Tag: horror

Thirst (R: 2009)

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Thirst (R: 2009)
* Director: Chan-wook Park * Starring: Kang-ho Song … Priest Sang-hyeon; Ok-bin Kim … Tae-ju; Hae-sook Kim … Lady Ra; Ha-kyun Shin … Kang-woo; In-hwan Park … Priest Noh; and many more. *

It’s an Asian tale of a Catholic priest named “Sang-Hyun” who is working on a vaccine for a deadly virus. The virus takes a life of its own and takes over the priest pushing him nearly to death but is saved by an accidental transfusion of Vampire Blood. This leads him to an unsatiable appetite for the flesh while struggling with despair and depravity. Entertaining and dark. Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5.

Dead Alive (R: 1992)

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Dead Alive (R: 1992)
* Director: Peter Jackson * Starring: Timothy Balme … Lionel Cosgrove; Diana Peñalver … Paquita Maria Sanchez; Elizabeth Moody … Mum (Vera Cosgrove); Ian Watkin … Uncle Les; Brenda Kendall … Nurse McTavish; and many more. *

A New Zealand produced zombie flick about a subservient mommy’s boy who does everything his mother requests of him even when she is bitten by a creature that turns her into a zombie. At the same time, the good son falls in love with a women who he believes is “the one”. The town becomes infected by the mother and the son must rise about against his evil bloodthirsty mother to save the town from destruction and win the heart of his princess. Pretty corny. Rated 2.5 stars out of 5.