The rating on IMDb is 6.6/10, Metascore is 52, but how could I resist it when the movie stars Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, and Susan Sarandon, and opens with the Bauhaus number "Bela Lugosi Is Dead".
Ignore the description on IMDb. There is no love triangle here, and the film is a horror only because there are vampires. It is an atmospheric, slightly psychedelic and surreal drama. Although he is the male lead, David Bowie plays a minor role here with a relatively brief screen time, while the focus is on the fairly good characterization of the Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon characters and the lousy development of their relationship.
The story, at least from my perspective, is quite original, but not developed enough. Although the film is slow-paced, the story is rushed and just as it started, it reached the closing credits. The acting and characterization are satisfactory, although it could have been much better. What really counts in this film is the stunning atmosphere of the fantastically filmed, slightly surreal sex scene between the two female protagonists. Everything else is mediocre at best, and the ending is total nonsense.
6/10.
Ignore the description on IMDb. There is no love triangle here, and the film is a horror only because there are vampires. It is an atmospheric, slightly psychedelic and surreal drama. Although he is the male lead, David Bowie plays a minor role here with a relatively brief screen time, while the focus is on the fairly good characterization of the Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon characters and the lousy development of their relationship.
The story, at least from my perspective, is quite original, but not developed enough. Although the film is slow-paced, the story is rushed and just as it started, it reached the closing credits. The acting and characterization are satisfactory, although it could have been much better. What really counts in this film is the stunning atmosphere of the fantastically filmed, slightly surreal sex scene between the two female protagonists. Everything else is mediocre at best, and the ending is total nonsense.
6/10.