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Habit

starring: Alan Bandit, Aaron Beall, Michael Buscemi, Dale Cameron (II), Patricia Coleman (II)
directed by: Larry Fessenden

: Habit
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781572526402
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 1572526408
Label: Fox Lorber
Manufacturer: Fox Lorber
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Fox Lorber
Release Date: October 12, 1999
Running Time: 112 minutes
Sales Rank: 45711
Studio: Fox Lorber
Theatrical Release Date: November 14, 1997



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Description:
When Sam meets Anna, his alcoholic delusions lead him to believe she is a vampire. His dilemma becomes a struggle with sanity, truth and fiction, all the while straining his relationships with friends and family.

Amazon.com:
New York indie filmmaker Larry Fessenden wrote, directed, and stars in this 1997 tale of urban vampirism overlooked in the wake of two similar productions, Michael Almereyda's Nadja and Abel Ferrara's The Addiction. Less precious then the former and less pretentious than the latter, Habit is a modest, intelligent study of loneliness, addiction, and urban alienation. Fessenden stars as alcoholic hero Sam, a shabby, shaggy guy in a dead-end job who falls madly in love with a mysterious young woman (Meredith Snaider). She'll only see him at night, draws blood during ferocious, animalistic sexual encounters, and has a strange habit of disappearing, but when he suspects she's more than she appears, his life turns from romantic idyll to sinister nightmare. Fessenden makes an oddly charming lead with his crooked, broken-toothed smile and distracted demeanor, and Snaider is appropriately cryptic as she blows in and out of his life with nary an explanation. Shot in the streets of New York in a style that recalls John Cassavetes (a hero of Fessenden's), the picture periodically loses itself in side stories and long conversations, and Fessenden doesn't quite have the resources to make the jump from naturalism to supernatural. But at their best his low-budget special effects take on an eerie beauty, turning this indie bloodsucker into a compelling paranoid psychodrama. The DVD also features a making-of featurette directed and narrated by Fessenden. --Sean Axmaker



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - I LOVE vampire movies - I fell ASLEEP during this one....
It has a "home movie" feel, which I normally like - however, "Habit" completely drags on in almost ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - What did I get from this film? #1: Never drink around vampires
I support local filmmaking. I support the independent artist that wants to express himself/herself ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Vampire Love Story
I highly recommend this movie to all the vampire lovers out there. It is a very realistic, modern day ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - East Village captured.
Best capture of NY's East Village in it's hey day yet. Snaider is amazing.


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Sexy, Smart, and Very Well Made
Larry Fessenden is an excellent director. I appreciated HABIT very much, having sat through numerous ... Read More

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