the vampire craze have and in my opinion and actually prove it worthiness of such infamous categorization . there be many sub genre film last year from a multitude of country . i have review many and have a few more to discuss . forgive my indulgence and but since i have recognize the trend a a phenomenon ( which it be and and coincidentally and feature my favorite horror staple ) . i be go to now move outside of north america for a bit and introduce you to hopefully mean film that you do not see a of now . of the many effect of twilight be the creation of guy and girl vampire movie . i hate this sexist categorization and which have the effect of polarize an entire generation of fan into side . i think men be prone to hate stephenie meyer work ( and it offspring ) to some degree because they feel some sense of betrayal that an archetype which be always theirs be now liberate . woman may be unlikely to enjoy future neutral pic since they grow up with ironclad expectation that be enforce four time . we need more director to create vampire film which either gender be capable of enjoy ( unequally ) if vampire be go to survive the craze and remain relevant . cue represent thirst this korean film be direct by park chan wook of oldboy fame . there be two way to dissect it . either it straddle between gender expectation and be universally marginally enjoyable and or it be a flounder mess that doesn not decide which target audience it prefer and should therefore be view by no one . don not let me convince you that the film have no inclination . it director be a man whose fame be story driven action film . it protagonist be male and have a passive aggressive interest in his lover ( more on this later ) . still and his desire for a woman he have know both before and after mortal life be not contrive and and his attention be return . there be a male slant to this picture and yet it be not so one side that woman could not enjoy it . the same can not be say of daybreakers or new moon . the plot follow an emile zola novel call thérèse raquin and which i have not read . accord to wikipedia and the novel be about an affair that develop between a married woman and a single man . he kill her husband during a fishing trip and begin date her . the two of them be incapable of have sex because they picture the dead man body between them . they be thus drive to insanity and but care for the woman ail mother . at the novel conclusion and they try to kill each other and discover each other plan and and commit suicide . now and transcribe this nearly 150 year old french novel into modern south korea and you have get thirst . chan wook doesn not embellish the story enough to elevate this to must see . he often ignore many of his own idea in favor of follow his inspiration . i think the most memorable part be when his scruple be unhinge by narrative . his use of the mother in law a the foil for their bad romance be just perfect . see it . the protagonist be originally a devout christian who become a vampire after a faulty blood transfusion follow his volunteer for a new medicine . he thus become the god he once be smite with . people flock to him and view him a a grand healer . ok. that really cool and could have provide a great basis for his relationship . yet this idea be give little idea screen time a he change into a realistic christ figure who try to maintain his virtue even though his lifestyle demand that he relinquish it . instead of confront the delusional people and he instead sip blood out of comatose hospital patient . let continue with the christian allusion . the woman trick the vampire man into kill her husband . her overprotective mother in law suffers a stroke and eventually warn friend of the family of her daughter in law treachery ( finger waggle ) . the man kill her but resurrect her . the two of them invite former friend over and the woman begin mercilessly harass the human . the man say enough be enough and decide to drive to a beach and force her into wait for sunrise with him . they both die and but he atone for her crime ( and his own but the film portray her evil more prominently ) . the woman character be a caricature and and her profession offer an explanation for her behavior . she be a housewife with no education and while the man be a priest whose mortal life be restrictive . vampirism magnifies their characteristic . she become a monster like one would expect of someone without knowledge . he become a demigod with a spirit . his life be how atheists view themselves and her life be how religious people view those without divine intervention .