo is even merged with Michael at one point, so the viewer can notice the resemblance between the two.
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| Jim Morrison |
After surviving the events of Interview with the Vampire, Lestat awakens in the 1980s from a long slumber and becomes the lead singer of a rock band.
This element was actually used in the 2001 film THE QUEEN OF THE DAMNED.
Much of Lestat's character was adopted from Jim Morrison.
"It was Morrison's voice I heard when I wrote the songs for Lestat. Here's the closest thing in the wide world to my hero," Rice said.
Being that THE LOST BOYS was released just two years after Rice's novel, its influence on the film is undeniable.
But I want to discuss the two fearless vampire slayers — Edgar and Alan Frog.
Of course, their first names are obviously nods to the legendary writer Edgar Allan Poe. But their last names always bugged me.
Frog?
Really? That's their last name?
Weird.
I never heard anyone with a last name like that.
But when I was doing my research, I stumbled upon THE DOORS song PEACE FROG from their 1970 hard rock album MORRISON HOTEL. The lyrics to PEACE FROG often reference blood in the streets in various cities and scenes, many times implying several political moments of the time. (This was during the Vietnam War, after all.)
Given that Jim Morrison and the counterculture influence of his era are so prevalent in the film, the song's lyrics likely resonate with the Frog brothers because of their devotion to killing vampires.
Both brothers have no problem killing vampires, as Edgar says, for "Truth, justice, and the American way."
It's almost comical how he says it because it comes out of nowhere, as if he and his brother are on some type of political vengeance, eradicating the putrid vampires from society.
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