The read
A Balasaur Score of 62 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 62%, Metacritic 52/100. Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 73% of the 576 1980s horror movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes62%
Metacritic52/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
677 audience votes
Key crew
- Tony ScottDirector
- Michael ThomasScreenplay
- Denny JaegerOriginal Music Composer
- Michel RubiniOriginal Music Composer
- James CostiganScreenplay
Cast
- Catherine DeneuveMiriam Blaylock
- David BowieJohn Blaylock
- Susan SarandonSarah Roberts
- Cliff DeYoungTom Haver
- Beth EhlersAlice Cavender
- Dan HedayaLieutenant Allegrezza
- Rufus CollinsCharlie Humphries
- Suzanne BertishPhyllis
- James AubreyRon
- Ann MagnusonYoung Woman from Disco
- John Stephen HillYoung Man from Disco
- Shane RimmerArthur Jelinek
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Themes
new york citybased on novel or bookimmortalityvampirepremature agingresearch laboratoryurban gothicanimal research