The Boys Next Door
The Boys Next Door (released as No Apparent Motive in Australia) is a 1985 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by Penelope Spheeris, from a screenplay by Glen Morgan and James Wong. It stars Maxwell Caulfield and Charlie Sheen as two sociopathic teenagers who leave their small town home on the day of their high school graduation and embark on a crime and murder spree.
Plot
Roy Alston and Bo Richards are two outcasts of their high school community. Bo receives $200 as a graduation gift from his grandparents. Facing a lifetime of working blue collar factory jobs in their dead-end hometown, the boys spontaneously decide to use the money to go on a vacation to Los Angeles.
More details
| author | Glen Morgan James Wong |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Penelope Spheeris |
| editor | Andy Horvitch |
| events | serial killer |
| genre | adventure crime drama thriller |
| keywords | arrest beer bottle blaze of glory even gas station gay gay man homosexuality kill la brea tar pits lapd los angeles police department parking lot shopping mall tire iron venice beach boardwalk young couple young women |
| musicBy | George S. Clinton |
| producer | Sandy Howard |
| productionCompany | Republic Entertainment International |
| publisher | New World Communications |
| theme | high school independent neo-noir road movie serial killer |