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Romance, Religion, Madness, and lots of slurping. tjackson 21 August 2009. Not for the squeamish, but the number of twists, inventive uses of situations using vampire mythology, gorgeous visual extremes, together with interesting and quirky characters make this one of the most stunning horror films I've ever seen.
Thirst. The director of Old Boy delivers a wicked love story that takes classic vampire lore to twisted new heights. A priest fights his vampire nature until an affair unleashes his darkest desires. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
- 134 min
When the smoke clears from a failed experiment to find a cure for a fatal disease, a devout priest finds himself forever changed -- into a vampire. Watch trailers & learn more.
Thirst is the first South Korean film to be jointly produced by Hollywood. Universal Pictures International Studios invested in the film during its production stage and secured North American distribution rights. First promotional poster of " Thirst " was banned in Korea for its sexually suggestive pose of a priest.
Sang-hyun (Song Kang-ho), 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 ...
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- Horror, Mystery & Thriller
- R
In his cult hit Thirst, South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook takes a stab at the canonical French novel Thérèse Raquin—with vampires! Graphic yet still gorgeous, the film shifts seamlessly between erotic drama, horror, and even comedy. Winner of the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Hyo-Sung finds a way to get the necessary blood without killing innocent people. When he sees Tae-ju that he met in Pusan when he was a teenager, Hyo-Sung learns that the young woman is abused by her husband Kang-woo and by stepmother Lady Ra. The priest has sex with Tae-ju and sooner they plot a scheme to get rid of Kang-woo.
