Thirst
Master Korean Filmmaker Park Chan-wook, Sinks His Teeth into Vampires with Thirst.
Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook's foray into the Vampire Genre, Thirst, will quench the insatiable appetites of horror fans. It is a cinematic feast not for the timid at heart or mind, nor is it for moviegoers looking for cheap thrills nestled in predictable plots. Thirst is gloriously
gory, but not since Interview with a Vampire, has the blood sucker genre seen such invigorating and sensual scenes.
Anyone familiar with Park Chan-wook's films, (the Vengeance Trilogy including the acclaimed Oldboy), can imagine the creative boundaries he would push with vampires. Park Chan-wook has pushed those boundaries with Thirst, yet with his own subtle artistic integrity, so as not to make a mockery of the genre. With the blood-suckling frenzy over Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, it may be easy to dismiss Thirst as just a dewdrop in a saturated genre. Though it is highly doubtful that Korean studio executives persuaded Park Chan-wook into leaching off "what's hot" in America.
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