The Addiction

“The dark is their sunlight. What makes them different is what keeps them alive.”

6.5

1995

1h 22m

DramaHorror

Director: Abel Ferrara

Overview

A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.

Trailer

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Cast

Kathleen Conklin

Lili Taylor

Kathleen Conklin

Peina

Christopher Walken

Peina

Casanova

Annabella Sciorra

Casanova

Jean

Edie Falco

Jean

Professor

Paul Calderon

Professor

Black

Fredro Starr

Black

Anthropology Student

Kathryn Erbe

Anthropology Student

Missionary

Michael Imperioli

Missionary

Black's Friend

Jamal Simmons

Black's Friend

Narrator / Priest

Robert W. Castle

Narrator / Priest

Cop

Michael A. Fella

Cop

Doctor

Louis Katz

Doctor

Reviews

Gimly

Even for an arthouse vampire film, it's pretentious, and that's quite an achievement. Existentialism abounds but substance (no pun intended) does not. Good for audio sampling though. _Final rating:★★½ - Not quite for me, but I definitely get the appeal._

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Dsnake1

The Addiction is one of the more thoughtful films about vampirism available today. While the film is incredibly thoughtful, with loads of subtext at every corner, it borders, and sometimes crosses into, pretention. There are times where the narration is attempting to add subtext, but it's so heavy-handed that the film loses sight of the fact it's a horror film. I'd argue it's thought piece first and horror film second, honestly. Maybe that makes it even more frightening. Christopher Walken is wonderful, and Lili Taylor does a fine job, as well. The choice to shoot the film in black and white was a great idea, as well. There's a real focus placed on the ideas the film is pursuing. Even though the subject of the horror in this film are vampires, the movie is truly describing humanity.

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