Bruce Wayne isn't the only bat-man haunting the movies these days. There's also Peter Loew of Vampire's Kiss. By day a Manhattan literary agent, Peter (Nicolas Cage) stands revealed as a vampire by moonlight.
Or so he imagines. Peter, you see, is cracking up: Believing that he's a creature of the night is the form that his madness takes.
Just why Peter is losing his mind isn't specified in the film, but you sense it has something to do with the pressures of city life. He focuses on his vampire obsession soon after a sexual encounter is interrupted by a bat flying in through his window. As Peter later confesses to his therapist (Elizabeth Ashley), he's more aroused by the sight of the bat than by the touch of his bedpartner.
The gradual deterioration of a man's sanity is not a pretty sight, and Vampire's Kiss is definitely not for everyone. The film is psychologically disturbing in ways that more conventional horror pictures aren't. And it also offers a lot of sick humor. Every time Peter takes on a new vampirelike characteristic, you laugh . . . and then you gasp at how crazy he must be.
Vampire's Kiss, directed by Robert Bierman and written by Joseph Minion (After Hours), features Maria Conchita Alonso as Peter's unsuspecting secretary and Jennifer Beals as a vampire queen. The R-rated film is on view at Fashion Square Cinema.
ed by Robert Bierman and written by Joseph Minion (After Hours), features Maria Conchita Alonso as Peter's unsuspecting secretary and Jennifer Beals as a vampire queen. The R-rated film is on view at Fashion Square Cinema.
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