Viktoria was very into vampire lore. So much so that she gave herself to what she thought would be a "romantic life." Now desperate after a decade of stealing blood from hospitals and the occasional kill, she is more pessimistic than ever.
The story so far: A quiet town in New Jersey possesses a secret. Viktoria (Marisa Ryan) was always into vampire lore. So much so that she gave herself to what she thought would be a "romantic life." Now desperate and hopeless after almost a decade of stealing blood from hospitals and the occasional kill, Viktoria is more pessimistic than ever. The only thing keeping her going is her motherly affection for her friends, Alicia (Amy Jo Johnson) and Darius (Jon Huertas). But even that is not enough. It takes the mysterious man clad in black to intrigue Viktoria. Soon she finds her life renewed with the affection and desire of Seth (Robert Floyd). Seth sees that Viktoria is stalked by her Ex, Charles (Christopher Wiehl). But Charles has his own agenda: to make Viktoria's life a living hell. Can Seth intervene? Can Good defeat evil? And who exactly is Uncle Joe (Fred Norris)?
A quiet town in New Jersey possesses a dark secret. Viktoria has given her life and soul to the ways of the vampire. Now, after almost a decade of stealing blood from local hospitals and the occasional kill, Viktoria is more pessimistic than ever. Seth, a mysterious man in black, comes to town and falls for her only to find himself caught in a power struggle between her friends and another vampire clan led by her malevolent ex-boyfriend, Charles. As Charles' vampire gang feeds upon the townspeople, Seth plots his own kind of revenge.—Synapse Films
A bit of history: Like many teens in the 1980s, Viktoria [Marisa Ryan] wasinterested in the occult. Unlike most teens, Viktoria met up with avampire who was willing to give her what she wanted. Her boyfriend Jake,however, was turned at the same time as Viktoria and couldn't live withit, so he fried himself in the sun. Viktoria maintains herself on bloodpurchased from a bloodbank employee who runs a blackmarket on the side.Viktoria also lives with the guilt of helplessly watching her mother die(in a road accident). Consequently, these experiences have turnedViktoria's heart cold in that she avoids emotional involvement.
So here it is, some eight years later, and Viktoria is on theboardwalk with her friends Alicia [Amy Jo Johnson] and Darius [Jon Huertas] when they are suddenlyconfronted by Chas [Christopher Wiehl], Viktoria's ex and one of those bad*ss vampires. Chasis still P.O.ed at Viktoria and coldcocks her right then and there. Fromthe background comes a voice, "Watch your back, Chuck." Turns out that thevoice belongs to a new guy named Seth [Robert Floyd] who happens upon Viktoria the nextnight as she walks along the beach. Seth is from Philadelphia, but he isvacationing with four of his fraternity brothers -- Kevin, Scott, Kinka,and Danny. Seth does not shirk from confrontation with Chas and his"horsemen" -- R.P., John Luke, Duncan, and Connor -- like everyone else intown and seems to have taken on the job of acting as Viktoria's SirLancelot.
At the moment, however, Viktoria has other problems. Alicia isanorexic, and Viktoria has to take her some medicine. Alicia's medicineturns out to be a vial of blood. Only recently turned (by R.P.), Aliciahates being a vampire and refuses to feed. Drinking the blood from thevial makes her feel even worse, so Viktoria slits her own wrist and letsAlicia drink from her arm. Meanwhile, Seth is hoping to meet up again withViktoria. Remembering that she mentioned working at a sunglasses store, hestops at the only sunglasses shop on the boardwalk and asks for her. Thesalesgirl doesn't know of any Viki that works there, but Chas overhearsSeth's question and confronts him. After exchanging insults, Chas invitesSeth to join his group, and they go off together to smoke some dope. Theinsults keep flying until Connor challenges Seth, but Seth effortlesslygives Connor a wedgie and kicks him to the ground. [Hmmmm, is theresomething fishy about Seth?]
The next night, Seth runs into Viktoria, Alicia, and Darius on theboardwalk, and Alicia and Darius get lost so that Viktoria and Seth can betogether. While Seth and Viktoria walk along the beach, Chas runs intoDarius and Alicia. Chas mesmerizes Darius into going home and thenmesmerizes Alicia into joining him and his horsemen. Chas takes Alicia ona killing spree. When Alicia finds out what Chas has made her do, she isdistraught. The next day, she sits in the sun. Viktoria finds Aliciafrying to a crisp, and she disintegrates right before Viktoria's eyes.That evening, Viktoria and Darius scatter Alicia's dust into the ocean.
After a pep talk from Uncle Joe, in which he advises Viktoria thatthe best way to keep from getting a cold heart is to "keep it warm",Viktoria pays a visit to Seth. After sharing a glass of wine, the two endup talking openly to each other. Viktoria tells Seth that Alicia is dead,and Seth tells Viktoria about his girlfriend Sarah and how she wasattacked and killed by a "huge grey shape" while they were hiking togetherin the Appalachians. The next day, as Seth is watching the sun go downalong the beach, John Luke catches up with him and warns him that Chas islooking to kill him. A bit later that evening, just after Seth andViktoria run into each other on the boardwalk, Chas and his horsemen comelooking for Seth. Chas challenges Seth to a fight and shows his fangs.Seth agrees to the fight but not before changing into a werewolf. Theytear at each other for a while. Just as it looks like Chas has gotten theupper hand, Viktoria rips out his heart. As Chas disintegrates, she looksaround for Seth, but he has disappeared.
The next day, Viktoria puts on her sunglasses and goes looking forSeth. His friends are packing up their car to leave town, and they tellher that Seth has already left. Viktoria goes home, only to find Sethsitting on her porch. They thank each other for being there, and they kiss.[Original Synopsis by bj_kuehl.]
