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Synopsis

Vista del Mar College, Los Angeles: Young Goth girls are committing ritual suicide. The last two weredaughters 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 killsinnocent 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 pregnantwith 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 avampire coven (The Black Rose) to cash in on the lifestyle and theprofits).

Blood, an employee of Anubus, has amassed such a following that hedecides to start his own coven. His goal is to become King of the vampiresand start a new religion based on the idea that female vampires, when theyare no longer useful to the coven, should be willing to kill themselves inorder to fertilize the ground with their seed and spawn a dominant orderof male vampires with Blood as their holy father. Their reward is to begranted immortality.

Neither Tom nor Fatal can go along with Blood's goals. Tom is havingpersonal problems in that his mother is dying of cancer and Prof Fultonhas kicked him out of the program because of his bad attendance. In a fitof rationality, Tom calls Fatal's child "another martyr for the cause." Ina fit of conscience, Fatal aborts the baby and comes down with a massivecase of infection, requiring her to be hospitalized for over a week. Shetells Blood that it was Tom who helped her come to the decision to killher baby. While Fatal is in the hospital receiving therapy, Blood pays Tom avisit. Blood apparently believes that Tom is not lying when he denies anyknowledge of Fatal's decision, so Blood offers Tom a job in hissoon-to-be-opened coven "Syn City." Tom tells himself that he's going touse this opportunity to investigate the thoughts and philosophies of theGoths.

Meanwhile, Blood vows to avenge the death of Fatal's child by ruiningAnubus. First is to steal Anubus's coven members. Then Blood torchesAnubus's club, which results only in the authorities suspecting Anubus astorching his own club for the insurance money. Third, Anubus is arrestedon a "tip" that he was involved in grand theft auto. All this publicity is also playing havoc with Fatal's readjustmentafter being released from the hospital. She returns to her dorm to findher door spray-painted with words such as "Die" and "Bitch." She has tohock her car to get the bail money for Anubus's release. Tom has taken onthe dress and attitudes of Blood's following and no longer wants to beFatal's friend. Fatal is tempted to try coke again, but resists and washesit down the sink.

Syn City -- Blood's Opening Night: It doesn't go well for Blood. He's raided by the police who tell himthat they're shutting down his club. Anubus attends the opening. Bloodshoots Anubus and then turns the gun on himself. Next scene, Tom is backto normal, typing on his computer, and he even hangs his crucifix back onthe wall. On the other hand, Fatal returns to the club in fullvampire/goth dress. The moral? Up to you. [Original synopsis by bj_kuehl]