Habit

HABIT is one of my favorite vampire movies, up there w/ NEAR DARK, THE HUNGER, etc. Larry Fessenden made a low-low budget go far by using NYC as the perfect, grimy backdrop, and finding Meredith Snaider to play the role of Anna. Ms. Snaider is quietly seductive, sensual, and extremely agressive when necessary. She is coy yet unsettling, w/ a hidden quality of darkness and mystery. When she goes after her prey, they do the business like beasts! Languid movies like EMBRACE OF THE VAMPIRE could have used the same sort of heat generated by Snaider and Fessenden. Meredith Snaider is a bit of a mystery-woman herself, having vanished totally from the face of the earth (just try finding her!). She has disappeared, much like Candace Hilligoss (Carnival Of Souls, The Curse Of The Living Corpse) and Jenny Wright (Near Dark, I Madman). Of course, even Hilligoss and Wright have some evidence of their existence available, whereas Ms. Snaider is simply gone. Too bad, as she is fabulous in her only mo... Read more

It has a "home movie" feel, which I normally like - however, "Habit" completely drags on in almost every scene. I normally agree with the consensus of reviewers, but this movie was just painfully slow. I did not find the movie scary, creepy, intelligent or "B movie" campy in any way..... Have some fun and re-watch Bram Stokers Dracula - no comparison!

I support local filmmaking. I support the independent artist that wants to express himself/herself in the cinematic way. What I enjoy with the independent artist is their way of expressing the already known. For example, one of my favorite films is the independent sci-fi time travel piece called "Primer", you may or may not have heard of it. The reason that I enjoy it so much is because it takes an old idea (that of time travel) and redefines it. It recreates the wheel that Hollywood seems to cannot seem to do without CGI and actors with too much money. It was exciting then to get Larry Fessenden's original student film "Habit" except with a bigger budget and after being immersed in the game a bit longer. Fessenden's newer version of "Habit" gives us more gore, more scenery, and more ... well ... nudity than originally envisioned. He takes the typical "vampire" wheel (a story that we have seen in countless films) and recreates - giving us a modern day horror that is built upon ... Read more

I highly recommend this movie to all the vampire lovers out there. It is a very realistic, modern day love story, set in NYC. PLEASE be careful about who you may pick up at a halloween party!

Best capture of NY's East Village in it's hey day yet. Snaider is amazing.