Vampire's Kiss

“Peter Loew, an publishing executive, has problems. He's narcissistic in a classic, NYC 80s fashion, he's a control freak (long before OCD became "cool”

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1473 movies items)

" Vampire's Kiss is a 1989 American black comedy horror film directed by Robert Bierman and written by Joseph Minion. Starring Nicolas Cage, María Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals, and Elizabeth Ashley, the film tells the story of a literary agent who falls in love with a vampire. It was a box office failure but went on to become a cult film. A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a woman and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come "

“Peter Loew, an publishing executive, has problems. He's narcissistic in a classic, NYC 80s fashion, he's a control freak (long before OCD became "cool”

"The pic that launched a thousand memes!"

“Peter Loew, an publishing executive, has problems. He's narcissistic in a classic, NYC 80s fashion, he's a control freak (long before OCD became "cool"), he's a misogynist and he has serious relationship issues. After his most recent break-up, he has a too-good-to-be-true encounter with the sultry and beautiful Rachel. "Too-good-to-be-true" is, perhaps, an understatement and kicks off a tour-de-force performance by Nicolas Cage. Vampirism is an allegoric look into Peter's decent into madness. Was Rachel truly a vampire? As Peter's "sire," was she controlling him (one of Peter's phobias) or an outlet of his misogyny? Cage's truly unhinged performance features sly vampire trope references, such as Peter eating a cockroach, a la Renfield from Dracula (Cage really ate one in the movie!), as we” read more

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Favorite Horror Films: 1989 (27 movies items)

" Directed by: Robert Bierman Produced by: John Daly, Derek Gibson, Barry Shils, and Barbara Zitwer Written by: John Minion Cinematography: Stefan Czapsky Edited by: Angus Newton Music by: Colin Towns Distributed by: Hemdale Film Corporation"

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