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Thirst (2009)

★ 7.1 · 1,075 ratings on TMDB

Lusting after sinful pleasures.

Thirst poster★ 7.1

A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life. Now, he’s torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for the wife of a childhood friend.

DirectorPark Chan-wook
CastChoi Hee-jin, Kim Hae-sook, Kim Ok-bin, Oh Dal-su, Park In-hwan, Seo Dong-soo
GenresDrama, Horror, Thriller
The emergence reading

Thirst keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

zero-distanceKR
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E6vampirismhuman biology is rewritten by the Emmanuel Virus to require blood for sustenance and be fatal under sunlight (biology · local)
Also inFilms that alter a rule of reality
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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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