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The Addiction

The dark is their sunlight. What makes them different is what keeps them alive.

6.5(333)19951h 22m3

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

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$302.4K
Language
English
  • new york city
  • vampire
  • philosophy
  • addiction

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Abel Ferrara

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSundance Film Festival21 Jan 1995
    • TheatricalNR6 Oct 1995
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1818 Apr 1997
    • Physical18VHS27 Apr 1998
    • Physical18DVD30 Jun 2003
    • Physical18Arrow Video 4k Ultra HD Blu-ray9 Dec 2024
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical10 Apr 1996
    • Physical24 Mar 2021
    • TV12Ciné+ Festival4 Oct 2026
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereBerlin International Film Festival18 Feb 1995
    • Theatrical1627 Mar 1997
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical1831 Mar 1997

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The Addiction was released on 6 October 1995.

Audience reviews

2
  • G

    Gimly

    11/20/2016

    5/10

    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._

  • D

    Dsnake1

    10/11/2019

    6/10

    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 heavy-handed that the film loses sight of the fact it's a horror film. I'd argue it's thought piece first and horror film se…

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