GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

meddlecore Kate was born a vampire. Though, she grew up completely unaware of this, as she was raised human.But her whole world changes, when, one day, she is kidnapped by a weird cult, and told that she is the last remaining relative of the Baronness of their people- a race of superhumans who nourish themselves with the essence of humans...blood! "The Brotherhood", as they call themselves, harvest that which they require from "donors" (aptly nicknamed "blood cows") who are held captive, and kept sedated, on a farm, where they are milked like cattle. Sometimes to death.The blood- after being tested for impurities- is packaged, shipped, and sold around the world to others of their kind.However, they are unable to win Kate over, simply, with the allure of their lifestyle. So they are forced to resort to manipulation tactics- in order to initiate her into the ways of the vampire.Basically, they want to break her, and force her to accept her vampire heritage...so she can be married off to some loser vampire from one of the other old lineages.To achieve this, one of the doctor-vampires has designed a brainwashing technique- to infiltrate her thoughts and memories- and push her in a malevolent direction...Eventually, she gives in and succumbs to her indoctrination. But the board isn't convinced her conditioning has fully set in.Only when the only person she cares about in the entire world is threatened, does she truly submit to her psychological tormenter (as was foreshadowed by the earlier scene).He convinces himself he does it for her...but he was only ever in it for himself...This is a pretty cool "Ozploitation" horror and first feature from Melbourne, Australia's Rod Hardy (who also directed a few X-Files episodes). It's a psychological horror at heart, but a modern vampire flick on the surface. And it's a bit of a trip. It definitely f*cks with you at points (like when she keeps waking up in succession) to keep you on your toes. And it always has you thinking.It's hard to say whether this is more a vampire film, or more of a film about brainwashing (if I HAD to choose, I would opt for the latter). So I'll just say it's a pretty damn original combination of the two.To finish, I'd like to acknowledge the performance by Chantal Contouri, who plays Kate. She does a helluva job. Reminded me of Shelley Duvall's performance in The Shining. The acting is pretty solid across the board, though, too.All around, this is a pretty cool film about vampires trying to break other vampires (who weren't brought up to be vampires) by brainwashing them...so...not really your typical vampire flick.Comes Recommended.7 out of 10.

darnmay A modern, clinical approach to a vampire tale with a group of experts trying to ensure that a young woman willingly joins a vampire cult.By controlling her environment, playing psychological tricks and mind games on the unfortunate girl they hope that they will have succeeded in their task before her boyfriend returns home and finds her missing.There are those who will stop at nothing until she succumbs, regardless of the detriment to her state of mind, and those who are determined that she will embrace their lifestyle without coming to any mental harm.There are numbers of anaemic looking people wandering about, looking decidedly lethargic and boring, which the story was in danger of doing also. The plot, however, does have a number of twists and turns to keep you guessing until the final outcome. . Directed by Rod Hardy who has many film and TV series to his credit, including Battlestar Galactica, The X Files and JAG, to name a few. He uses his talent to good effect, but is helped by David Hemmings, whose acting ability lifted the film from what could otherwise have been a dreary outing.The majority of cast in this Australian film have been more familiar with appearing in a variety of TV series, and the outing onto the big screen was perhaps as much as an experience for them, as watching the film was to me.If your idea of a vampire movie is one with bats, capes, crucifixes and coffins, then this is not for you. But, it is still worth a look.Darnmay 9th September 2007

frankgaipa Below is the first paragraph of my review of another genre-breaking film, Robin Campillo's Les Revenants (2004): My memory of the 1979 Australian film Thirst turns on a single misleading image: blood in milk cartons on supermarket shelves. Well-heeled shoppers push carts to and fro down spic-and-span aisles. Though the film's creators hadn't the nerve, or perhaps the imagination, to carry through -- their vampires are conventionally dangerous since the blood in the cartons is human -- that image broke genre. It suggested a maligned, maybe ghettoized yet worldwide minority not just making do but thriving. To analogize any of several possible real world minorities would be wrong, considering where the film goes. But if Thirst were newer, we'd wonder, is the blood in the cartons artificial, created humanely in a lab? Is it vampire "soy milk"? Are these vegan vampires? Whatever the answer, in that supermarket image Thirst's vampires are us. They're no more horrific than we are. The genre collapses.

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.