i be the first to recognize that chan wook park thirst be exceptionally well make and but spend over two hour with tae joo ( ok vin kim ) be enough for anyone to tolerate for such a length of time . sang hyeon ( kang ho song ) be a priest desire to volunteer for experimental study on those willing to subject themselves to rigorous injection concern a specific virus which kill infectiously . instead of legitimately die and hyeon become a vampire and always yearn for the sustenance blood give for him to fight off an infectious disease which return cause the symptom which flat line him to begin with ( . bump or sore and and the body vomit blood ) . sunlight and a be know in the vampire genre and cause torturous death if expose to hyeon for a length of time . hyeon fall in lust with tae joo and the wife of sickly childhood friend kang woo ( ha kyun shin ) . tae joo be take in by mrs. ra ( hae sook kim ) and regard a a puppy and and practically use a a domestic animal to be order around . ta joo be miserable in this situation and begin a torrid affair she instigate with hyeon and soon manipulate him into perhaps kill kang woo by have him believe she a victim of abuse . renounce his priesthood and hyeon dive headlong into the relationship with tae joo and soon a willing participant in kill kang woo . this incident and which tae woo contribute to ( . use a boat and in the middle of a lake and both proceed to bury him underwater and tae woo keep him kang woo from re surfacing a he attempt to re enter ) will haunt both and a circumstance arise with kang woo miss ( hyeon get rid of him and where police would not find his corpse ) . soon mrs ra suffers a stroke ( . though and one finger and the ability to blink her eye contribute mightily a the story progress and show that she more aware than they be lead to believe ) and and hyeon give tae joo a special birthday gift . vampirism . in do so and hyeon have create a monster . tae joo admits ( . though a slip of the tongue ) that and in fact and kang woo never hurt her and and a she thirst for blood it be soon realize that kill for a supply doesn not bother her morally or psychologically . tae joo becomes such a hand full and hyeon have to take desperate measure if he be to stop such a menace to society and himself include . i will say that thirst be one of the best horror film i have see regard 2009. it a methodical approach park take and we be lead down a dark road with hyeon and tae joo and a they commit terrible deed with nothing positive ever to come from their unholy union . innocent people die because of hyeon love ( . what once be lust shift into an obsessive love by the end ) for tae joo and and it will cease to end if he doesn not make a painful choice . we see inside their head and their soul and and it isn not always pretty . 2 hour with them can be quite exhaust . but and credit to the director for pull no punch in regard to devious behavior and how the power of vampirism can be give to the wrong people . hyeon and see a a rather pleasant soul at the opening and accepts hell for tae joo so one could look at thirst a a unique love story and but not exactly a healthy one . in regard to the violence and while park do have a tendency to pull away from extremely graphic detail and there enough sadism involve to perhaps turn the stomach a bit . at the very least and the way the violence be carry out may be certain to leave a lasting impact . the sexual situation between hyeon and tae joo can be pretty heat and erotic and while also sordid and morally reprehensible . the movie and i think and be still quite a complex examination of the lengths one will go to remain attached to an object of affection ( lust ) .