Thirst

Friday, October 14 - Saturday, October 15, 2022

DCP Projection

“Park’s technique is to jettison all that’s old-fashioned and predictable in vampire lore – the fangs, the garlic, the castle on the hill – and replace them with his own personal and ethical obsessions. ‘Thirst’ is less a horror story of prowling nightstalkers than a melodrama of moral corruption: how far is it possible for a good man to fall?

Sang-hyon (Song Kang-ho) is a man seeking martyrdom, a Jesuit priest who offers himself as a sacrificial lamb to an African clinic specialising in the fatal EV virus. But as the virus takes hold and Sang-hyon breathes his last, an emergency blood transfusion brings him roaring back to life – as one of the undead. Before long, the priest is battling the kinds of cravings he’s spent a lifetime denying: female companionship and fresh meat.” – Tom Huddleston, Time Out

• Country Korea
• Language In Korean with English subtitles
• Year 2009
• Running Time 113 minutes
• Format DCP
• Distributor Universal
• Director Park Chan-Wook
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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