“We blew it, man, we lost it!”

In the wake of the success of The Lost Boys, it wasn’t long before the studio started the obligatory sequel chatter. Schumacher pitched an idea for a follow-up entitled The Lost Girls, but it never made it in front of cameras, despite numerous attempts on the director’s part.

It’s evidently still a sore spot for all of those involved.

“There were great [follow-up] ideas,” says Sutherland. “Joel had one that was a prequel dating back all the way to the earthquake in San Francisco. The one we talk about in the original.

“The prequel was always going to follow David when he was mortal before he got sucked into the earthquake and got turned. That was Joel’s idea and I thought that was really cool. But apparently Joel was really busy, Warner Bros was really busy and it didn’t happen.”

In 2008, a sequel finally received the green light. Entitled Lost Boys: The Tribe, it featured an entirely new cast of characters, except for Corey Feldman as Edgar Frog.

Feldman was reluctant to return, but was tempted back by a script rewrite.

“They brought on a great writer, Hans Rodionoff, who came up with a great story line,” he says. “In the script, as it is today, I am one of the leads. My involvement is very close to what my involvement was in the first one. So I'm pretty much scattered throughout.”

The film was shot without Corey Haim’s involvement, but in the editing room the filmmakers realised they wanted him back for a credit’s sequence that would set up a possible third Lost Boys. No hard feelings, though.

“They called me three months after that movie was being made,” the actor remembered. “And they said we’d like to do some alternate endings and some re-shoots. And I was like, ‘You know I inquired about this movie and you guys said you didn’t want me, and now you do.’ So, I did it…I mean it’s Lost Boys 2.”

He wasn’t pleased with the end result, however. “They should have done it years ago, or just done it properly. It’s way too late. That’s just my opinion.”

One person who refused to return was Sutherland (whose looky-likey half-brother is the lead vamp in The Tribe).

“No, absolutely not,” says Sutherland. “The Lost Boys was a massive part of my life, it still is. You can’t crap on that. And I’m not going to go out and do a cameo in a DVD release sequel.

“Why they never talked to Joel Schumacher in the past 15 years about doing a proper sequel… If you’re not going to embrace what you’re coming from in its original state… Look, it was hard enough for me to do Young Guns 2 which I ended up thinking – because we were all better – was a better film.”

In March 2009, MTV reported that work was prepping on a third Lost Boys flick branded Lost Boys: The Thirst. Corey Feldman was tipped to be serving as an executive producer as well as reprising his now infamous Frog role.

There’s no word if the sequel will be going ahead without Haim.

After over two decades spent in the media spotlight, it's a tragedy that Haim's life was cut short after just 38 years. He will forever be remembered for his decade-defining performance in The Lost Boys, and for his free-spirited ways, which meant he rarely dwelt on the past.

In a recent interview, Haim said: “I would not change anything from the past, except maybe the hurt I caused my mom and my dad. I would just take the hurt away.

“You know, the hurt that came from them always expecting the call: ‘Your son is dead.’”

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