Christopher Walken, Lili Taylor, and Abel Ferrara (Ms. 45) come together in this stylized triumph of 1990s indie horror that mashes up Godard, Bram Stoker, and East Coast hip-hop. As the “Disneyfication” of New York City takes root, a morbid grad student is bitten by a vampire seductress (Annabella Sciorra) and must navigate in the shadows while tempering her growing addiction to blood. In the midst of his most prolific, hard-hitting burst of filmmaking, Ferrara 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, it is a distinctly personal take on creatures of the night. “A quivering nexus of AIDS allegory, identity crisis, historical unease, and socio-economic panic” (Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine).