The Boys Next Door (1985)

Director:

Penelope Spheeris

Writers:

Glen Morgan (writer)
James Wong (writer)

Release Date:

October 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Young. Handsome. Desirable. Deadly.

Plot:

Roy and Bo leave their small town the weekend after graduation for a short road trip to LA. Soon, they...

Plot Keywords:

Violence | Serial Killer | Hate Crime | Gay Slur | Dead Teen Couple

Cast

Maxwell Caulfield	...	Roy Alston
Charlie Sheen	...	Bo Richards
Patti D'Arbanville	...	Angie
Christopher McDonald	...	Detective Mark Woods
Hank Garrett	...	Detective Ed Hanley
Paul C. Dancer	...	Chris
Richard Pachorek	...	Boyfriend
Lesa Lee	...	Girlfriend
Kenneth Cortland	...	Dwayne
Moon Unit Zappa	...	Nancy
Dawn Schneider	...	Bonnie
Kurt Christian	...	Shakir
Don Draper	...	Mr. Heaton
Blackie Dammett	...	Bartender
Phil Rubenstein	...	Gutfield
James Carrington	...	Ross
Grant Heslov	...	Joe Gonzales
Michael Lewis	...	Kanter
Leonard O. Turner	...	Sergeant
Vance Colvig Jr.	...	Old Man
Jeff Prettyman	...	Al
Claudia Templeton	...	Girl at Beach
Ron Ross	...	Drunk
Carlos Guitarlos	...	Patient
Helen Brown	...	Old Woman at Beach
Hettie Lynne Hurtes	...	Anchorwoman
Sarah Lilly	...	Female Officer
Jimmy Ford	...	Bob the Jock
James Bolt	...	Student
Joseph Michael Cala	...	Gas Station Owner
Mary Tiffany	...	Woman #1
Marilou Conway	...	Woman #2
Mark Stanton	...	Student #1
Kevi Kendall	...	Student #2
Carmen Filpi	...	Bum
Christina Beck	...	Punk Girl
John Davey	...	Watkins
Geoff Brewer	...	Security Guard
Toby Iland	...	Tom
Richard Halpern	...	Boy
John Escobar	...	Policeman #1
Ray Lykins	...	Policeman #2
Judie David	...	Female Security Guard
Texacala Jones	...	Street Band
Pinkie Tessa	...	Street Band
Tequila Mockingbird	...	Street Band
Maggie Ehrig	...	Street Band
Ted Quinn	...	Street Band
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maria Michaels	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Penelope Spheeris

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Glen Morgan		writer
James Wong		writer

Produced by
Sandy Howard	....	producer
Don Levin	....	executive producer
Michael S. Murphey	....	associate producer
Mel Pearl	....	executive producer
Keith Rubinstein	....	producer
Joel Soisson	....	associate producer

Original Music by
George S. Clinton

Cinematography by
Arthur Albert

Film Editing by
Andy Horvitch

Casting by
Debra Rubinstein

Makeup Department
Mark Shostrom	....	special makeup effects artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Warren Lewis	....	assistant director

Art Department
Audri Phillips	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Craig Felburg	....	production sound mixer
Roy Pahlman	....	sound re-recording mixer

Stunts
Rick Barker	....	stunts
Jennifer Barlow	....	stunts
Dan Bradley	....	stunt coordinator
Scott Alan Cook	....	stunts
Ray Lykins	....	stunts
Debby Lynn Ross	....	stunts

Other crew
Buddy Enright	....	production assistant
Susan Malerstein	....	script supervisor
Victoria Plummer	....	production coordinator
Mike Ruscio	....	stand-in
Si Timberman	....	stand-in

Production Companies

• Republic Entertainment International

Distributors

• Metropolitan Filmexport (1987) (France) (theatrical)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• Aquarius TV (1993) (Greece) (TV)
• Look Filmes (Brazil) (VHS) (as "Jovens Assassinos")
• New World Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• New World Pictures
• Scanbox Entertainment (2003) (Finland) (DVD)
• Starmaker Video (video)
• TV3 (1992) (Finland) (TV)
• Transvídeo (Brazil) (VHS) (as "Ódio Cego")

Also Known As:

Big Shots
Blind Rage (USA) (working title (video title))
Death Takes a Holiday (USA) (working title)
No Apparent Motive (Australia) (video title)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 (theatrical rating) | Germany:18 | Finland:(Banned) (1987) (video) | Finland:K-18 (2002) (DVD) (self applied) | UK:18 (cut video version) | France:-16 | Norway:18 | USA:R (certificate # 27648)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Republic Entertainment International

Quotes:

Bo Richards: All I wanted was some gas!

Soundtrack:

Spellbound

One of the best films ever made! Excellent performances!!!!

This movie is definitely Charlie Sheen's best work! Maxwell Caulfield is another great underrated actor! Penelope Spheeris Directed this dark, disturbing film about two high school outcasts (Sheen & Caulfield) who take a road trip to L.A. and decide to snap and start killing people. It shows the minds of some disturbed teens who are tired of being put down by others.

Seeing this movie again reminded me of the tragedy that happened at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado where two outcast students went on a bloody rampage and killed 15 people including themselves at their school.Maxwell Caulfield portrays the very psychotic Roy who does most of the killing. I'd recommend this film to anyone!