
The Addiction
1995, Horror, 1h 22m
29 Reviews 2,500+ RatingsWhat to know
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Abel Ferrara's 1995 horror/suspense experiment blends urban vampire adventure with philosophical analysis to create a smart, idiosyncratic, and undeniably odd take on the genre. Read critic reviews
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Cast & Crew
Kathleen Conklin
Peina
Casanova
Jean
Professor
Black
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Critic Reviews for The Addiction
All Critics (29) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (7)
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No matter, without exactly transcending the awful material, Ferrara puts it across with astonishing poetry and conviction.
October 20, 2009 | Full Review… -
Scary, funny, magnificently risible, this could be the most pretentious B-movie ever -- and I mean that as a compliment.
June 24, 2006 | Full Review… -
Love him or hate him, Mr. Ferrara is one of the few directors who can turn genre movies into something deeper.
May 20, 2003 | Rating: 3/5 -
Abel Ferrara, working from a rabidly ambitious script by Nicholas St. John, gives the genre a provocative and perversely funny snap that Anne Rice might envy.
May 12, 2001 -
The Addiction is less a blood-sucking story than a fable about modern enervation.
January 1, 2000 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review… -
Macabre and provocative, yet wonderfully restrained.
January 1, 2000 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The Addiction
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Feb 26, 2014[img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img]Directors C Super Reviewer
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Mar 15, 2013an existential vampire film. very disturbing. probably only ferrara could pull this off. fun cameo by chiristopher walken. 'twilight' eat your heart outStella D Super Reviewer
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Sep 08, 2008Stylistically interesting modern (or post-modern) vampire film. It makes a comparison between vampirism and drug addiction (specifically drugs in the visuals), which is unusual. I don't know if it was the director's intention to distance his audience from the characters and events, but that's what I felt. The film probably means more to those who know Philosophy.Kylie B Super Reviewer
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Nov 19, 2007Another great one from Ferrara. Using vampirism as a metaphor for drug addiction would make me puke blood if it were released now, but at the time I thought it was brilliant. When I first saw this I thought the movie was smarter than me, but now that I've grown up big and strong...well big anyway, I might keep up with it. Nevertheless, great film that's stylish as hell with a great payoff.Christopher B Super Reviewer
The Addiction Quotes
Kathleen Conklin: | Our addiction is evil. The propensity for this evil lies in our weakness before it. |
Peina: | The entire world's a graveyard. And we, the birds of prey, picking at the bones. |
Peina: | You learn to control it. You learn, like the Tibetans , to survive on a little. |
Kathleen Conklin: | You know, this obtuseness, it's disheartening, especially in a doctoral candidate. |
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