Habit

United States

1996

112 Min

Color

1.33:1

English

Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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CAST Larry Fessenden, Meredith Snaider, Aaron Beall, Patricia Coleman, Heather Woodbury, Jesse Hartman, Kelly Reichardt, Michael Buscemi

SOUND Larry Fessenden, Bill Chesley

Chicago, Oldenburg

Synopsis

A world-weary and sloppy drunk, Sam succumbs to the temporary solace of Anna, a mysterious woman with whom he shares sultry nights on the streets. But as their passion mounts, his health declines and his hangovers take on an hallucinogenic horror. Slowly, he becomes convinced that Anna is a vampire. But is she? –Inbaseline

Director

Larry Fessenden

Larry Fessenden, nominee for the 2010 Piaget Spirit Award for producing, and winner of the 1997 Someone to Watch Spirit Award, is the writer, director and editor of the award-winning art-horror trilogy HABIT (Nominated for 2 Spirit Awards), WENDIGO and NO TELLING. His recent film, THE LAST WINTER (Nominated for a 2007 Gotham Award for best ensemble cast), starring Ron Perlman, Connie Britton and James Le Gros, premiered at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival and is distributed by IFC.

Fessenden subsequently directed SKIN AND BONES, starring Doug Jones, for NBC V’s horror anthology show FEAR ITSELF. Fessenden wrote the screenplay with Guillermo del Toro of ORPHANAGE, an English language remake of the successful Spanish film EL ORFANATO, which was produced by del Toro. Fessenden won the 2009 Golden Hammer Award from the website Hammer to Nail for “being such an inspiring force in the industry.”

2010 sees Fessenden producing, hosting and curating with Glenn McQuaid the highly… read more

2010 sees Fessenden producing, hosting and curating with Glenn McQuaid the highly ambitious audio series TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE, featuring genre favorites reimagining the radio play.

As a character actor Fessenden has appeared in numerous films, recently being sited with a special Jury mention for best performance at the 2009 Slamdance Film Festival for his role in Glenn McQuaid’s I SELL THE DEAD. He has appeared in Neil Jordan’s THE BRAVE ONE, Joe Swanberg’s SILVER BULLETS, Jim Jarmusch’s BROKEN FLOWERS, Kelly Reichardt’s WENDY AND LUCY, Martin Scorsese’s BRINGING OUT THE DEAD, Steve Buscemi’s ANIMAL FACTORY, Jim Mickle’s STAKE LAND and MULBERRY STREET, Brad Anderson’s VANISHING ON 7TH STREET and SESSION 9, and IMAGINARY HEROES by Dan Harris. Fessenden stars in HABIT, and the Sundance pictures MARGARITA HAPPY HOUR (Ilya Chaiken) and RIVER OF GRASS (Kelly Reichardt).

Fessenden has been a producer on various projects including Kelly Reichardt’s WENDY AND LUCY (nominated for two 2009 Spirit Awards and on over 60 “Top 10 Movies of the Year” lists), Ti West’s THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, and West’s THE INNKEEPERS, Joe Maggio’s THE LAST RIGHTS OF JOE MAE, James McKenney’s SATAN HATES YOU, JT Petty’s BLOOD RED EARTH, Ilya Chaiken’s LIBERTY KID, Douglas Buck¹s remake of DePalma’s SISTERS, Jeff Winner’s SATELITE and David Gebroe’s ZOMBIE HONEYMOON.

Under his low budget horror banner ScareFlix, Fessenden has produced 9 films: Jim Mickle’s STAKE LAND, Joe Maggio’s BITTER FEAST, Ti West’s THE ROOST and TRIGGER MAN; three films by James Felix McKenney: HYPOTHERMIA, THE OFF SEASON and AUTOMATONS; Graham Reznick’s I CAN SEE YOU and Glenn McQuaid¹s I SELL THE DEAD which starred Dominic Monaghan, Ron Perlman, Angus Scrimm, and Fessenden. I SELL THE DEAD opened the 2009 Slamdance Film Festival where it won awards for best cinematography and best actor (Fessenden), and won the 2008 Toronto After Dark Film Festival award for best Independent Film.

Fessenden has operated the production company Glass Eye Pix since 1985, with the mission of supporting individual voices in the arts.

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Jon B

3Jun12

I'd like to see this again, I rarely say that about vampire films. It's the most original & enjoyable vamp I've seen since Abel Ferrara's The Addiction.

laurabot

18Jul10

Just watched this again yesterday. Nice to see New York the way I'll always remember it in my mind, having grown up here. I miss the old apple...but I digress. This movie stands out among vamp flicks; it doesn't adhere to rules of vampire folklore. It makes its own rules, seducing you slowly with its mysterious leading lady. By the end of the film viewers may just find themselves addicted to the main characters.

Agustina

16Jun10

Fessenden in the starring role with his chipped tooth just adds a sense of realism to the film, which is always appreciated. Nice edgy cinematography, good ambiguous plot (is the female lead really a vampire?) and nice discourse on the complex nature of addictions and emotional stress. Great music. Overall, a very good character film.