Movie

The Addiction

1995 · 82 min

A grim, talky descent into urban night, blending vampire horror with philosophical debate and a pervasive sense of dread.

Tagline: The dark is their sunlight. What makes them different is what keeps them alive.
Overview: A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Addiction, identity, morality, guilt
Content: Strong violence, gore and language. Mild sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: addiction
identity
morality
guilt
isolation
Places: big city
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild