Watching the sun sink below the Pacific horizon is the closest thatZero [John Savage] can come to making himself feel almost human again...and this is onlyafter 1,000 years of slowly acclimatizing himself to small amounts ofsunlight to build up his resistance. Zero is a vampire. He lives with his"family" -- two female vampires, Alko [Marriam Parris] and Laura [Diana Frank], and a green-hairedvampire dwarf they call Kiddo [Michael J. Anderson].Watching the sun sink below the Pacific horizon is the closest thatCorri [Starr Andreeff] can come to clearing her mind of the thoughts that haunt her. Corriis not a vampire, but she lives the vampire lifestyle, sleeping days andturning tricks at night as an exotic dancer at an underground nightclubcalled Club Vampire. [The doorway is framed by a huge vampire head.Patrons walk in through the fanged mouth.] Both Zero and Corri are boredwith their lives, which are about to merge.After accepting a few bucks to have sex with Laura on the floor atthe club, Corri winds up cut up and dead. Unfortunately for Corri, Laurainadvertently dribbled some blood into Corri's mouth during theirencounter, but Zero stops her from finishing Corri off. Corri is now onthe path to becoming a vampire. Corri awakens the next morning and findsherself in sad shape, but she manages to make it home to the condo sheshares with her young son Max [Ross Malinger], who makes it very clear that he wouldrather his mother work at the mall selling 1,000 shades of pink nailpolish than continue working her disgusting job at the club. She beginsexhibiting increased strength while also suffering from severe stomachcramps. Although she used to be a vegetarian, Corri attempts to feed hergrowing hunger by eating raw meat from the grocery store. When she almostbites her own son but gobbles up his pet hamster instead, Corri realizesthat something is wrong.When Laura finds out that Corri is alive and beginning the turn, shetells Alko, who orders Zero to find and destroy Corri as they want no moreadditions to the family. Zero goes to Corri's apartment to do the deed butfinds her throwing up her intestines and ultimately offers to help herthrough the change. He takes her to a motel and brings her a gothgirlhooker to feed on. He explains that his family is after her, and him too,because he refused to obey orders to kill "the accident."When Laura, Alko, and Kiddo learn that Corri is still alive, theyambush Zero and Corri in an alley and attempt to kill them both. Zero winsthe fight, so the family agrees to let them live through the night. Zerotries to convince Corri to hide out with him in Nepal for a few hundredyears, but Corri refuses to abandon Max. She goes to the club and asks herfriend Melanie [Viktoria Chapman] to get Max and hide him. On the way to Corri's place,however, Melanie makes the mistake of picking up a seemingly lost andabandoned young girl and her little brother, who turn out to be Alko andKiddo. They are joined by Laura, and, together, they force Corri's addressout of Melanie.Back at Club Vampire, Corri and Zero have taken a short nap. Whenthey awaken, Corri is horrified to see Melanie's severed head staring ather. Although it is daylight, Zero bundles himself up and hurries toCorri's apartment, taking shelter in a dark tunnel when he can no longerstand the sun. After the sun has set, Laura, Alko, and Kiddo pay Max avisit. Zero attempts to stop them from harming Max, but Alko severs Zero'shead, leaving him for "dead." Back to Club Vampire they go, Max in tow.They kill everyone in the place except for Max and Corri. They chain Corriand position her in front of a window, then the family sits back to awaitthe morning sun while listening to "the barbecue" philosophize about love,caring, and the real meaning of "family."Meanwhile, Zero's head, which the family thoughtlessly left laying onthe floor, has reattached itself to his body. Zero hurries back to ClubVampire, arriving just as Max, during a moment he wasn't being watched,secrets the padlock key from Laura's lap and passes it to Corri. Kiddoslaps Max across the room, but it is too late. Corri is free, and she'sfighting mad. She kicks Laura while Zero tosses gasoline and a lightedmatch on her. He then slices off Kiddo's head and pulls Alko into thesunlight until she burns up. "Sorry I took so long," Zero explains toCorri. "I just had to get my head together."Epilogue: In a voiceover issuing from a Columbia airliner flying overthe Himalayas, Zero lists some of the pros and cons of living in Nepal,then admits that he is in love with Corri. "Life!" he summarizes. "Youcan't live with it, but you can learn to live without it."Original Synopsis by bj_kuehl. - IMDb
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