10 Best Vampire Films Of All Time

If Only Lovers Left Alive is the glamorous vampire, then Thirst is the messy, barely functioning version.

This South Korean film was made by the director of Oldboy, Park Chan-wook – and when you watch it, that information makes total sense.

It’s a strange movie that shows the moral complexities of vampirism through the lens of devout Catholic priest, Sang-hyun, who gets infected and turned into a vampire after volunteering at a medical facility. The film then looks at his burgeoning romance with soon-to-be-vampire, Tae-ju.

The vampires in this film are warped versions of their human selves – whereas Sang-hyun was once repressed, he becomes passionate, and whereas Tae-ju was once powerless, she becomes violent. Through the act of blood-drinking, we see the type of people the couple are deep down at their cores.

Thirst also uses a violent vampire love affair to represent the timeline of a real-world relationship – the passionate first love, the anger and resentment, and finally the death of the love. So, you’re not only treated to a couple of immortals wreaking havoc on the citizens of their town, but an interesting take on love as well. That’s value for money.

Talking of immortal havoc… there’s some gruesome and satisfying deaths in the film as a whole host of humans get knocked off. It’s okay – they deserved it.

Mostly.