Directed by Philip Ridley | 96 mins | 1990
A word-of-mouth sensation at Cannes, Philip Ridley’s debut feature is a macabre, magic hour-tinted work of Prairie Gothic—a Lynchian riff on “Days of Heaven,” spiked with intimations of the supernatural. Eight-year-old Seth Dove (Jeremy Cooper) becomes convinced that a neighboring widow is a vampire, and watches with horror as a romance blooms between her and his troubled elder brother, Cameron—played by Viggo Mortensen in one of his first starring roles.