The tragic but, sigh, not so unexpected death of Corey Haim has us thinking about the 80s-era styles he rocked in his most famous roles — as the eager-beaver underdog in Lucas and the motor-mouthed little bro out to slay vampires in The Lost Boys.

As Sam in The Lost Boys, Haim embraced primary-colors, Miami Vice striped blazers and popped-up shirt collars. His hair? A blonde-tipped Flock of Seagulls-lite pompadour.

In Lucas, where he played the underdog lead character pining for the new girl that Charlie Sheen eventually nabbed, Haim rocked an adorably nerdy, timeless style marked by coke-bottle glasses and a crumpled fisherman’s hat.

The troubled actor’s off-screen style veered toward the super-cheesy and spiky-haired in his later teen years (think Dream a Little Dream), but we’ll always remember him on the Lucas football field, his tiny form nearly swallowed by a huge football jersey — out to prove ‘em all wrong.

Photos, from top: Haim in The Lost Boys and Lucas.