Everyone thinks that when Nicolas Cage does his crazy shtick, he's really cute. I don't. He reminds me of Rod Steiger. When he's good, he's really good (see Kickass). When he's bad, he's so bad that he can literally ruin and otherwise decent film.That is certainly the case with Vampire's Kiss. This movie came out during the Reagan Era when the homeless crisis was at its height. People hated the homeless; they wrote them off as disgusting bums who probably didn't even graduate from high school and had chosen to become homeless rather than work. The reality is that many of them had been completely responsible adults holding down decent jobs and even raising families before becoming mentally ill. A surprising number had even served their country as vets in Vietnam before PTSD messed them up. If Vampire's Kiss had been cast with a much better actor, it would've been a poignant film exposing how so many of the homeless were just ordinary, hard working people who had fallen through the cracks after becoming mentally ill. Unfortunately, all of this brilliant insight is thrown out the window because of Nicolas Cage, who just decided that he was really acting in some kind of twisted dark comedy. He also seemed to have no idea who or what his character was supposed to be. He's supposed to be playing this high powered, arrogant Yuppie who then starts suffering from schizophrenia as soon as he has a run in with a prostitute. I have no idea what Cage was thinking but he plays the character as if the movie was a slapstick comedy.For example, there's a scene where his character buys fangs and then tries them out in a city park. This is supposed to be the turning point when he falls deeper into his psychosis that he is turning into a vampire. Instead of playing the scene out with any seriousness, he plays it for laughs, screaming, "I'm a vampire! I'm a vampire! I'm a vampire!" People frequently point to that scene as being oh, so funny...the problem is that it wasn't supposed to be funny.In any event, you get the idea. This is not a good movie. People have been trying to make it into something that it's not by claiming it's some kind of dark comedy. But it's not a dark comedy at all. It's a bleak drama in which Nicolas Cage's ineptitude has resulted in unintentionally funny moments. So, a 1/10 for me.

You've probably seen some movies where there are scenes where actors chew up the scenery, where their acting is so bad it goes all the way around to become exquisite acting. But I'm sure you've never seen a WHOLE movie like this! Enter Vampire's Kiss. Nicolas Cage plays a literary agent who slowly goes insane and begins to think he's been bitten by a vampire an is becoming one himself. Now I'm pretty sure it's not all Nic Cage going nuts, I really think it was meant to be acted like this. Nic Cage takes some inspiration from "Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens" and adds his own comic sauce to it. But it's a very strange but incredibly funny experience to watch these scenes. We all know Nic Cage can do crazy but here he doesn't go off the rails, he's on another planet completely. He also has this utterly funny snooty accent that just cracked me up. And despite the silliness of this black comedy there are some scenes where really bad things happen. The film does not seem to mock or neither comment on this insane character but just let's you observe, laugh your ass off and think whatever you want. This movie has grown into a cult film and rightfully so. At first glance you might write it off as a bad movie but it's actually a very funny dark comedy and I would recommend everyone to at least have seen this once in your life! You'll not regret the experience

Vampire's Kiss is a pretty original dark comedy/horror film starring Nicolas Cage in one of his best performances. Cage is an executive in NYC that throughout the course of the movie is convinced he is a vampire. Cage's character is on a rapid downward spiral to complete insanity. Whether loneliness or too much stress is a factor, it is never specified. I have no idea what types of drugs Cage was taking, but he is totally bonkers in this film. Maria Conchita Alonso is his office assistant and doormat of which his abuse towards her escalates throughout the course of the film. Once Cage is convinced he is a vampire, he embraces his destiny. He has an aversion to sunlight and sleeps under his couch upside down like it is a coffin. He even bought some three dollar fangs in the local occult store. Now that's commitment to the lifestyle! Combine George A Romero's Martin with American Psycho if you want to get an idea of the style of Vampire's Kiss. Anyway you slice it this is one freaky deaky film and it works due to Cage's wild, eccentric and absolutely unhinged and explosive performance. If you are looking for something dark, offbeat, but well done this is one you won't want to miss.

What an underrated gem! If you are a fan of Nicolas Cage, this is a must see. Without him, this movie would be awful. Without Nic's tour de force performance this would be a movie you would turn off after the first five minutes of watching it. His performance makes you really wonder how his career would have turned out if he continued to do comedies like this and Raising Arizona. I for one think his career would have been just as successful, if not more. He is absolutely hilarious; every line makes you laugh hysterically. If I had to give this film a letter grade.. Hmm, let me think.. A? B? C? D? E? F? G? H? I? J? K…? Okay, you get the point. (A+ Comedy)