thirst start with a strong minded career woman name kate davis ( chantal contouri ) rise from a coffin in a crypt of some sort in typical gothic horror fashion . on the soundtrack two voice can be hear and a dr. barker ( shirley cameron and the imdb listing be definitely wrong a her character name be mrs. barker not mrs. cameron which be obviously her real name ) and a mr. hodge ( max phipps ) who talk about kate conditioning and that she be a completely different woman from that of a week ago . thirst then cut back to presumably a week ago when kate be just an normal australian live a normal life who be about to take an extended holiday on her own a unfortunately her architect boyfriend derek whitehall ( rod mullinar ) be too busy at work to join her . however the morning kate be due to leave she be kidnap by the hyma brotherhood who be a secret sect of modern day vampire who regard themselves a a superior race gain power and youth from drink blood . kate be take deep into the australian outback to a complex where the brotherhood be base and know a the farm there be no cattle or crop and just people . kate be tell by dr. barker that her great great grandfather be a direct descendant of countess elizabeth bathory and that she must accept her ancestral blood drinking heritage and at first kate be understandably reluctant to believe what she be be tell and think everyone be crazy . the brotherhood feel it essential for kate to accept her heritage so dr. barker and dr. gauss ( henry silva ) and dr. fraser ( david hemmings ) devise a programme of condition to convince kate that she be indeed a vampire who must drink blood . at first kate refuse to give in to the brotherhood tactic but how long can she hold out with the constant bombardment of brainwash . this australian production direct by rod hardy be in my opinion be as dull a dishwater and do not really do a thing for me . i have to give the filmmaker credit for try something different even if the end result be less than spectacular . the script by john pinkney mix some of the traditional vampire cinematic theme such a fang and blood drinking and glowing red eye with new idea like the farm where human be keep like livestock and bleed through special hi tech machinery and scientifically check for disease before it be pack into milk carton and ship out to other vampire all over the world . unfortunately the main problem with thirst be that be just so slow and boring and dull and at 90 minute far too long and draw out . thirst never explain why the brotherhood want kate to join them and become a vampire so badly and be it just so hodges could have sex with her and merge the two family together a mention at the end . if so why just not have sex with her against her will . or have sex with her even if she isn not drink blood . they put an awful lot of time and effort into condition kate to become a blood drinking vampire for no good reason as far a i could make out . one more thing and why wait until now to condition kate . why not year earlier in her life while she be still vulnerable before she have fully develop her personality and career . there be a couple of good sequence in thirst like the tour around the factory where the human be bleed and kate shower of blood be decent for a cheap thrill i suppose . i also have to mention the so called twist end which i figure out a long time before i actually have to sit through it . there not much blood or gore in thirst and half a mangled face and some neck biting and a few jar of blood be about it . the acting be pretty good throughout and maybe the acting be the best thing about thirst in fact . tecnically the film be ok and the cinematography be adequate despite what many say and just because a film be shoot in scope doesn not automatically make it brilliant . there be a funny scene when an old woman list a blue rinse lady ( paddy burnet ) bite someone on the neck during some sort of ceremony and she look like cross dresser barry humphries in his dame edna everidge costume and now that scary folk . overall thirst definitely have some interesting idea which be waste in this dull and boring and tedious horror film and i will take christopher lee a count dracula in one of hammer fine period horror film over this confused mix of idea that seem to have just be haphazardly throw together . one to avoid unless your an insomniac .