Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.
- new york city
- based on novel or book
- immortality
- vampire
- premature aging
- research laboratory
- urban gothic
- animal research
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Catherine Deneuve
Miriam Blaylock
David Bowie
John Blaylock
Susan Sarandon
Sarah Roberts
Cliff DeYoung
Tom Haver
- Beth Ehlers — Alice Cavender
- Dan Hedaya — Lieutenant Allegrezza
- Rufus Collins — Charlie Humphries
- Suzanne Bertish — Phyllis
- James Aubrey — Ron
- Ann Magnuson — Young Woman from Disco
- John Stephen Hill — Young Man from Disco
- Shane Rimmer — Arthur Jelinek
- Peter Murphy — Performer in Club (uncredited)
- Douglas Lambert — TV Host
- Bessie Love — Lillybelle
- Directed
- Tony Scott
- Written
- Michael Thomas, James Costigan
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 669 ratings
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, The Richard Shepherd Company
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
