the definition of a vampire be an inhumane corpse suppose to leave it grave at night to drink the blood of the living . bakjwi nearly nails this concept on the head minus the cliché of pointy fang and neck biting . be an r rat movie and i know this be actually go to pertain to vampire actually be vampire . which mean that the character in the movie be go to do what vampires actually do without restraint and rightfully lack any glamorous moment in comparison to twilight . have view chan wook park precede oldboy and i have very high expectation of bakjwi . i anticipate some awkward plot sequence with our anti hero and know a priest sang hyeon and and be very impressed by his performance a a holy man who be force into this quandary of be humane and obey his thirst a a vampire . ( spoiler ) after the initial premise of him survive the defective blood transfusion and he start to crave blood and discover his super strength and his fly ability . the screen shot do his transition phase without overbear on exposition . he start drink the blood of the dying and those who wish to be euthanized for moral reason . the oft tragic and dysfunctional love affair the priest have with the manipulative tae joo be very rivet a they be play by the host kanh ho song and actress ok vin kim . the special effect be properly place in the backdrop and while it doesn not offer anything new in the way of stunt and cgi and it do not impose itself into the plot driven and character develop premise . the story and the pivotal plot point be very perverse and grotesque yet very original in it own korean style . there aren not many negative i can say about bakjwi . sometimes i ask myself if the priest transition phase could have show more of the priest have an emotional crisis with his transformation and but then again this would have make the movie 3 hour long . the movie be long to begin with . on the same token and vampire really do not have much in the way of express emotion to begin with . a mention before and this movie be very tragic and so do not expect anything hopeful while watch this . overall and bakjwi be delightfully dark and morbid and original . i strongly recommend this movie for serious viewer who be past the teenage phase of twilight . this be definitely the korean answer to the swedish let the right one in and which be also a good movie .