The Thirst (2006/I)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Jeremy Kasten

Writers:

Ben Lustig (story) &
Liz Maccie (story) ...
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Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A woman dying of a terminal illness discovers that the only way to save herself may be death itself.

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Blood | Sex | Terminal Illness | Drug Addict

Cast

Matt Keeslar	...	Maxx
Clare Kramer	...	Lisa
Jeremy Sisto	...	Darius
Serena Scott Thomas	...	Mariel
Neil Jackson	...	Duke of Earl
Adam Baldwin	...	Lenny
Ave Rose Rodil	...	Sister #2
Alicia Morton	...	Sara
Charlotte Ayanna	...	Macey
Erik Palladino	...	Jason
Michael Mantell	...	Doctor
Dawn Weld	...	Kiki
Ellie Cornell	...	Nurse Linda
Blaine Pate	...	Priest
Tom Lenk	...	Kronos
Blythe Metz	...	Sasha
Nick Principe	...	Club Inferno Bouncer
Martin Beck	...	Owen
Jerry Hoffman	...	Carl
Joel Schmidt	...	Sheldon Hamilton
Brett Walkow	...	Goth DJ
H. Charles Parrish	...	Hell Security (as Charlie Parrish)
Mark A. Altman	...	Bystander (as Mark Altman)
Mark Gottwald	...	Bystander 2
Steven Kriozere	...	Darius Victim (as Steve Kriozere)
Wayne Mahon	...	Sister Victim
Tallulah Scott Thomas	...	School Girl on Bus
Dara Sattzer	...	Le Petit Mort Dancer
Pamela Vandervelde	...	Le Petit Mort Dancer
Adrianne Grosse	...	Le Petit Mort Dancer
Brandi Gallucci	...	Le Petit Mort Dancer
Jayime Bailey	...	Le Petit Mort Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Otep Shamaya	...	Vogar
Steve Ben Brown	...	Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
Patrick Censoplano	...	Goth Boy (uncredited)
Marc De'Antone	...	Club Owner (uncredited)
Kylah Kim	...	Sister #1 (uncredited)
Ashley Merritt	...	Living Art (uncredited)
Jessica Roulston	...	Goth Bartender / Dancer (uncredited)

Directed by
Jeremy Kasten

Writing credits
Ben Lustig		(story) &
Liz Maccie		(story) &
Wayne Mahon		(story)
Ben Lustig		(screenplay) &
Liz Maccie		(screenplay) &
Wayne Mahon		(screenplay) and
Mark A. Altman		(screenplay) &
Jeremy Kasten		(screenplay)

Produced by
Mark A. Altman	....	producer
John Duffy	....	producer: post-production, IDT Entertainment
Mark Gottwald	....	producer
John W. Hyde	....	executive producer
Kyle Dean Jackson	....	post-production producer: Tunnel Post
Eric Miller	....	line producer
Alan Pao	....	post-production producer: Tunnel Post
Aaron Rattner	....	co-producer
Chuck Speed	....	producer
Danny Wayne	....	co-producer (as Danny W. Stallcup)

Original Music by
Joe Kraemer

Cinematography by
Raymond Stella

Film Editing by
Kevin Greutert

Production Design by
Scott Cobb

Costume Design by
Julia Schklair

Makeup Department
Autumn Butler	....	makeup artist
Nikki Carbonetta-Aguirre	....	makeup department head
Jason Collins	....	special makeup effects designer: Autonomous F/X, Inc.
Brie Ford	....	special makeup effects artist: Autonomous FX inc.
Elvis Jones	....	special makeup effects designer: Autonomous FX Inc.
James Ojala	....	special makeup effects lab technician: Autonomous FX
Traci E. Smithe	....	hair department head
Jenna Tibbetts	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Judith Black	....	post-production supervisor: IDT Entertainment
Aaron Rattner	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mark A. Altman	....	second unit director
Ryan Ramos	....	second second assistant director
Kimberly Stuckwisch	....	second second assistant director
Joseph Suarez	....	second assistant director
Danny Wayne	....	second unit director (as Danny W. Stallcup)
Jim Whitworth	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Megan J. Baptiste	....	art department production assistant
Shane T. French	....	set dresser
Stephanie Furr	....	art department production assistant
Josh Hagen	....	storyboard artist
Nathan Lay	....	on-set dresser
Joe Megna	....	assistant property master
Mark Richardson	....	property master

Sound Department
Kyle Billingsley	....	foley mixer
Cole Bluma	....	boom operator
Jackie Johnson	....	dialogue editor
Francisco Koch	....	adr mixer
Lucien Palmer	....	sound effects editor
Jesse Pomeroy	....	supervising sound editor
Neil Spritz	....	sound mixer
Paul Stanley	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Anthony Grow	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Brent M. Bowen	....	visual effects
Tim Carras	....	visual effects editor
Harry Eisenstein	....	on-set visual effects supervisor
Peter Gend	....	visual effects

Stunts
Tsuyoshi Abe	....	utility stunts
Bonnie Morgan	....	stunt double
H. Charles Parrish	....	stunts
Bridgett Riley	....	stunts
Danny Wayne	....	stunt coordinator (as Danny W. Stallcup)

Camera and Electrical Department
Kirk Bartolata	....	grip
Danielle C. Carroll	....	film loader
Roger Chingirian	....	rigging gaffer
Mark J. Coyne	....	Steadicam operator
Mark J. Coyne	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Jesse Crusing	....	rigging best boy electric
Nikola Dupkanic	....	additional second assistant camera
Bryan Gilbert	....	grip
Jonathan Goldfisher	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Andrew Robison	....	best boy grip
Alex Scott	....	second assistant camera
Michael Stella	....	electrician
Nate Wayman	....	grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Chantal Filson	....	costumer
Lizette Kilmer	....	costumer (as Lizette Jaimes)

Editorial Department
Jon Berry	....	on-line editor
Jon Berry	....	post-production coordinator
Jason Cochard	....	colorist
Teague Cowley	....	supervising color timer

Music Department
Sean Fernald	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Brian Eastveld	....	driver
Michael David Reynolds	....	driver
Harry Zabounian	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Rob Fegen	....	production coordinator
Randy McKenney	....	extras coordinator
Elena Rogovsky	....	script supervisor
Bill Watterson	....	production assistant

Thanks
Joe Moe	....	thanks

Production Companies

• CFQ Films
• Mindfire Entertainment

Distributors

• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Starz Home Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Complex Studio, The  sound post-production
• Mission Post  sound post-production
• Tunnel Post  post-production

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:R | USA:Not Rated | Australia:R (2008)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

CFQ Films

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Just before Maxx bites Macey, one shot shows the plastic tubing over his left shoulder which will begin squirting fake blood.

Quotes:

Darius: I try, Dear!

Movie Connections:

References Dracula (1931)

Disappointing.

I'm something of a connoisseur of vampire movies. Even the bad ones are usually fun to watch. But this one... it just fell flat. Firstly, it's got nothing in it that we haven't already seen in a hundred other vampire movies. Second of all, I found it difficult to identify with or care about either of the main characters at all. They're not particularly interesting, despite several formulaic attempts to give them "depth." The only characters who are even remotely interesting or fun are the so-called "bad guys"--the vampires. Adam Baldwin, playing pretty much the same character he played in Firefly and Serenity; Neil Jackson, with whom I was previously unfamiliar, but marginally impressed; and Jeremy Sisto, who is clearly having a blast in this film, switching back and forth seemingly at random between a Russian accent and a Southern one (which was possibly the best part of the movie). Far from the first movie to have its villains be more engaging than its heroes, of course. But the problem is that the lives and histories of these characters--teeming with potential--are only just barely mentioned or hinted at. This movie could have scored at least another point or two with me if they had told it from the vampires' point of view, rather than the couple.

Fans of Buffy and Angel might want to give this movie a look, as it has no less than three former cast members: Clare Kramer, Adam Baldwin, and Tom Lenk (the other bright spot of the movie--he's hilarious). But anyone who doesn't recognize the names I just mentioned would do best to stay away.