Addicted to Murder (1995 Video) User Reviews

not as stated on the VHS

[trashgang · 2/10 · 2 February 2010]

It's been a while that I watched a movie were you are holding the fast forward button. People on forums were recommending this flick due the strange storyline and the fact that it is OOP and never released on DVD. the storyline itself is okay, a serial killer falls in love with a vampire, the vampire disappears and a succubus replaces her. Both telling him to kill and to change into a vampire. So far so good but it is really boring. There is a lot of blah blah and the killings are all off screen. On the VHS it's been written, gore drenched. Well, surely that guy has to learn what gore is. Again before someone attacks me, I would like to state that a movie DOESN'T have to contain gore to be good. I have reviewed a lot of flicks that doesn't contain the red stuff but still deliver the horror in some way. But it just doesn't work, and the best part should be the ending, watch it to believe it, the special effects are, to say the least, special. Not my cup of tea but still some people are hunting this one down so I should be lucky to have found it.

worst horror movie i have seen in many, many years

[pkzeewiz · 1/10 · 6 May 2010]

I can't even begin to pretend to know what this stupid movie was about. I got on the phone and talked because I was so bored after 30 minutes. It starts out with a vampire lady killing someone in front of little Joel and years later he goes around and kills women and soon he find he is a vampire too, or something like that, again I wasn't paying any attention.

This was horrible...hands down and easily top 5 worst films I have ever seen and I normally love low budget horror but this movie offered nothing at all. The Vampires had shiny white fangs and yellow teeth, the blood looked like paint, and it was so cheesy. I don't consider this horror, I consider it a brainwashing method to make you dumber.

The direction was...well, just a guy with a cheap camera shooting his fat ugly actors while they talked about stupid things, with stupid dialog. Yes the acting was horrible. The editing was even worse and made it sloppy and man oh man this was some of the worst music EVER. Low budgets can work but this movie had NO budget, I can't hate this film enough. Filled with stupid B&W flashbacks, bad makeup, horrible sound, I think they used the mic on the cheap camera.

I wouldn't recommend this to any person on earth - again top 5 list of worst movies I have ever seen. I'd rather watch Ishtar in loops with a broken Cantonese soundtrack. 1/10 only because 1 is as low as I can go.

decent twist to a tired genre

[mizziah74 · 7/10 · 26 April 2000]

Well, it's not very easy these days to come up with an original idea in a genre that's as tired and worn out as the vampire genre, but director Kevin J. Lindenmuth's ADDICTED TO MURDER is a quirky little opus that stylishly blends vampires and serial killers to create an interesting and entertaining flick.

Joel Winter (Mick McCleery) is a quiet and seemingly normal guy who has an uncontrollable desire for murder. His world gets turned upside down when two vampires, Rachel and Angie, get thrown into the mix. With Rachel (Laura McLauchlin), he finds a relationship that satisfies both his murderous desires and, in turn, helps to remind her of what it's like to be human. When Rachel leaves him, Joel vainly tries to recapture that "special" relationship that he found with her. He soon meets Angie (Sasha Graham), whose evil intentions lead him to question the nature of his life.

First of all, I was impressed with the above-average production values of the movie. Even though it was shot on video, a lot of effort was obviously put into this by everyone involved. It's intelligently written and directed, it boosts good lighting and editing, it features a great score from Steve Maruzzelli and Hector Milia, and has some well-executed gore and makeup effects from Derek Becker and Ron Chamberlain.

The movie also featured some good performances. Laura McLauchlin and Sasha Graham were definite standouts in the cast. The only real problem was the lead, Mick McCleery. His lack of screen presence really started to tax my nerves after awhile. He's not completely awful, but he sticks out when compared to the rest of the cast.

Despite a few other minor problems (the "interview" device used in the movie slowed the pace down a little and some of the dialogue was hard to understand), this has got to be one of the best shot-on-video movies out on the market today, next to SAVAGE HARVEST and SHATTER DEAD! Check it out!

Henry meets Vampirella

[hughbra · 7/10 · 11 July 2000]

This is a claustrophobic little film, independently made with a small budget, yet it delivers the goods. Think "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" combined with "Vampirella". An average run-of-the-mill Midwestern serial killer meets up with a lovely vampire. She then runs off and leaves him to the tender mercies of another lovely vampire who teaches him how to feed his own hunger for blood. The serial killer then struggles with his conscience and his sanity--all leading to a somewhat twisted ending. Not a great film, but well worth watching.

A good, low budget mixing of genres

[kolchak · 6/10 · 30 September 1998]

Addicted to Murder is a triumph for low budget film-maker Kevin J. Lindenmuth who manages to combine elements of the serial killer sub-genre, with those of the more conventional horror genre, in particular the vampire film. The performances in the film are generally pretty good, with the only low light being the appearance of the film's "star" Mick McCleery, whose somnambulistic style and lack of screen presence would be better suited to a zombie film. The make-up effects by Derek Becker and Ron Chamberlain are competent considering budget restraints, and overall, enormous potential is displayed by the young cast and crew, who, unlike many other aspiring film-makers, have put their money where their mouth is...Check it out!