Varney the Vampire follows the exploits of Sir Francis Varney, a vampire that infiltrates the Bannerworth family in attempt to reestablish his own aristocracy.

Varney the Vampire follows the Bannerworths, a formerly wealthy family driven to ruin by their recently deceased father. When Sir Francis Varney enters their lives, the family (Mrs. Bannerworth and her adult children Henry and Flora) fight as they try to prove to their peers and to themselves that Varney is the vampiric ancestor of the Bannerworths preying on their vulnerability.—Demented Features