Synopsis
A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his affliction. The vampire continues to visit and drink his blood, and as his madness deepens, it begins to look as if some of the events he's experiencing may be hallucinations.
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Cast
- Nicolas CagePeter Loew
- María Conchita AlonsoAlva Restrepo
- Jennifer BealsRachel
- Elizabeth AshleyDr. Glaser
- Kasi LemmonsJackie
- Robert LujanEmilio
- Boris LeskinFantasy Cabbie
- John Michael HigginsEd
- Amy StillerTheater Girl
- Jessica LundySharon
Recommendations
- 70
TV Guide Magazine
But what truly distinguishes the movie is Cage's performance, which is so off the wall that even if you don't like it you have to watch in awe. - 70
The New Yorker
The picture seems to crumble... because the writer and director don't distinguish Loew's fantasies from his actual life... But with Cage in the role we certainly see the delusions at work. This daring kid starts over the top and just keeps going. He's airily amazing. [12 June 1989] - 50
Entertainment Weekly
Playing a sleazeball who has stumbled upon an excellent excuse for his bent, Cage holds the movie together as best he can. More important, he nails down his unique approach to acting, managing to be simultaneously stylized and naturalistic. [7 June 1996, p.66] - 40
Empire
A bold but ultimately doomed effort that will irritate all but cultists of the bizarre and the most rabid fans of Mr. Cage. - 30
Variety
Cage's over-the-top performance generates little sympathy for the character, so it's tough to be interested in him as his personality disorder worsens. - 25
Chicago Tribune
Called upon to blend the fey and the fiendish, the usually fine Cage is reduced to acting like some kind of combination of Dudley Moore and John Carradine. Throughout, though, he seems to be enjoying it; I can't imagine why. [2 June 1989, Friday, p.E] - 25
San Francisco Chronicle
It's hard to tell if Cage's performance is a grand stab at all-out, no-holds-barred comic acting or one of the worst dramatic performances in a film this year. [2 June 1989, Daily Datebook, p.E8] - 20
Washington Post
Stone-dead bad, incoherently bad... Cage acts as if he has been taking hits off of Dennis Hopper's gas mask. There's no way to overstate it: This is scorched-earth acting -- the most flagrant scenery chewing I've ever seen.
