The Addiction

Watch: The Addiction

10/6/19951h 22m

Theatrical Release (US)

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

Overview:

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

Director:

Abel Ferrara

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

new york city
vampire
philosophy
addiction

Cast

Lili Taylor

~ as ~

Kathleen Conklin

Christopher Walken

~ as ~

Peina

Annabella Sciorra

~ as ~

Casanova

Edie Falco

~ as ~

Jean

Paul Calderon

~ as ~

Professor

Fredro Starr

~ as ~

Black

Kathryn Erbe

~ as ~

Anthropology Student

Michael Imperioli

~ as ~

Missionary

Jamal Simmons

~ as ~

Black's Friend

Robert W. Castle

~ as ~

Narrator / Priest

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Reviews (2)

Gimly
Written 8 year(s) ago
5
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
Written 5 year(s) ago
6
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.