Hollywood Vampyr
Vista del Mar College, Los Angeles: Young Goth girls are committing ritual suicide. The last two were daughters of one of the professors at the college. One of his colleague, Professor Fulton [Muse Wa…
Hollywood Vampyr
Vista del Mar College, Los Angeles: Young Goth girls are committing ritual suicide. The last two were daughters of one of the professors at the college. One of his colleague, Professor Fulton [Muse Watson], sees the Goth movement as a deadly cult phase that kills innocent kids. Fulton's student Tom Weidder [Jeff Marchelletta] doesn't agree. In his opinion, Goths are simply "disenfranchised." Tom is friends with several Goths, e.g. Fatal [Nora Zimmett] (an art student who has just discovered that she's pregnant with the baby of coven-owner Anubus), Fatal's brother Blood [Trevor Goddard] (who runs a "Children of the Night" website to recruit new members), and Anubus [Mark Irvingsen] himself (Fatal's lover, a business administration student who opened a vampire coven (The Black Rose) to cash in on the lifestyle and the profits). Blood, an employee of Anubus, has amassed such a following that he decides to start his own coven. His goal is to become King of the vampires and start a new religion based on the idea that female vampires, when they are no longer useful to the coven, should be willing to kill themselves in order to fertilize the ground with their seed and spawn a dominant order of male vampires with Blood as their holy father. Their reward is to be granted immortality. Neither Tom nor Fatal can go along with Blood's goals. Tom is having personal problems in that his mother is dying of cancer and Prof Fulton has kicked him out of the program because of his bad attendance. In a fit of rationality, Tom calls Fatal's child "another martyr for the cause." In a fit of conscience, Fatal aborts the baby and comes down with a massive case of infection, requiring her to be hospitalized for over a week. She tells Blood that it was Tom who helped her come to the decision to kill her baby. While Fatal is in the hospital receiving therapy, Blood pays Tom a visit. Blood apparently believes that Tom is not lying when he denies any knowledge of Fatal's decision, so Blood offers Tom a job in his soon-to-be-opened coven "Syn City." Tom tells himself that he's going to use this opportunity to investigate the thoughts and philosophies of the Goths. Meanwhile, Blood vows to avenge the death of Fatal's child by ruining Anubus. First is to steal Anubus's coven members. Then Blood torches Anubus's club, which results only in the authorities suspecting Anubus as torching his own club for the insurance money. Third, Anubus is arrested on a "tip" that he was involved in grand theft auto. All this publicity is also playing havoc with Fatal's readjustment after being released from the hospital. She returns to her dorm to find her door spray-painted with words such as "Die" and "Bitch." She has to hock her car to get the bail money for Anubus's release. Tom has taken on the dress and attitudes of Blood's following and no longer wants to be Fatal's friend. Fatal is tempted to try coke again, but resists and washes it down the sink. Syn City -- Blood's Opening Night: It doesn't go well for Blood. He's raided by the police who tell him that they're shutting down his club. Anubus attends the opening. Blood shoots Anubus and then turns the gun on himself. Next scene, Tom is back to normal, typing on his computer, and he even hangs his crucifix back on the wall. On the other hand, Fatal returns to the club in full vampire/goth dress. The moral? Up to you. [Original synopsis by bj_kuehl]
Hollywood Vampyr
Drama,Horror,Thriller
Film Details
Vista del Mar College, Los Angeles: Young Goth girls are committing ritual suicide. The last two were daughters of one of the professors at the college. One of his colleague, Professor Fulton [Muse Watson], sees the Goth movement as a deadly cult phase that kills innocent kids.
Fulton's student Tom Weidder [Jeff Marchelletta] doesn't agree. In his opinion, Goths are simply "disenfranchised." Tom is friends with several Goths, e.g. Fatal [Nora Zimmett] (an art student who has just discovered that she's pregnant with the baby of coven-owner Anubus), Fatal's brother Blood [Trevor Goddard] (who runs a "Children of the Night" website to recruit new members), and Anubus [Mark Irvingsen] himself (Fatal's lover, a business administration student who opened a vampire coven (The Black Rose) to cash in on the lifestyle and the profits).
Blood, an employee of Anubus, has amassed such a following that he decides to start his own coven. His goal is to become King of the vampires and start a new religion based on the idea that female vampires, when they are no longer useful to the coven, should be willing to kill themselves in order to fertilize the ground with their seed and spawn a dominant order of male vampires with Blood as their holy father. Their reward is to be granted immortality.
Neither Tom nor Fatal can go along with Blood's goals. Tom is having personal problems in that his mother is dying of cancer and Prof Fulton has kicked him out of the program because of his bad attendance. In a fit of rationality, Tom calls Fatal's child "another martyr for the cause." In a fit of conscience, Fatal aborts the baby and comes down with a massive case of infection, requiring her to be hospitalized for over a week.
She tells Blood that it was Tom who helped her come to the decision to kill her baby. While Fatal is in the hospital receiving therapy, Blood pays Tom a visit. Blood apparently believes that Tom is not lying when he denies any knowledge of Fatal's decision, so Blood offers Tom a job in his soon-to-be-opened coven "Syn City." Tom tells himself that he's going to use this opportunity to investigate the thoughts and philosophies of the Goths.
Meanwhile, Blood vows to avenge the death of Fatal's child by ruining Anubus. First is to steal Anubus's coven members. Then Blood torches Anubus's club, which results only in the authorities suspecting Anubus as torching his own club for the insurance money.
Third, Anubus is arrested on a "tip" that he was involved in grand theft auto. All this publicity is also playing havoc with Fatal's readjustment after being released from the hospital. She returns to her dorm to find her door spray-painted with words such as "Die" and "Bitch." She has to hock her car to get the bail money for Anubus's release.
Tom has taken on the dress and attitudes of Blood's following and no longer wants to be Fatal's friend. Fatal is tempted to try coke again, but resists and washes it down the sink. Syn City -- Blood's Opening Night: It doesn't go well for Blood.
He's raided by the police who tell him that they're shutting down his club. Anubus attends the opening. Blood shoots Anubus and then turns the gun on himself.
Next scene, Tom is back to normal, typing on his computer, and he even hangs his crucifix back on the wall. On the other hand, Fatal returns to the club in full vampire/goth dress. The moral? Up to you.
[Original synopsis by bj_kuehl].