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Abel Ferrara's 1995 horror/suspense experiment blends urban vampire adventure with philosophical analysis to create a smart, idiosyncratic, and undeniably odd take on the genre. Read critic reviews
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Movie Info
A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.
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Genre: Horror
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Original Language: English
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Director: Abel Ferrara
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Producer: Fernando Sulichin, Denis Hann
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Writer: Nicholas St. John
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Distributor: Polygram, October Films
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Production Co: October Films
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Sound Mix: Surround
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an existential vampire film. very disturbing. probably only ferrara could pull this off. fun cameo by chiristopher walken. 'twilight' eat your heart out
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Stylistically interesting modern (or post-modern) vampire film. It makes a comparison between vampirism and drug addiction (specifically drugs in the visuals), which is unusual. I don't know if it was the director's intention to distance his audience from the characters and events, but that's what I felt. The film probably means more to those who know Philosophy.
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Another great one from Ferrara. Using vampirism as a metaphor for drug addiction would make me puke blood if it were released now, but at the time I thought it was brilliant. When I first saw this I thought the movie was smarter than me, but now that I've grown up big and strong...well big anyway, I might keep up with it. Nevertheless, great film that's stylish as hell with a great payoff.
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