ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT PREMIERES THE VAMPIRE THRILLER THE THIRST ON DVD

Quench Your Desires Starting May 15th

BURBANK, CA – Anchor Bay Entertainment pumps new blood into the vampire genre with the May 15th DVD release of The Thirst, a harrowing examination of two recovering drug addicts facing a new “liquid” addiction. The Thirst is directed by Jeremy Kasten (All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos, The Wizard of Gore), and boasts an all-star cast featuring Jeremy Sisto (Dead and Breakfast, “Six Feet Under”), Adam Baldwin (Serenity, Independence Day), Matt Keeslar (Art School Confidential), Clare Kramer (Bring It On, “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”) and such horror film favorites as Ellie Cornell (Halloween 4 & 5) and Erik Palladino (Dead and Breakfast). The Thirst also comes shrouded in a special “O-card” for that extra satisfying gulp! SRP is an anemic $19.98 with a pre-book date of April 4th.

Recovering drug addicts Max (Keeslar) and Lisa (Kramer) are having a tough time adjusting to their new lives, now that they’ve kicked their habit. However, when a series of tragic events threaten their lives, both are recruited into a clan of sex and gore-crazed vampires led by the charismatic Darius (Sisto). Now hooked on a new narcotic – human blood – Max and Lisa begin to rebel against their horrific plight, hoping that kicking this habit will keep them out of Hell!

JoBlo.com/Arrow in the Head declared The Thirst a “gore party that stands on its own two fangs admirably. It’s so filled with chunky bites, dismemberments, beheadings and blood sprays that I wanted to pick up a mop to clean the theater afterwards!”

Anchor Bay Entertainment is a division of Starz Media. Starz Media is a programming production and distribution company operating worldwide. It includes the Film Roman, Anchor Bay Entertainment, and Manga Entertainment brands. Its units create animated and live-action programming – including theatrical films -- and programming created under contract for other media companies. It distributes that programming, and programming acquired from outside producers, through home video retailers, theaters, broadcasters, ad supported and premium television channels, and Internet and wireless video distributors in the US and internationally. Starz Media is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation that is attributed to Liberty Capital Group, www.starz.com.