Nadja

This stylish combination of expressionistic horror and deadpan black comedy centers on the activities of a beautiful female vampire on the streets of New York City. Playing fast and loose with the Dracula legend, the film examines the legendary count's children, particularly the alluring and ...more

An exercise in deadpan irony, Michael Almereyda's vampire film begins intriguingly but runs out of ideas before it's half over. The strikingly beautiful Elina Lowensohn stars as a vampire roaming New York's downtown scene in search of a new life. The cryptic, black-garbed wraith, whose conversation runs to low-key philosophical non sequiturs, has little difficulty in blending into the landscape. Also in town is vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Fonda), an eccentric figure who's just been ...more