HABIT is a British vampire flick from the north, set in a grim and gloomy Manchester mostly during after hours. The film's strength is in its attention to detail in terms of social realism, with characters who ring true to life striving to make the best of their bad situations. The setting is also a breath of fresh air from the usual London surrounds you see in these films. However, the cliched vampire story is where this falls down. The unenterprising lead takes a job as a doorman at a massage parlour but soon discovers that something sinister is going on within. It's trite stuff, featuring a couple of energetic turns from genre regulars William Ash and Roxanne Pallett, but little else.