
Fresh from seminary school a new Reverend (Stuart Brennan) embarks on his first parish. A small, low maintenance Chapel based in the quiet idyllic setting of a quiet country village. While on the surface, the village seems to be a peaceful parish, with perfect residents, soon it becomes apparent that something more sinister lurks beneath the façade of a local businessman. On a wet, cold night, a mysterious girl visits The Reverend at the chapel. Cold and upset, she is welcom... (Full plot summary below)
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Fresh from seminary school a new Reverend (Stuart Brennan) embarks on his first parish. A small, low maintenance Chapel based in the quiet idyllic setting of a quiet country village. While on the surface, the village seems to be a peaceful parish, with perfect residents, soon it becomes apparent that something more sinister lurks beneath the façade of a local businessman. On a wet, cold night, a mysterious girl visits The Reverend at the chapel. Cold and upset, she is welcomed in warmly, soon it becomes apparent that her visit is not for sanctuary, but to deliver a message, a message in the form of a deep, bloody bite. Awoken with an unknown, uncontrollable thirst, a confused Reverend can find no evidence of the girl from the night before, with nothing but the thirst and memory of the bite, The Reverend embarks on his mandate, to clean up the village and the neighboring estate, by preaching or feasting.
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| We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoThe Reverend takes what should be a uniquely engaging story and turns it into what could pass as a bloody "Afterschool Special." |
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| User ReviewMark PEntertaining Horror film provides a unique twist on the vampire genre. Worth checking out! |
| User ReviewFelicia BUsing the selling point of Rutger Hauer and Doug Bradley as the beef in the film dosn't really help this film once you know they are just cameo roles, totaling about 5 minutes between them. Apart from that, this Thirst wannabe drags its heels and lacks pace and surprises from indie film maker Neil Jones. Pity! |
| User ReviewKarl GThis was obviously a pet project for director Neil Jones and lead actor Stuart Brennan(founding member of the production company). It's incredibly low budget but has some names that are not unrecongnisable in the UK. Doug Bradley & Rutger Hauer's involvement barely accumulates 10 minutes of screen time between them with the latter not appearing again after the typical comic book adaption style opening credits. Shane Richie & Tammar Hassan also appear as a pimp & crooked business man respectively, Hassan turns his hand here to a Sean Pertwee impression. The story revolves around a young new reverend who is assigned to a parish located in a particularly run down area. On his his first night he is visited by a young woman who attacks and feasts on him, he retaliates and kills her. Unaware of what he has become, also a mystery to the viewer as it seems he's become a vampire but his actions in daylight seem to contradict this. So he sets about cleaning up the neighbourhood by use of the bible or any other means necessary. The effects are particularly shoddy but storywise it's not all that bad if highly unoriginal. To be fair to Brennan he's not all that bad but the film just fails to maintain any interest level. It just gets quite boring and the end can't come soon enough. |