The Thirst (2006/I)

Director:

Jeremy Kasten

Writers:

Ben Lustig (story) &
Liz Maccie (story) ...

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A woman dying of a terminal illness discovers that the only way to save herself may be death itself.

Plot Keywords:

Drug Addict | Blood | Vampire | Terminal Illness | Female Nudity

Cast

Matt Keeslar	...	Maxx
Clare Kramer	...	Lisa
Jeremy Sisto	...	Darius
Serena Scott Thomas	...	Mariel
Neil Jackson	...	Duke of Earl
Adam Baldwin	...	Lenny
Ave Rose Rodil	...	Sister #2
Alicia Morton	...	Sara
Charlotte Ayanna	...	Macey
Erik Palladino	...	Jason
Michael Mantell	...	Doctor
Dawn Weld	...	Kiki
Ellie Cornell	...	Nurse Linda
Blaine Pate	...	Priest
Tom Lenk	...	Kronos

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:R | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

CFQ Films

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Just before Maxx bites Macey, one shot shows the plastic tubing over his left shoulder which will begin squirting fake blood.

Quotes:

Darius: Now and then I have to vent on those who play at death. It makes me hard to see them cry.

Movie Connections:

References Dracula (1931)

Most people won't like this

This film had a fair amount of nudity in it (I have nothing against that :) ) and some very bizarre/bloody scenes. If you are rating this movie for plot, acting, special effects, etc, and overall entertainment value amongst mainstream movies, this film is a failure. If you are looking for weirdness, blood, and nudity (almost all female), then perhaps this movie is for you... but even from that perspective it isn't that great.

Plot: C-, Nothing new. There are not really any amazing twists to the story. It's vampires. Most people have seen a vampire movie or two, and this one is not overly unique in terms of plot.

Acting: D+, It's pretty terrible. I think the best acting performance is done by the main female character, and she was nothing that great. The main dude was a bad actor. He got better towards the end of the movie, but a 100% improvement wouldn't even be saying much. Most everyone else was bad. Some of the actors were even annoying. I am not sure if this was the role they were given or their acting skill.

Special effects: C-, The most prominent effect in this movie was obviously the blood. It seems like every 10 minutes it's a bloodbath. To say it looked fake gives a summary of the quality, but specifically, it looked like anytime someone was injured a pipe of red water just exploded and sprayed all over the place. Ridiculous. The other effects in the movie were pretty crappy too.

Character development: D+, There was clearly an attempt at this, as some characters do undergo radical change in this movie, and so one could argue that this movie aspect is better than what I'm indicating. I think the poor acting really killed it for me. A good movie conveys characters in such a way that you understand what they are all about, and you either identify with them or you have some strong opinion about them. In this movie, it's hard to really care.

*BEST aspect of this movie: The nudity, cause not much else was worthwhile.

*WORST aspect of this movie: You don't care about the characters. Their strangeness combined with the bad acting and some other factors prevent you from really identifying with or at least having a strong opinion of the characters.

*OVERALL: I really like vampire movies, and that's why I rented this one, but it was bad. It was annoying in many parts. The characters sucked. The effects were bad. Besides a few redeeming scenes and the aspect I marked as the best movie aspect, it had little to offer.