Thirst
Through a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways.
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 2h 14m
- Released
- 2009
- Country
- South Korea, United States
Details
Release year: 2009
Storyline
Through a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways.
Top credits
Song Kang-ho — Sang-hyun
Kim Ok-bin — Tae-ju- Choi Hee-jin — Nurse Sa
Seo Dong-soo — Hyo-sung
Did you know
• The movie borrows many elements from Émile Zola's novel Thérèse Raquin. Tae-ju is named after Thérèse and Lady Ra is named after Madame Raquin.
• The original Korean title directly translates to "Bat".
• The climax of the book "Therese Raquin" differs from the film in that in the book, when the paralyzed Madame Raquin (Lady Ra) attempts to communicate to her guests that Therese (Tae-ju) and Laurent (Priest Sang) murdered her son Camille (Kang-woo) by spelling it out on the table with her fingers, she succeeds only in spelling the two names. The guests conclude that she is trying to tell them that Therese and Laurent are taking good care of her. At the very end of the book she is finally relieved of her agony by watching the two lovers poison themselves and die in front of her.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $318,574
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $55,889 (2009-08-02)
User reviews
Unique twist on the vampire film
The director of Oldboy finally makes a minor mis-step.
Wow! Fantastic.
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital, DTS
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- Color
- Color
