The Addiction1995

🏆 5 wins & 4 nominations total

Horror Vault's take

Shot in stark black and white on the streets of New York City, The Addiction follows a philosophy doctoral student whose life is violently upended when she contracts a vampiric condition that forces her to confront the darkest questions of human nature. As her hunger grows uncontrollable, she turns to the writings of Nietzsche, Sartre, and others in a desperate attempt to intellectualize — or justify — what she is becoming. Director Abel Ferrara uses the vampire mythology as a raw, unflinching metaphor for substance dependency and the limits of willpower. The result is a cerebral, deeply unsettling descent that lingers long after the credits roll.

Content: Blood And Vampire Feeding, Drug Use Imagery, Disturbing Philosophical Content, Some Violence