Drama

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The Addiction

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United States of America

English

Lili Taylor

Christopher Walken

Annabella Sciorra

Edie Falco

Paul Calderon

Fredro Starr

Kathryn Erbe

Michael Imperioli

Jamal Simmons

Robert W. Castle

Michael A. Fella

Louis Katz

Leroy Johnson

Fred Williams

Avron Coleman

Lisa Casillo

Frank Aquilino

Nicholas De Cegli

Jay Julien

Chuck Jeffreys

Edward Conna

Nancy Ellen Anzalone

Susan Mitchell

John Vincent McEvily

Bianca Pratt

Christina Campanella

Anthony Giangrande

Kevin Scullin

Heather Bracken

Abel Ferrara

Nicholas St. John

Mayin Lo

Sara Baldocchi

Mary Prlain

Linda Grimes

Wayne Herndon

Kate Morgan

Jean Block

Patricia Regan

Fernando Sulichin

Denis Hann

Blaise Corrigan

Joe Delia

Preston L. Holmes

Russell Simmons

Charles M. Lagola

Beth Curtis

Melinda Eshelman

Héctor Cordero

Raymond Karpicki

Mel Zelniker

Clancy T. Troutman

Ken Kelsch

Antony Blinken

Marla Hanson

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._


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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Lili Taylor

Christopher Walken

Annabella Sciorra

Edie Falco

Paul Calderon

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