Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Excellent but underrated film

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Okay so let me paint you a picture. Guy breaks up with girlfriend, falls apart and turns to alcohol & partying. You still with me? Great. Now what does one do under these circumstances? Get laid? Start a hobby? Hit the dating scene? Post your ex a parcel full of dog poop? These are all viable options but this guy decides to do something different, he decides to date a vampire (As you do)As you can imagine this is no standard love story, in fact I'm not sure it's a love story at all. Gritty, dark, devoid of any type of humour and doesn't make the easiest watching but still has it's merits. For a start our lead female was oddly enthralling, as far as vampires go shes closer on the scale to Spike from Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997) than Leslie Nielsens Dracula in Dracula Dead & Loving It (1995). Weirdly paced and with an ending that I found a real anti-climax Habit isn't a terrible film it was just made by terrible people who should have turned this premise into something considerably better.

This film is stunning in every way imaginable. Even non horror fans can enjoy this film as it's really just using Vampires as a metaphor for relationships and being lonely. There's nothing exactly like this film, but if you enjoy it I would also recommend Immortality ( Wisdom Of The Crocodiles), another different spin on the Vampire mythos. The performances here are so realistic, you actually feel like you are watching real people, in the real world, with real problems, which is rare in Vampire films. I've seen almost every Creature Of The Night movie ever made, from the original Nosferatu, to current big budget flicks like Blade and Underworld, and all the foreign and DTDVD films in between, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that you will love Habit.

I was very impressed with this movie. As someone who has spent part of her youth working the nightlife of lower Manhattan in the 90's, I found this film's portrayal of a downtown bar owner's grappling with addiction and madness real enough to be terrifying. New York is one of the main characters as Sam, the protagonist deals with the death of a distant dad, and a break up with a girlfriend while starting up with a woman who develops a taste for his blood during sex. Apartments, parks, rooftops and subways have a prominent role in the sometimes claustrophobic and hallucinogenic experience that is NYC in the wee hours. The actor who plays Sam (who is also the director and the writer) is believable as a disheveled youngish bohemian type who has been on self destruct for some time. His sanity is pushed to the limit once he starts to believe that his feeling ill might have something to do with the bite marks that his new girlfriend has been giving him. The actress who plays Anna, the alleged vampire, is a refreshing change from the Gothic fanged hotties of Hollywood, She is a short haired, brunette, and has a quiet yet demanding presence. While there are scenes that could have used some editing, and plot development that could have used some tweaking, I would recommend this movie to anyone interested in a truly independent, story and character driven movie. If you want a Hollywood gore-fest, don't bother. If you want a creepiness on par with "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Hunger," take a deep breath, and enjoy the ride.

I evaluate the film as a successful film within the criteria of limited budget of an independent film. Making a film about vampires and aiming to make a different one at the same time is not so easy in the hegemony and co-action of Hollywood vampire films. In my point of view, Fessenden makes a great job encouraging independent film makers to force the limits of any kind of subject and scenario and showing that anything can be shot in the spirit of independence. He has a stylish photography of scenes and a normal perspective in showing NY life in a paranormal scenario in its genre. His playing integrates his full motivation in the film. Moreover the film shall not be considered as an experimental low budgeted vampire film, but a mirror of depression and suffer in man's mind.