A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

You can never grow old and you can never die, but you must feed!

Before vampires sparkled, they were cool. They wore leather and rode motorcycles and lived in a place called Santa Carla! To the wearer of this tattoo, I salute you! This was my favourite movie when I was a kid and remains so to this day. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Max.

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More after the jump.

Rooster of Prick Tattoos in San Antonio, Texas sent these shots in. You can see a few more pieces in the portrait tattoo gallery on BME. Here are a couple more for you.

Marco hanging upside down.

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And I must end this post with the sexiest Lost Boy of them all, Dwayne.

I didn’t see any shots of David (though they may have been submitted prior to this batch) but I’m hoping we get to see more of this piece and I’d love to hear from the wearer about why they decided to pay tribute in ink to the greatest vampire film of all time.

Have a great weekend folks and hey, why not rent The Lost Boys (or if you own it like me pull it out of the dvd pile) for the sake of old times. Just don’t invite any vampires in to watch with you!

Comments

16 responses to “You can never grow old and you can never die, but you must feed!”

  1. gogo_savvy Avatar

    Or you could come to Santa Cruz and come hang out on the train bridge! 🙂 Ohhhh Lost Boys.

  2. Jen Avatar

    I would be so happy if I could hang out on the train bridge!

  3. Furnace Avatar
    Furnace

    Very nice work. Loved that movie myself.

  4. big joe Avatar
    big joe

    FUCK twilight….lOsT bOyS forever!

  5. Sand Avatar
    Sand

    When can se expect some BME Tour content? I feel as though it has been a month or so.

  6. oppositronic Avatar
    oppositronic

    the only way to tell a true vampire fan is that they keep saying “Real Vampires Don’t Sparkle” over and over and over again continuously. works every time.

  7. Jen Avatar

    Because they don’t! THEY DON’T!!!! 😉

    Sand – I don’t know, I’m not one of the tour crew. I know there is A LOT of content and that it’s being edited. That’s about all I can tell you.

  8. kyl Avatar
    kyl

    oh jesus. i totally forgot about single dangley ear-rings.

  9. oppositronic Avatar
    oppositronic

    jen, actually according to a lot of classical vampire literature, vampires technically do sparkle i.e. david bowie in The Hunger

  10. Ashley Avatar
    Ashley

    This made me in ways I can’t even explain. Props.

  11. Natalie Avatar
    Natalie

    Ah, Dwayne. Always my favourite 😉 I grew up on this movie, you can’t beat a bit of Lost Boys.

  12. areku Avatar
    areku

    Ah, Lost Boys. I still can’t get over the one line.
    ‘My blood is in your veins, Michael.’
    ‘SO IS MINE!’

    I know it was meant to be confrontational against the primary antagonist, but still. It makes me giggle a bit hearing it.

    But regardless. I share the sentiment of the previous posts. A vampire should not sparkle unless you count BURSTING INTO FLAME as sparkling.

  13. Artemis Avatar
    Artemis

    Oh my GODS, I love that movie too. It’s in my top 5 (which change order depending on the situation/genre I want) and has been up there for years.

    The art is amazing as well. Color me impressed!

  14. Linus Avatar

    Every mortals either human or vampire need foods,but with difference appetite

  15. ROOSTER Avatar

    Thanks for the positive feed back! We have it all just about done. You can check it out on http://www.myspace.com/rooster1313

  16. adethia Avatar
    adethia

    keifer sutherland makes a hot vampire, love lost boys

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