After an encounter with a neck-biter, a publishing executive thinks that he's turning into a vampire.After an encounter with a neck-biter, a publishing executive thinks that he's turning into a vampire.After an encounter with a neck-biter, a publishing executive thinks that he's turning into a vampire.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
- Emilio
- (as Bob Lujan)
- Donald
- (as John Walker)
- Fantasy Cabbie
- (as Boris Leskin)
- Theater Guy
- (as David Pierce)
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Nicolas Cage on the Roles That Changed His Life
Nicolas Cage on the Roles That Changed His Life
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- TriviaChristian Bale had used Nicolas Cage's performance in this film as inspiration for his role as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho (2000). The characters and films share striking similarities.
- GoofsDuring both sex scenes with Rachel and Peter in Peter's bed, the flesh colored pad covering Jennifer Beals' nipple is clearly visible.
- Quotes
Peter Loew: Shouldn't the copy be in that file? It should, right?
Dr. Glaser: Yes.
Peter Loew: Right? Hmmm. Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep.
Dr. Glaser: Unless, of course, it's somehow been somehow misfiled.
Peter Loew: MIS-filed?
Dr. Glaser: Yes, misfiled. Sometimes somebody puts a document in the wrong file and then it's misfiled. It makes it much harder to find.
Peter Loew: Who? Who? What do you mean, who? How could somebody MIS-file something? What could be easier? It's all alphabetical. You just PUT it IN the RIGHT FILE! According to ALPHABETICAL ORDER! You know - A, B, C, D, E, F, G!
Dr. Glaser: Peter...
Peter Loew: H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P!
Dr. Glaser: Peter...
Peter Loew: Q, R, S, T, U, V!
Dr. Glaser: Oh, Peter...
Peter Loew: W, X, Y, Z! HUH? THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO!
Dr. Glaser: Very good, you know your alphabet.
Peter Loew: I NEVER MISFILED ANYTHING! NOT ONCE, NOT ONE TIME! I wanna know, really, WHO DID?
Dr. Glaser: I cannot possibly tell you that.
Peter Loew: You can't?
Dr. Glaser: No, I can't.
Peter Loew: Hah! And you call yourself a psychiatrist?
- ConnectionsEdited into Leet Fighters: Mojado Mexican (2014)
The elephant in the room is Nick Cage. His performance is excellent, but takes getting used to. He is hilariously over the top, moving like Max Schrek on Caffine pills. He talks in a petulant and whiny 'vaguely British' voice, also leading to some really goofy line readings. However despite this camp factor, there is depth here. Cage is also believable here, he stays perfectly true to the character throughout and forms a unique identity that can only be found here. It reminds me of Christian Bale in 'American Psycho', which is fitting as Bale based his performance off this film. One aspect I will bring up often here is thee film's re-watch value, suffice to say that Cage's performance changes and shifts upon numerous viewings.
Next is the direction. It showcases some great shots of New York, almost making it feel alive. The cinematography highlights the striking architecture and uneven lighting of the city, almost showing it to be a real life translation of classic horror settings. However it also shows the clinical detachment of such a large city, and the Yuppie culture that has grown from it. The other performances match this films dual nature also, taking classic horror roles at times, and being typical Yuppie's at others.
Night and Day, Gothic and Modern, Deep and Funny, Dark and Light. This film performs an entirely unique juggling act that has never been matched since. Both a homage to classic horror tales, and a deconstruction of the 80's Yuppie lifestyle.
- theblackscythe
- Sep 28, 2014
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Vampire's Kiss - Ein beißendes Vergnügen
- Filming locations
- St. Nicholas Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church, 288 E 10th St, New York City, New York, USA(Peter begs parishoners to kill him)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $2,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $725,131
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $96,699
- Jun 4, 1989
- Gross worldwide
- $727,998
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1