Lisa (Clare Kramer) is a stripper with stage 4 cancer. She hasn't informed her boyfriend Maxx (Matt Keeslar) who simply believes the smell and vomit is because she is a drug addict. Lisa's dancing style catches the eye of Mariel (Serena Scott Thomas) who recruits the near dead Lisa into a vampire coven. Maxx believes Lisa is dead until he sees her out one night at the Inferno Club. Eventually Maxx becomes one of them and the story becomes one of a bizarre metaphor for addiction.The film had plenty of blood. In fact our vampires are not overly neat and bathing appears to be optional. It was a little much. Most female vampires eventually become topless except for Lisa who wears a colored see-through early on. There were times the film had that classic "Dusk to Dawn (D2D)" feel to it, but it didn't last. Fans of the D2D series with low standards should like this feature.Parental Guide: F-bomb, sex, nudity.

I loved it! It was so much fun to see so many of my frequent TV faves on the "big screen". Back in the days before "The Middleman", "Firefly", "Six Feet Under" and "Buffy". Not to forget Erik Palladino from a little bit everywhere. Everyone is going through a Change of Life. 12 Stepping with Dracula and trying not to enable each other! An eye-opening view of hypocrisy in the young among the ages. This movie brings blood soaked gore into the modern psycho-babble world, where we have killed "the child within" in order to heal it. A lot of Vampiric fun with moderate to juicy blood flow and a neat moral in the end. Like something Tarantino might have ...cut his teeth on?;-}

"The Thirst" is a fairly solid and enjoyable vampire effort.**SPOILERS**After continuously passing out, Lisa Raynerd, (Clare Kramer) finally agrees to tell boyfriend Maxx, (Matt Keesler) that she has cancer instead of a drug problem, and when she succumbs to it, friends Jason, (Erik Palladino) and Macy, (Charlotte Ayana) decide to cheer him up. When he spots her at a nightclub, they don't want to hear it but he eventually finds that she is indeed alive and turned into a vampire by Darius, (Jeremy Sisto) leader of Mariel, (Selena Scott Thomas) Lenny, (Adam Baldwin) and Duke, (Ben Jackson) a small vampire clan. As they try to get him acclimated to their lifestyle, he adjusts nicely but she reveals that has disapproved of the trappings of the family and the disease, forcing them on the run to stop them from starting a blood-splattered campaign of violence to feed their addition and end the curse once and for all.The Good News: This had a lot of good stuff going for it that really made it quite enjoyable. One of the main pluses is the film's large amount of action scenes, which are quite fun. The first massacre of the club, where they appear from the shadows and lay waste to the revelers within, including those tied-up in S&M games, just laying around or ripping up the inhabitants piece-by-piece is a lot of fun, the fighting is really nice and the chaos is perfect, making it a great introduction to the style to-be-employed. The later bar massacre is a lot of fun, with them taking control of the room in grand-style, dancing with the patrons before they start swarming them all, resulting in a messy, extended series of fights that are all really enjoyable. The last part is where the majority of it comes into play, from the vampires fighting in the living room that soon turns into a fire-starting set-piece is really good and makes for a good time. The hospital ambush, complete with the suspenseful captures within the building to the ambulance ride and the unique method-of-escape, which is followed up with a fantastically-eerie encounter within the woods, is perhaps the best part, and the woods part is the main reason due to the effect atmosphere created, the enjoyable stalking within the woods and the full-on fun fighting during it. The cabin confrontation is a perfect finale, with some more fun involving a nail-gun, which is used quite effectively to both serve as the instrument for the final downfall as well as adding some brutality to the proceedings, and the final burn-out is also effective. The other big action scene is the failed-turning, which is quite ingenious. From the explanations of what's going to happen, complete with a detailed account of the activities, initiated later through the sexual acts performed that turns into a raging bloodbath amidst all the chaos and screaming, it becomes quite enjoyable during the process. The first turning is also quite good, from the sensuality of the scene to the blood-loss and the rules of the turning are all quite nice and makes for another effective and entertaining scene. This one also makes its mark on its bloodletting, and it's incredibly messy. From several set-on-fire, a broken lamp shoved into a mouth, entrails spilled out, sword-stabbings, numerous bites to the neck, arms and waist, a finger shoved into the forehead and a nail-gun shot into the forearms, the kills in here are really bloody and graphic. That's not to say that the aftermath is just as good, as most of the wounds unleash a fountain of blood that streams over just about everything, and it's all quite effective at maintaining the gore all the way through. The last plus here is the frequent nudity, which is always nice. These are the film's positives.The Bad News: There wasn't a whole lot of flaws with this one. One of the main issues is the fact that there isn't anything at all special about these creatures. The name vampire is never used, but the actions clearly signal they are, and when they openly mock conventional rules about the genre, burst into flame at contact with the Sun and other such means, it's impossible to say they aren't, but we get no real special display to know they're something to be feared. Beyond a few massacres and the blood-drinking from the neck, it's hard to imagine these as vampires at all, especially once they start doing the comparison about it being an addition. That whole plot line, with the reluctant vampire and the hesitation, severely undermines the threat they acquired through their actions and is just a totally unnecessary addition to the film. Also problematic are certain sequences within the film, the main one being the first time in the Goth club. Unless you're a follower of the lifestyle, that scene is just endless and not all that interesting, merely resulting in an endless parade of being in dress-up, costumes and such that isn't cared-for at all, and these scenes aren't all that great once they get inside. The other ones are the two major freak-outs they show, in the hospital during the revelation discussion and later on after the turning. Both are just rife with irritating marks against them, in several areas and are really problematic all around. The last flaw to the film is the entirely ridiculous-looking blood, which is so fake it's impossible to call it realistic, is way too red and liquid-like, making the liberal use of it all-the-more distracting. These are the film's flaws.The Final Verdict: With some really good stuff to it mixed in with some flaws, this one manages to become a lot more entertaining than expected and is pretty enjoyable. Recommended to fans of low-budget vampire fare or find these types enjoyable, while those that aren't should heed caution.Rated R: Extreme Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Nudity, drug use and several sex scenes

The only reason i could bring myself to rate this a two was because Tom Lenk, Who plays Andrew on Buffy, was a chained transvestite like Vampire wanna be, which i found mildly...okay VERY entertaining. Let the first criticism be heard shall we? Aside from the confusing and disturbing story line, and the viciously bad acting the "blood" the crew decided upon was disgraceful and quite sickening. the hose like spurts of the pale unrealistic blood only made this movie harder to watch. The main characters (Matt Keeslar and Claire Kramer) ruthlessly murdered the already trivial parts. For instance the scene where Matt Keeslar murders his "lover" Claire he and Lisa go around the room tarring up the bedding in a cave man like manner. The scene could not be more indiscreet. THen we have the "epic" family mystery which unravels it self at the end with a discordant, battler atop an ambulance. then without any conclusion to the fight the two "good" vampires go forth and commit suicide. THe movies content and range was non existent and the terrible acting/effects/story line/ script only made it more unbearable! We suggest you go see this movie so you can share our detest for it!!!!!!!p.s. Top Lenk completely steals the performance!!!!!!!!