“The dark is their sunlight. What makes them different is what keeps them alive.”
A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.
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._
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…
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A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.
The movie stars Lili Taylor, Christopher Walken, Annabella Sciorra, Edie Falco, Paul Calderon and more.
The Addiction was released in 1995 and is streaming free on FlixWow.
The Addiction holds a rating of 6.5/10 from viewer votes (320 ratings). Watch it free on FlixWow and judge for yourself.
