Thirst

Thirst is a strange little movie that starts off interesting enough. Suggestions that something might be off. Insomnia mysteriously spreading through town. Thirst promises an interesting paranoia thriller that unfortunately never manages to take off and instead meanders throughout. The interest wears off right after the buildup, as unfortunately it never delivers the buildup it promises. For the most part, the actors make it work, with the exception of Scotty Walker in the Trent role, a performance of a mentally handicapped character that is outdated to the point of offensiveness. The filmmakers should still be commended for their effort because between occasionally hammy dialogue, especially when it comes to the conspiracies, there are some nice moments interspersed throughout, and with a supposed budget of $50,000 the production looks mostly professional. I just it lived up to its full potential.

Something's wrong. Some folks suddenly cant sleep anymore. And they suddenly get agitated about the smallest things and keep hooked on repetitive weird behaviour like mowing the grass endlessly... WHAT"S going on?

Quite a mesmirizing start, with a long delayed explanation what is causing loved ones to suddenly start behaving out of whack. The suspense and the spookiness is quite good at the start.

Later on this movie is more off a battle for survival, a rather bleak and suffocating battle for survival. That is the lesser part, but still good enough for me...

I was quite sursprised that such an unknown cast of actors did have such great acting performances and actor's chemistry. Chapeau!

It is not a really exhilirating thriller, NOT at all, but it really has something going for it, and that is a bleak and slowburning suspense that keeps on coming. Solid direction for such a low budget movie!