QUEUED UP: Park Chan-wook's Thirst

The story of a priest who turns into a vampire after a medical experiment goes awry, Thirst was a critical favorite for its fresh - and terrifyingly carnal - take on the well-worn vampire lore.

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QUEUED UP: Park Chan-wook's Thirst

POSTED: Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 2:00 PM

Filed Under: Movies

Movie critic (and the guy who compiles our weekly repertory film listings) Michael Gold reviews his favorite Netflix Instant flick of the week.

You’d be hard-pressed to find a holiday more polarizing than Valentine’s Day. The mere mention of Russell Stover is enough to start a bar brawl, and Cupid save the person who dares utter the phrase “Hallmark holiday” to a doe-eyed, lovestruck duo. February 14 is both heartwarming and fear-inducing, a potent combination that makes it difficult to find just the right movie for the occasion.

Leave it to Park Chan-wook, badass master of arthouse-oriented thrillers, to set the perfect mood in Thirst (2009, South Korea, 133 min.). The story of a priest who turns into a vampire after a medical experiment goes awry, Thirst was a critical favorite for its fresh — and terrifyingly carnal — take on the well-worn vampire lore. Lurking underneath the blood-tinted fangs, however, is the illicit and sweeping romance of a priest and his best friend’s wife. It’s their affair that propels this film’s darkest moments before it ultimately lands at a surprisingly heartfelt ending.

Read City Paper's review here.

(michael.gold@citypaper.net) (@migold)

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