A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.
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Lili Taylor
Kathleen Conklin
Christopher Walken
Peina
Annabella Sciorra
Casanova
Edie Falco
Jean
Paul Calderon
Professor
Fredro Starr
Black
Kathryn Erbe
Anthropology Student
Michael Imperioli
Missionary
Jamal Simmons
Black's Friend
Robert W. Castle
Narrator / Priest
Director
Abel Ferrara
Tagline
"The dark is their sunlight. What makes them different is what keeps them alive."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Revenue
$302,393
Production
Fast Films
Gimly
November 20, 2016
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._
Dsnake1
October 11, 2019
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 firs...
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