The Thirst
by Jeremy Kasten
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Actor: Clare Kramer, Jeremy Sisto, Matt Keeslar, Neil Jackson (IV), Serena Scott ThomasDirector: Jeremy Kasten
Brand: STARZ HOME ENTERTAINMENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Movie Reviews of The Thirst
Movie Review: A generic vampire title for a generic vampire film.
Summary: 3 Stars
"The Thirst" may not be the worst vampire film I've ever seen, but it's far from the best, even by B-movie standards. But if you're a vampire-philic gorehound looking for 90 minutes to kill, you may want to give this a whirl. It stars "Buffy" alum Clare Kramer (murderous blonde goddess from season 5 ring a bell?) with strong support from petite sexpot Charlotte Ayana (most notably seen playing a vamp herself in The Insatiable) and Firefly's Adam Baldwin. Geek factor: engaged. The story is stupid and blatantly rip off superior films like Near Dark and even points out some of the annoying similarities to Sid & Nancy itself.
Yes, this is a story of vampire junkies. Blood junkies. In love. A more obnoxiously and clumsily executed allegory I could not imagine. But for we real life blood junkies, this flick delivers big time. This may well be the single bloodiest vampire movie I've ever seen. I'm not sure if that deserves praise when every little nick on the arm creates a torrent of red fluid so profuse that dubbing it "arterial spray" just doesn't cut it. It's almost slapstick. The characters are almost across-the-board lame, the protagonists unlikeable, the "detox" scene is embarrassing, and I seriously wanted to harm the actresses paying a pair of grimy feral she-vamps who spend every on-camera second making the most obnoxious noises you can imagine and generally behaving like twin spastics on meth (in fact, that's the exact direction I imagine the director giving them on the set) and yet I enjoyed this movie for several reasons. Reasons one and two: nudity and gore, the saviors of many a half-aSzed vampire flick. Reason three: I actually loved the scene where the protagonist attempts to "turn" his friend and fails. I've never seen it happen before, it adds a degree of reality, and it's just a great eye-opening scene for both audience and character that worked. And reason four: the music was pretty interesting and varied.
If I were a bull, I would have demolished my television because all I saw was red. And I wasn't angry. Lots of blood and quality over-the-top gore: check. Exposed breasts: double check (I made a funny!). Vampire family that wants to be from "Near Dark" and Texas Chainsaw Massacre (dinner scene and everything) at the same time: check. Burning bodies aplenty: check. Goth dance club where the undead lie in wait to have blood orgy with unsuspecting sado-masochists: check. Dracula reference: check. This is exactly what you'd expect from a movie titled "the Thirst". It shouldn't be at the top of your must-see list, but if you're in the mood then this will scratch your B-movie itch. A renter, for sure, but not a buyer.
Summary of The Thirst
Welcome to an urban underworld of pleasure and pain where fleshfueled slaughter is the ultimate high. Matt Keeslar of DUNE and Clare Kramer of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER star as a pair of recovering drug addicts recruited by a clan of sex & gore crazed vampires led by the charismatic madman Darius (Jeremy Sisto of SIX FEET UNDER). But as each depraved 'fix' leads them deeper into hell, what will be the final price for the most horrific addiction of all? Adam Baldwin (SERENITY), Erik Palladino (ER) and Serena Scott- Thomas co-star in this harrowing shocker from the director of THE ATTIC EXPEDITIONS and ALL SOULS DAY, and the producers of ROOM 6, HOUSE OF THE DEAD II and THE DARKROOM. Featuring the music of Rasputina, Dames Violet, Jack The Mad, Sonya Kahn, The Spindles and more. Features: Audio Commentary with Director Jeremy Kasten Deleted Scenes, Also on DVD, Full Motion Menues, DVD-ROM Script Favorite Vampire Movies Featurette Photo Gallery (includes production sketches) The Thirst Making of DocumentaryHorror DVD Video
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