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6 October 1995 (USA) moreTagline:
The dark is their sunlight. What makes them different is what keeps them alive.Plot:
A New York anthropology grad student turns into a vampire after getting bitten by one, and then tries to come to terms with her new lifestyle and frequent craving for human blood. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
5 wins & 4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Yes We Cannes! (From Fangoria. 29 May 2009, 3:42 PM, PDT)
Abel Ferrara, 50 Cent Do Jekyll and Hyde
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Exceptional low-budget philosophical horror film. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Lili Taylor | ... | Kathleen Conklin | |
| Christopher Walken | ... | Peina | |
| Annabella Sciorra | ... | Casanova | |
| Edie Falco | ... | Jean | |
| Paul Calderon | ... | Professor | |
| Fredro Starr | ... | Black | |
| Kathryn Erbe | ... | Anthropology Student | |
| Michael Imperioli | ... | Missionary | |
| Jamal Simmons | ... | Black's Friend (as Jamel 'Redrum' Simmons) | |
| Michael A. Fella | ... | Cop | |
| Louis Katz | ... | Doctor (as Louis A. Katz) | |
| Leroy Johnson | ... | Homeless Victim #1 | |
| Fred Williams | ... | Homeless Victim #2 | |
| Avron Coleman | ... | Cellist | |
| Lisa Casillo | ... | Mary |
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82 minLanguage:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Italy:VM14 | Norway:18 (TV rating) | Australia:R | Germany:16 | Portugal:M/18 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:UnratedFilming Locations:
New York, USAFun Stuff
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Film critic Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian placed the film at #1 in his top ten films of all time (as submitted for the 2002 Sight & Sound Poll) moreQuotes:
Kathleen: How can we eat or drink? People like us?Peina: I'm not like you. You're nothing. That's something you ought not to forget. You're not a person. You're nothing!
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I Wanna Get High moreFAQ
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Abel Ferrara's moody, allegorical vampire tale makes fascinating and pointed statements on sin and redemption, spirituality and the nature of good (there's precious little of it) and evil (no one is safe from it). And unfortunately, but not surprisingly, it was relatively ignored in America.
Lili Taylor gives a brooding, glib and haunting central performance as Kathleen Conklin, a New York University grad student who is pulled into an alley and bitten by a seductive female vampire (Annabella Sciorra), from which she emerges uncontrollably drawn into a world of violence and insatiable cravings for human blood. Ferrara's irredeemable urban hell landscape is more immediate and frightening than a million Transylvanias and by contrasting Taylor's "addiction" to the horrors of the past (war atrocities, the Holocaust) and present (heroine, AIDS), the film has more bite and impact than any fang-bearing, gore or special effects could even attempt to muster up. Nicolas St. John's intriguing philosophical screenplay and Ken Kelsch's gorgeous black and white photography (creating a world solely of light and dark, which is a key element in the plot), are not to be overlooked either.
Call it pretentious for the philosophy references (Sarte, Nietzche...) if you want, but this highly intelligent and disturbing low-budgeter is one of the most accomplished and well-thought out horror films I've ever seen. Don't let over-hyped, attention hogging Hollywood productions like BRAM STOKER'S Dracula or INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE keep you from seeing it.