SFist Wendy and her buddy AG talk about vampire movies, comedy and horror, and the eternal question of your perfect vampiress.

Well, it was no Blade or Lost Boys, but we did get a few laughs out of The Thirst this week at the Another Hole in the Head Indiefest film festival. The Thirst thrust shy hippie college student, Will, directly into the battlefront of a neverending war between the vampires and their sentry slayers.

We’d spoil it by telling you just who the vampires and the slayers are, but suffice it to say they aren’t the only ones doing battle in this film. There’s also the underlying age-old conflict between some raucous, chauvinist frat boys and the ROTC/intellectual/crunchy kids. After seeing The Thirst with our friend, AG, we shared a couple beers and a couple more laughs.

AG: Hey, thanks for helping me kill (pun intended) an hour and a half of my life. Wow, that was one really good bad movie. The Thirst would have been an ideal choice for Mystery Science Theater 3000. I've just dated myself but for those of you who remember it, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.

More of SFist Wendy and AG's conversation after the jump! Still from The Thirst, above.

W: How'd you think The Thirst compared to other vampire movies?

AG: How does it compare? Does it matter? I don't think this movie was trying to do anything really artistic. It knew what it wanted to be (an awesomely bad movie) and it executed that very well. The whole vampire theme really only added to the kitsch. So what did you think? Am I being too harsh here? It's not that I didn't like it, I actually did...as a comedy.

W: I never know what to expect from "horror" films. I like to be scared, and if can't be that, then a few laughs will work, too. I don't think I had to hide my eyes once during The Thirst, so it was a good thing it was funny. I’m still trying to work out which university provided the setting for the movie; I thought I heard a couple references to Illinois, but maybe I'm just making assumption based on the frat boys in the film. And am I crazy or did the vampiress (what's the term for a female vampire) resemble Cameron Diaz? If you were a vamp, would you prefer a sweet innocent non-vamp, or a vampiress?

AG: The non-vamp love interest from the film was cute but if I were a vamp, I'd probably go for the hot, seductive vampiress.

So what's your overall take on the movie? I guess I liked the fact that it kind of made fun of itself and didn't take anything too seriously but I was also hoping for a bit of a scare. I'm thinking this movie might have fit in better at a "straight to video" movie festival. On the plus side, I see cult potential here...maybe college kids could turn it into a drinking game?

W: Definitely a drive-in flick! I kind of like the opportunity to see the straight to video flicks on occasion in the theater because if I'm real about it, I'll probably never see it on video. I got some laughs out of this one, and the chance to share a few with a friend, so I'm satisfied. It was no Buffy, but I knew that going into it.