1995 · horror · drama
The Addiction
Directed by Abel Ferrara1h 22m1995
A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.
Our read: The Addiction (1995) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive horror · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured horror / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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