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The Boys Next Door (1985)

The Boys Next Door poster
Directed by
Penelope Spheeris
Genre
drama film, crime film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
R
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 103 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two teenage friends go on a violent rampage after graduating high school. They leave their small town and commit a series of crimes and murders with no clear reason.

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What happens

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. The film was Spheeris' second narrative feature following Suburbia (1984), and was released by New World Pictures on November 1, 1985. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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