Vampires Kiss.
A vain, womanizing New York executive gets home with a lady friend only to get attacked by a bat before sealing the deal. Later he picks up another woman from a bar and while their having sex she bites him. He becomes increasingly convinced he's becoming a vampire!
This is an odd film. It's one of Nicholas Cages early starring roles. He gives his character a weird Bill and Ted slacker accent and has a crazy floppy hair do. As the film progresses he gets to do the now typical Nic Cage schtick of pulling crazy faces at the camera and generally being manic and over the top. It actually works here however as it's pretty much strongly suggested the whole Vampire thing is in his head so it's basically a study of someone going insane. The highlight for me was Cage running down the street screaming "i'm a vampire!"
Maria Conchita Alonso plays a secretary he torments up until a near rape. Its somehow both alarming, disturbing yet oddly funny. Mainly at the expense of Cages character which is why it came across that way rather than disturbingly misogynistic. Jennifer Beals plays the 'vampire' and honestly i'd probably let her bite me too!
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