The Addiction (1995)

19951h 16mdir. Abel FerraraUnited Stateshorror filmvampire film

Note: this print runs 76 minutes against a recorded 82 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Lili Taylor, Annabella Sciorra, Christopher Walken, Paul Calderón, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Fred Williams, Fredro Starr

Directed by Abel Ferrara

The Addiction still

The Addiction is a 1995 American vampire horror film directed by Abel Ferrara, written by Nicholas St. John, and starring Lili Taylor, Christopher Walken, Annabella Sciorra, Edie Falco, Paul Calderón, Fredro Starr, Kathryn Erbe, and Michael Imperioli. The film follows a philosophy doctoral student who is turned into a vampire after being bitten by a woman during a chance encounter on the streets of New York City. After the attack, she struggles coming to terms with her new life and begins developing an addiction for human blood. The film was shot in black-and-white and has been considered an allegory about drug addiction and the theological concept of sin.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.

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