The Addiction // Fang Favorites

“A quivering nexus of AIDS allegory, identity crisis, historical unease, and socio-economic panic.” — SLANT MAGAZINE dir. Abel Ferrara / 1995 / 84 min. As the “Disneyfication” of New York City takes root, a morbid grad student (Taylor) is bitten by a vampire seductress (Annabella Sciorra) and must navigate the shadows while tempering her growing addiction to blood. In the midst of his most prolific, hard-hitting burst of filmmaking (basically that whole decade), notorious provacateur Abel Ferrara (MS. 45, KING OF NEW YORK) crafted this loving portrait of New York and a hellish portrait of heroin filtered through the darkest poetic lens. Filmed beautifully in black and white, THE ADDICTION sees Ferrara on his own terms and at his very best: raw, shocking, intelligent, and masterful. Every Friday in October, a Stray Cat programmer chose a Fang Favorite to immortalize this holiday season. Prepare to feast on blood, seduction, and a whole lot of angst!