Kang-ho Song, Ok-vin Kim, Hae-sook Kim
A failed medical experiment turns a man of faith into a vampire.
DVD Release Date: November 17, 2009
Stats: 510 reviews
Last year, the antidote to the Twilight phenomenon was Let the Right One In. This year, Thirst steps forward to show how a vampire movie should be made. It's dark, disturbing and creative in ways that such a generic and overused idea needs to be. Thirst covers the themes one want...( read more)
We had a THIRST party and we're all sitting there silently in shock and awe for the first thirty minutes or so and then someone asks "Why is this film so annoying?" Another responded: "For one thing, the sound design is childish at best." What's with all the slurping sounds? Some...( read more)
After a failed medical experiment (presumably for the good of mankind,) a young Catholic priest is subjected to the evils of the underworld. This is a premise that is meant to elicit the kind of curiosity that will keep you intrigued to find out more. And, for the most part, my a...( read more)
The slow, deliberate pacing at the beginning and the typical Chan-wook Park surrealism may throw some people off, but a great statement about waning faith in a modern world as well as a pretty cool vampire flick. It certainly isn't "Let The Right One In", but it is definitely an...( read more)
OK so I thought this would be amazing from what I had heard and the trailer looked good too. However it really "sucked" pardon the pun. I couldnt get past the fact that the main actor was so ugly! He just put me off. The sex scenes and the blood was all pretty gross and disgust...( read more)
Brought new ideas to a bored genre overrun by hormonal teens and television fads.
am i become too subjective,or Chan wook really is brilliant?? It's just,every work,and i mean,every work of his that i already seen is always great.and this one is no exception.Looks like he is my new Kubrick
This time,he moves forward from his revenge trilogy,and takes a vampir...( read more)
It wasn't Parks best, but it was a great story. Some things nearly turned me away, like the horrible slurping sounds when the two would kiss. The ending redeemed the movie though.
I'm in limbo with this film as well. The acting is there it's just the journey that is a little too heavy on me... It feels longer than what it actually is which isn't always the best thing for me. The characters I don't really have a problem with but it's the interactions they s...( read more)
Thirst keeps coming up against the limitations of its various inspirations like a bumper car on a crowded court. On almost every other level, the film's audaciously entertaining, at times even quite m... full review
Movies exist to cloak our desires in disguises we can accept, and there is an undeniable appeal to Thirst. full review
Just when we've set our brains on ponder, the picture muddies all hope of contemplation with flashes of the fearlessly eccentric imagery for which Park has become famous, and some of the slurpiest sex... full review
Soaked in blood though it is, Thirst leaves some essential cravings unsatisfied. full review
Thirst is at least a half-hour too long. The story goes off course with pointless distractions and feeds on non-stop grisliness. full review
One can't take Thirst seriously, even with its ironic cha-cha music cues, when Park sets up his usual elaborate sentimental ending -- further variation on his typical self-flagellation and mortificati... full review
It's fun (if overlong), but for all the noisy slurping, there's no fresh blood. full review
Check out this exclusive interview with Park Chan-Wook at Comic-Con 2009 talking 'Thirst'
Should be one to die for!
http://www.fearnet.com/videos/b16118_sdcc_2009_park_chan_wookrsquos_thirst.html
The trailer in Flixster didn't come out with subtitles, the one in youtube did, rats!
it looks really interesting and i love the background music in the trailer
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