Plustown
A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.
mraculeated
The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
Keeley Coleman
The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
Arianna Moses
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
gavin6942
The descendant of Elizabeth Bathory is abducted by a cult of self-proclaimed supermen who achieve this state of superiority by drinking from the "blood cows" kept at the "dairy farm", and they try to get her to join them.This Ozploitation film has nice gore effects, plenty of blood, and a plot that can only be seen as a reversal of other Bathory tales, where now the usual monster is the persecuted one. We even get a sweet, pseudo-Catholic ceremony in Latin.The film did not do well at the local box office. Nevertheless, it was highly regarded by influential American film critic Leonard Maltin, who gave it three stars out of four. Although Maltin is often wrong, he might have been right this time -- this one went under the radar, but probably never should have.
WakenPayne
The descendant of Elizabeth Bathory is abducted by a cult of self-proclaimed supermen who achieve this state of superiority by drinking from the "blood cows" kept at the "dairy farm", and they try to get her to join them. This Movie Is Nearly As Bad As 'Twilight'. No I Don't Think That Quite Covers It. I Am A HUGE Fan Of Vampire Movies So I Know What I'm Talking About When I Say "This Film Sucks" Now Let Me Go Down The Flaws. The Vampire That Suddenly Decided To Cut Back On Blood For Good (WHOAH!!!!!! Vampires Have No Soul So Why Cut Back) Gets Hit By Sunlight Numerous Times & It Has No Effect At All On Her. There Is A Granny Vampire (I Am Not Lying). The Acting Is Horrendously Awful. I Am Ashamed To Be Australian. I Mean Sure My Country Gets It Right Sometimes (Hercules Returns, The Crow, Dark City(Made By An Australian Filmmaker), Crocidile Dundee) But All The Others Is Crap After Crap. I Gave Up On 'Charlie & Boots', 'Muriels Wedding' Is A Shitstorm Filled With Overacting Pricks, e.t.c. I Am So Humiliated To Call Myself Australian. This Resembles Twilight As Being Untruthful To The Vampire Myths. I Have To Congratulate Rod Hardy For Pointing The Camera In The Right Direction. I Know It Was His First Movie But That Is Also No Excuse To Make This Sh!t. Also Their "Blood Farm" Sells Blood In Milk Cartons. THEY SELL BLOOD IN MILK CARTONS. Are You Kidding Me. When They Drink Blood The Music Is Heavenly. I'm Not A Specialist In Biology But Blood Helps You Live So To Take It All Out Is A Bad Thing. Correct Me If I'm Wrong. Thought I Wasn't Wrong. If This Guy Directed An Episode Of Joss Whedon's 'Dollhouse' Then I Might Have Second Thoughts About Seeing It.
ptb-8
This murky oddity is great fun and well made on eerie locations in Victoria Australia at a real scary place that actually exists called MontSalvat 'castle' by 70s drive in auteur Antony Ginnane. He also made a very strong Carrie like thriller called Patrick. Other Aussie thrillers of the time include Summerfield and The Chain Reaction.THIRST should be a cult film but lacks the 35mm availability for cinemas to make it exactly that. Like Rocky Horror, Legend Of Hell House or Phantom Of The Paradise, all part of a mad parochial horror cycle of the 70s. Find it and have a great time. You will love the, er, milking scenes.........Antony..your films are languishing! get em out there again!
ksaelagnulraon
Interesting, ambitious take on vampire horror stories is good - if you get past the 70's music and porn-style hair+moustache!! Chantal Contouri is a wealthy young woman who is told she comes from a strong family of vampires...enter a BRAVE NEW WORLD-type scenario in which subjects "donate" blood, which is packaged in milk cartons and delivered to all the vampires living in the outside world. It's overlong, and overdramatic for such a story, but it's worth a look all the same - genre fans should enjoy it, as should fans of Australian film: this was definitely a landmark, as most films released by this country during the late 1970s were either "ocker" (BARRY McKENZIE, ALVIN PURPLE) or "quality" (PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK, BACKROADS, DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND). Of course, MAD MAX was released in the same year. Rating: 6/10.