free counter with statistics Thirst Trailer | Pajiba - Scathing Reviews for Bitchy People

thirst.jpg
Misleading Headline

At Least I'm Being Transparent / Dustin Rowles

Trailers | June 19, 2009 | Comments (27)

Here we have the new trailer for Chan-wook Park’s Thirst, set for release at the end of July. For the unfamiliar, Chan-wook Park directed the outstandingly sick Oldboy, which is unfortuantely being remade with Will Smith in the lead. And I know what you’re thinking: Why did you trick me into clicking into this post with a misleading headline only to show me the trailer for a Korean film directed by some dude I’ve never heard of. Subtitles: Pass.

I hear you. I loved Oldboy and felt similarly: Chan-wook Park is a director you have to build yourself up for, someone whose films sit atop your DVD players for months before you finally watch them, and that’s only because you’re itchy to send it back to Netflix and get the next three episodes of “Dexter.” But then, you find yourself unexpectedly loving the Chan-wook Park flick, and you spend the next three months telling all your friends about it, until the next Park film comes out and the process starts anew.

So, all I’m saying is: Give the trailer a shot. It’s less than two minutes long, and it’s about a priest who gets a botched blood transfusion and turns into a vampire. And what a glorious blood lapping vampire he is. Thirst looks absolutely glorious — put it on your Netflix queue now, and start preparing yourself mentally to watch it.


← Foundation by Isaac Asimov | Teaser Clip for HBO's "Bored to Death" →



Comments

That looks...creepalicious!

Posted by: peachfish at June 19, 2009 9:55 AM

What is with this dude and tongues? Did you see those pincers going in for the tongue? Okay, Chan-wook Park, we understand you like tongue mutilation, now STOP CREEPING US OUT ABOUT IT.

Posted by: Snath at June 19, 2009 9:58 AM

Is it bad that the only thing in that trailer that almost made me vomit was the TOE SUCKING? Ewwwww. I hates feetses to pieces!
I wish I still had Netflix so I could watch this. It does look glorious indeed.

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at June 19, 2009 9:59 AM

ok, that looks badass.

Posted by: lizzieborden at June 19, 2009 10:06 AM

Yes, please.

Posted by: admin at June 19, 2009 10:20 AM

So a vampire movie that actually treats them as the freaky vehicles of death and despair that they are.

In other words, the Anti-Twilight.

Well, I'm there.

Posted by: Vermillion at June 19, 2009 10:20 AM

I'd never have thought that people who visit pajiba in the first place would have to be convinced to see a movie by one of the more renowned contemporary Asian directors, especially one that has been heaped with rewards for most of his work. And i'm by no means a gorehound, nor do i have the stomach for "sick" films, but i hardly see Oldboy as outstandigly sick, at least not sicker than a certain greek tragedy. Sure, it wasn't exactly a film for the fainthearted, but if you want to see sick, go see some of Takashi Miike's more notorious films, or some low budget horror films.

Anyway, this is one of my two most anticipated S. Korean films of this year (the other one is Bong Joon-ho's thriller/drama "Mother"), especially since it marks the third reunion of my two favorite S. Korean actors in a Park film. However, reactions from Korea and Cannes have been very divided, supposedly there is a big tonal shift towards the end of the film. Apparently it's a film you have to see at least twice to make up your mind about it, but that should be a problem, since all of Park's films warrant multiple viewing.

Posted by: #1 defender at June 19, 2009 10:31 AM

Edit: Meant to say that it *shouldn't* be a problem...

Posted by: #1 defender at June 19, 2009 10:34 AM

whoa. freaky-deaky, man! however, you just know that in a couple of years someone in hollywood will reboot this into something awful. (oh, the toe sucking grossed me out too)

Posted by: gem at June 19, 2009 10:45 AM

I'm there. Only thing that could have made this cooler would be if the tainted blood had somehow been in the communion cup ...

Which brings a bit of theology to mind: Catholics believe that at communion the wafer and the wine really, actually, become the body and blood of Jesus. So ... what if every week dozens of vampires lined up at the 10 p.m. mass for a drink, with the priest trying to save their souls? THAT would be an interesting visual and make for a neat theological argument. "Doubt II: Vampire Boogaloo"?

Somebody else can whip up a script, my work here is done.

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at June 19, 2009 10:48 AM

"I want to go to there," are not strong enough words. That trailer started KICKING MY FACE IN about halfway through.

Oldboy, welcome to my Blockbuster queue.

Posted by: Kballs at June 19, 2009 10:49 AM

Vampire Priest doesn't have the same ring to it (or logical possibility) as Nazi Zombie, but I'm sold.

I mean, priests wear crosses. Vampires can't come in contact with crosses. Therefore, vampire priests cannot exist.

For those that want a taste of how extreme Chan-wook Park can really go, rent Three...Extremes. His segment, Cut, is sick. It's actually the weakest of the three shorts in the anthology, but there are images that will haunt you more than Old Boy and humor darker than you ever imagined. It's everything the Saw films wish they could be but will never be allowed to push towards because they are made for an American audience.

Posted by: Robert at June 19, 2009 10:51 AM

Wheeeeee! This looks fantastic. Creepy and sexy all at once, like a good vampire flick should be.

Posted by: Melissa at June 19, 2009 11:02 AM

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at June 19, 2009 9:59 AM

No, you most certainly are not, Ms. Pinky. I was with that trailer, "this looks amazing!", right up until there. Then it was more like "Ew."

Not that it'll stop me, because overall, it looks fantastic.

P.S. ,(tcfkab) , you need to pitch that to a studio ASAP.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at June 19, 2009 11:08 AM

I mean, priests wear crosses. Vampires can't come in contact with crosses. Therefore, vampire priests cannot exist.

Posted by: Robert at June 19, 2009 10:51 AM

In addition holy water and crosses are harmful to vamps because they are blessed by Jesus/God. So how blessed would the body and blood of Christ be?

Of course Chris Sarandan showed us that you gotta have faith for that shit to work against the baddest-ass vamps and given the level of faith in most American Catholic Churches the vamps could treat communion like a frat boy on quarter beer night.

Posted by: ed newman at June 19, 2009 11:18 AM

GAAASSSSSPPPP! How did I miss this???


Absolutely.

Posted by: boo at June 19, 2009 11:26 AM

I don't need to watch the trailer to know I need to see this. Park's Vengeance trilogy, and his entry in the film Three Extremes, make him "must see" in my book.

Posted by: David at June 19, 2009 11:37 AM

Awesome again. You guys are serving up hope for the future today.

BTW Everytime I see the words like "he was a man of faith" in a trailer, I think of RDJ's fake trailer in Tropic Thunder. I giggle.

Posted by: Randy Pan at June 19, 2009 11:57 AM

Bucdaddy

"So ... what if every week dozens of vampires lined up at the 10 p.m. mass for a drink, with the priest trying to save their souls? THAT would be an interesting visual and make for a neat theological argument. "Doubt II: Vampire Boogaloo"?"

1) Mwahahahahaha
2) I believe this was number 72 on Martin Luther's theses

Posted by: "luker" the barbarian at June 19, 2009 12:04 PM

I thought this was going to be a great Vampire movie until I got to the TOE SUCKING, complete with slurpy noises! EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW TOE SPOOGE. TOE GLEET. TOENAIL FUNGUS. EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Posted by: BWeaves at June 19, 2009 12:07 PM

Korean vampires? Fuck yeah.

Can't believe people are grossed out by toe sucking. It's not my thing, either, but considering what many people are willing to put in their mouths, I don't see how toes are that problematic. Whatever...

I'd like to not see any tongue mutilation, though. That scene in Oldboy skeeved me out, don't really wanna see a variation of it in another movie. I may turn my head at that one.

Posted by: Slash at June 19, 2009 12:35 PM

Of course Chris Sarandan showed us that you gotta have faith for that shit to work against the baddest-ass vamps and given the level of faith in most American Catholic Churches the vamps could treat communion like a frat boy on quarter beer night.

Posted by: ed newman at June 19, 2009 11:18 AM
---
Heh. Kinda what I had in mind, more an indictment of the "faithful." If vampires could walk right past the holy water and the cross and partake of the body and blood BECAUSE there's no real faith in these things, well, how would they be defeated?

"Thanks, for the nightcap, padre, and I think I'll just pick off a random parisioner on my way home for last call."

The priest would have to dig extraordinarily deep to find a well with enough faith to win. How would he do that? Or ... maybe better, it turns out to be a woman with enough faith to win. That might negate the church's patriarchal system as well.

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at June 19, 2009 1:18 PM

SOLD. Although I might watch parts of it through my fingers. I am delicate.

Posted by: Sharon at June 19, 2009 1:50 PM

Definitely got my o-face going.

Fist pump!

Posted by: io at June 19, 2009 1:52 PM

Can't believe people are grossed out by toe sucking. It's not my thing, either, but considering what many people are willing to put in their mouths, I don't see how toes are that problematic. Whatever...

Dude, I can't even stand for someone's feet to touch me. My cousin once chased me through the house, sliding her feet on me whenever I was cornered or thought she was done. Feet gross me the fuck out. I won't even get a pedicure because the ladies touching my feet would most likely make me dry heave. It's not so much the sucking of something, it is the fact that it is a stanky foot with fungus creatures living under toenails. At least in my mind.

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at June 19, 2009 4:11 PM

And if you encounter a Jewish vampire, game over.

Posted by: Joseph Finn at June 19, 2009 10:33 PM

If you haven't seen Oldboy, run out and rent it now! It is one of the best movies ever made. Make sure you have some squid on hand.

Posted by: John W at June 20, 2009 8:18 PM