Summer of Blood

As Eric Sparrow’s (Onur Tukel) evening with his long-suffering girlfriend Jody (Anna Margaret Hollyman) spirals into chaos, the crass rejection of her marriage proposal sets the stage for a night of utter ruin. Their tense walk home unexpectedly turns into a reunion with Jason (Jason Selvig), Jody’s college crush, who quickly wins her over, leaving Eric simmering in resentment. During this emotional upheaval, Eric stumbles upon a man in a dark alley, bleeding from a neck wound. Instead of providing help, Eric makes ill-timed jokes and ultimately witnesses the man’s tragic demise.

At work, Eric’s relentless pursuit of his indifferent coworker Penelope (Dakota Goldhor) contrasts sharply with his lack of dedication, leading to a series of failures in both career and romance. Following Jody’s departure, Eric embarks on a string of disastrous dates with Samantha (Vanna Pilgrim), Blake (Melodie Sisk), and Denise (Juliette Fairley), where each outing plunges deeper into chaos.

One haunting night, while traversing the shadows, he encounters a mysterious stranger named Gavin (Dustin Guy Defa), who compels Eric to reassess his existence, launching him into a transformation that turns him into a creature of the night. The next day, disheveled and bloodstained, he finds himself unemployed after missing a pivotal meeting.

As time drags on, Eric begins to feel the bizarre symptoms of his newfound immortality: a repulsion to food and cigarettes, alongside an insatiable thirst for human connection. In a horrifying turn of events, he accidentally kills his first victim (Keith Poulson), igniting a chain reaction that alters not just his own life, but also those around him.

With his fresh powers of hypnosis, Eric seeks to reclaim control, seducing and turning Samantha, Blake, and Denise into vampires, while charming his landlord Mr. Leiberman (Jerry Raik) into waiving his rent, a minor victory in an increasingly absurd existence. Despite his efforts for connection, Eric faces a cascade of hostility and apathy from others.

A chance encounter with Gavin during another attack leads to a deep reflection on the nature of God and what it means to exist as vampires. In this bizarre reality, Eric wrestles with moral complexities as he confronts raw, primal instincts that drive his new form.

In an unexpected twist of fate, Jody reenters Eric’s life, hoping to revive their romance. Fast forward six months to their wedding night – bliss is shattered when Eric’s primal urges claw to the surface. Jody’s tender question, “Can you bite me?”, goes unanswered as he escapes into the night, a desperate search for bloodlust beginning anew.

His path soon crosses with Penelope, leading to her unsuspecting transformation into a creature of the night. As Eric returns to the honeymoon suite, he remains ignorant of Penelope’s emergence as a vampire, leading to heightened tension between the couple. Their initial marital joy gives way to bitter disagreements, spurred by Eric’s deep-seated fears of commitment until, in a passionate frenzy, Eric bites Jody once again.

As the trio indulges in their insatiable hunger, it becomes evident that they are devouring not just blood, but sanity as well. On the hotel bed, as Jody’s life-force dwindles, Eric and Penelope engage in a frantic, chaotic prayer, beseeching a higher power for the restoration of their humanity.

Their passionate calls for help shockingly summon Jody back from the brink; she rises as a vampire, her eyes burning with an intense desire. Commandingly, she urges the trio to surrender to their most basic instincts, and together, they plunge into their darkest cravings, binding their fates in an intricate dance of shadow and longing.

Last Updated: November 17, 2024 at 22:22