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Thirst. The director of Old Boy delivers a wicked love story that takes classic vampire lore to twisted new heights. A priest fights his vampire nature until an affair unleashes his darkest desires. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
Thirst is the first South Korean film to be jointly produced by Hollywood. Universal Pictures International Studios invested in the film during its production stage and secured North American distribution rights. First promotional poster of "Thirst" was banned in Korea for its sexually suggestive pose of a priest.
Aug 12, 2009 · Now comes “Thirst,” a blood-drenched vampire film about, unexpectedly, a Roman Catholic priest. The priest is a deeply good man, which is crucial to the story: He dies in the first place because he volunteered as a subject for a deadly medical experiment.
Jul 31, 2009 · A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life. Now, he’s torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for the wife of a childhood friend. Park Chan-wook. Director, Screenplay.
Through a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways. Sang-hyun, a priest working for a hospital, selflessly volunteers for a secret vaccine development project intended to eradicate a deadly virus. However, the virus eventually takes over the priest.
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A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life. Now, he’s torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for the wife of a childhood friend.
