Thirst Movie

My Score: 7.5/10

★★★★☆

Director: Park Chan-Wook

Cast: Song Kang-Ho Kim Ok-Bin Shin Ha-Kyun Kim Hae-Suk

Genre: Dark Comedy/Horror

Summary: A priest becomes a vampire in an experiment to cure a disease. Soon after, he is seduced and falls in love with an unstable, young, married woman.

Review: This movie isn’t just a vampire movie. It was inspired by the book Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola, and pretty much follows an identical plot, though with a bloody vampire twist.

It did use the same formulas as many other vampire stories (especially in Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles) – a vampire that can’t let go of his humanity… a vampire who falls in love with a human –  however, the actual storyline was still interesting and I like the way it was directed. There was a touch of dark humor and I really liked the way they symbolized how the characters’ consciences were weighed down by one of the sins they committed together towards the middle-end. I also appreciated how the house changed in the second half of the movie. It provided a different ambiance and I felt it symbolized the change that happened.

The acting was really good. Everyone was really in character. Kim Ok-Bin did a really good job at portraying the state of mind of Tae-Ju, the woman the priest falls in love with. Just looking at her eyes gives the feeling that she’s not completely sane and it becomes more noticeable at the movie progresses.

Because the movie was so long, it took it’s time with a few things. So if you have a short attention span, you might find it a bit slow around the middle. However, I really enjoyed the pacing.

Warning: A few sex scenes. Some female nudity.

My Score: 7.5/10