Vampire's Kiss (1989)
Once afternoon in early 2017, my friend Mia gifted me with one of the greatest experiences of my life: my first time watching Nicolas Cage’s 1989 “horror black comedy” Vampire’s Kiss. This is the perfect testament to strange directorial and dramatic choices, one of the best so-bad-it’s-good flicks I’ve seen in a long time. It tells the story of Peter (Cage) whose life consists of therapy sessions, one night stands, harassing his secretary and getting aroused by bats. There are parts that feel like they are genuine attempts at humour, but others which are funny for completely different reasons - Nicolas Cage’s bizarre accent and mannerisms throughout are a great example. There is even an occasion where the same scene - literally, the exact same shot - is cut and pasted (the visible nipple covers are in the same place and everything) and passed off as another scene. Sometimes Nicolas Cage just yells! Perhaps his real ailment is a lack of ability to reasonably control...