The Addiction

The Addiction is a 1995 American vampire film directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Lili Taylor, Edie Falco, Paul Caldern, Kathryn Erbe and Christopher Walken. It was written by Ferraras regular screenwriter, Nicholas St John, filmed in blackandwhite and released simultaneously with Ferraras period gangster film, The Funeral.

Kathleen Conklin Taylor, a young philosophy student at New York University, is attacked by a woman Annabella Sciorra, who tells her order me to go away and, when the frightened Kathleen is unable to do so, bites her neck and drinks her blood. Kathleen develops several of the traditional symptoms of vampirism, including aversion to daylight, but the films main focus is on her moral degradation. It is hinted that vampires become immortal in this film, but the price is an addiction to blood. Vampires are shown repeatedly resorting to the strategy of blaming their victims for not being strong enough to resist them. As one of Kathleens victims weeps incredulously over the damage, Kathleen coldly informs her My indifference is not the concern here its your astonishment that needs studying. Eventually Kathleen meets Peina Walken, who claims to have almost conquered his addiction, and as a result is almost human. For a time he keeps her in his home trying to help her overcome hers, recommending that she read William S. Burroughs Naked Lunch. At her graduation party, she says Id like to share a little bit of what Ive learned she and her victims now vampires themselves attack the party goers, participating in a bloody, chaotic vampire orgy.After the party, kathleen appears to be wracked with regret and wanders the streets. She ends up in a hospital and asks the nurse to let her die. The nurse says no one will let her die. Kathleen then decides to commit suicide by asking the nurse to open the window shades. ........

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