The Addiction

A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.

Cast

Lili Taylor

as Kathleen Conklin

Christopher Walken

as Peina

Annabella Sciorra

as Casanova

Edie Falco

as Jean

Paul Calderon

as Professor

Fredro Starr

as Black

Kathryn Erbe

as Anthropology Student

Michael Imperioli

as Missionary

Jamal Simmons

as Black's Friend

Robert W. Castle

as Narrator / Priest

Reviews

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._ ...

Dsnake1

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 heav...

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