Thirst (2009)
A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life. Now, he’s torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for the wife of a childhood friend.
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Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful
A different way of telling a story
It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
In this film, you can see a man fighting for his moral beliefs and a woman jaded of a life full of repression and boredom. Also with the vampire aesthetic
This very unconventional vampire horror film is more of a tragic love story. Although it is a bit slow moving, it is captivating and never boring. The acting was really brilliant and the foreboding atmosphere made you wonder what was going to happen next. It was sensual and erotic at times, but very effective. Towards the end some scenes were really gross and actually difficult to watch - not because of gore but due to the shock factor. At the end, the climatic scramble for shade scene was funny as it was sad - loved it! This was just an effective vampire film as 2008's Swedish film 'Let the right one in'.
I am all for a good slow moving vampire story, but this was just not the case. First of all i was truly and deeply bored of it. The story takes forever to unfold and when it does it leaves big plot holes. The reason the protagonist is transformed in to a vampire is still unclear to me as much as it is to him. I see the director tried something new but it totally missed the spot. After the first act it took a little turn in to erotic- almost pornography. The rest is a mismatch of different movie styles. Anyway my point is that the movie is way to overrated and about 30 minutes longer then it should be. If you want a truly nice but slow moving and engaging vampire story i definitely recommend ''byzantium'' .
In an age where vampires are harmless enough to become a teen's high school crush, here comes one that puts the horror back into them. A priest becomes a vampire from a blood transfusion - which begs the question: how did the Red Cross get a VAMPIRE to donate a pint? - then gets involved with an unhappily married woman. But the priest finds the prospect of killing to slake his new thirst appalling, while the woman sees a conversion to vampirism as a way of liberating herself from her drab existence. Very much NOT in the cutesy romantic mold of The Vampire Diaries and the like, this movie plays like a black comedy / erotic horror movie, with the dark desires, self-loathing and self-deceptions of the two main characters on full view the whole time. Odd, eccentric and quite watchable, thanks to good special effects and eerie cinematography.