The Neon Demon
The Neon Demon is a 2016 arthouse horror film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, co-written by Mary Laws, Polly Stenham, and Refn, and starring Elle Fanning. The plot follows an aspiring model in Los Angeles whose beauty and youth generate intense fascination and envy within the fashion industry. Supporting roles are played by Karl Glusman, Jena Malone, Bella Heathcote, Abbey Lee, Desmond Harrington, Christina Hendricks, and Keanu Reeves.
Plot
Following the unexplained deaths of her parents, 16 year-old aspiring model Jesse has just moved from a small unnamed town in Georgia to Los Angeles. She meets photographer Dean, who does her first shoot, and makeup artist Ruby, who introduces fellow older models Gigi and Sarah, who are interested in her physical appearance and in her sexual experiences, which Jesse pretends to have had.
More details
| author | Mary Laws Nicolas Winding Refn Polly Stenham |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Nicolas Winding Refn |
| editor | Matthew Newman |
| events | beauty envy model rivalry youth |
| genre | horror thriller |
| keywords | bath break in cast casting call consume parts of her body cosmetic surgery cougar door lock end even fashion designer fashion show female corpse fidget force georgia human cannibalism makeup artist mojave desert moonlight morgue motel room narcissism narcissistic necrophilia open pleasures herself with a female corpse reject unexplained deaths |
| musicBy | Cliff Martinez |
| producer | Lene Børglum Sidonie Dumas Vincent Maraval |
| productionCompany | Bold Films Space Rocket Nation Vendian Entertainment |
| publisher | Amazon Studios Broad Green Pictures Le Pacte Scanbox Entertainment The Jokers |
| recordedAt | Canfield-Moreno Estate |
| theme | fashion independent psychological horror |