New York grad student Kathleen Conklin (Lili Taylor) had an unfortunate detour on the way to her doctorate, thanks to her alleyway assault by a sultry vampire (Annabella Sciorra). As her hunger for knowledge gets supplanted by that for blood, she stalks skid row vagrants to slay with a syringe... and discovers lessons in the nature of evil she wouldn't find in any books. Stark social satire from director Abel Ferrara also stars Christopher Walken, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Kathryn Erbe. 82 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Lossless 5.1, Lossless stereo; Subtitles: English (SDH); audio commentary by Ferrara; documentary; interviews; featurette; theatrical trailer; image gallery.