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The Addiction

1995

Abel Ferrara

Lili Taylor, Christopher Walken, Annabella Sciorra, Paul Calderon ...

6.4

3,011

Horror Kathleen Conklin was just a normal student attending college. While walking home one night she is dragged off the street and bitten by a strange woman. Soon Kathleen goes from being a normal student to being a vampire. Kathleen's need for blood is similar to a drug addict's need for drugs, and we watch as she goes from one fix to the next.

	Media	Author	Review
		Caryn James The New York Times	"Ferrara is one of the few directors who can turn genre movies into something deeper (...) Taylor gives a stunning performance"
		Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times	"Although Ferrara dares to be intellectual in a manner virtually unique in commercial American cinema, he nevertheless doesn’t forget how to entertain in the gory, bravura manner associated with him"
		Todd McCarthy Variety	"[It] is dramatically surprising, stylishly made in black-and-white and very well acted, especially by Lili Taylor in the leading role"
		Kim Newman Empire	"Not to everyone's taste but certainly haunting in theme and visuals (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"It's mesmerizing to watch Ferrara go for broke"

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