- A group of people fight for their small town after vampires take over the world.
- After an outbreak of a mysterious virus, the world is dominated by vampires helped by the traitorous Vichys. The atheist Gwen Waters leaves the small town of St. Anthony on her bicycle, trying to find the alcoholic Priest Joe Cahill and bring him back to her town to give hope to the humans dwelling there. Father Joe rebuilds the church with the support of some locals but is attacked by vampires and Vichys leaded by the evil Father Alberto Palmeri, in a battle between good and evil.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- NOTE: It helps to know that there are three classes of vampires in this movie: 1) the old ones who look like nosferatu, 2) the new ones who look like normal people with fangs, and 3) the Vichys who are the vampire watchdogs/renfields.
A virus has swept the world. It started in Saudi Arabia, then moved to India, Egypt, Africa, and Europe. It wasn't until it was already on the shores of the United States that Americans learned it wasn't a virus at all. It was vampires. The vampires of legend have been here all the time, and now they've united. Thanks to a coverup by the government and the Center for Disease Control, vampires now rule the planet.
In a small town somewhere on the New Jersey shoreline, Gwen Waters [Pamela Kays] is one of the few remaining humans. It is afternoon, the time when humans can still get around. Gwen sits on a bench on the boardwalk, contemplating the Atlantic, when she is suddenly grabbed by four Vichys. They are in search of a human for tonight's confirmation ceremony. They aren't particularly impressed with dowdy little Gwen so they pursue a tall, skinny blonde. Gwen manages to escape. She trails the Vichys to St. Anthony's Church and watches through the window as Father Alberto Palmeri [Marvin W Schwartz], once senior priest at St Anthony's, slices open the blonde's neck, after which all the vampires, old and new, drink their fill.
Gwen has been able to keep herself alive by learning about the old legends. A confirmed atheist, Gwen admits that crosses work, even if she can't explain why. Probably something psychological. Her Uncle Joe Cahill [Douglas Gibson] is a priest. In fact, he used to be a junior priest at St Anthony's, until he was falsely accused of molesting a young boy and got railroaded by the bishop when no one from his parish stood up for him. Gwen thinks that Father Joe might be able to help her fight the vampires, so she goes looking for him. She finds him holed up in the basement of Morton's Liquors, where the priest spends his time drinking.
Meanwhile, the sun has gone down and Carl Edwards [David Dwyer] and his daughter Mickey [Mariana Matthews] are headed for a house where a number of humans are holed up plotting against the vampires. Unfortunately, they all want to be in charge, so nothing is being done.
Gwen and Father Joe shoot the breeze for a while, and Gwen stays the night during which they are invaded by a vampire. Father Joe chases it away with a cross. The next morning, they find the vampire's burned out carcass on the front lawn. Gwen wonders whether vampires are deserving of the last rites, considering that they were once humans before they were "murdered". At first, Father Joe balks; in the end, he gives last rites to the dead vampire. On their way back to St Anthony's, Gwen and Father Joe pass a field in which a little girl is picking flowers. Gwen tries to rescue the girl, but Mickey Edwards suddenly races through the field, picks up the girl, and tells Gwen and Joe to run...things are not as they seem. Suddenly, tires squeal. Three Vichys get out of the car and round up Gwen, Joe, and the girl. "Raven!" says the little girl. "Did I do good? Can I see my mommy now?" The Vichys have resorted to using human children as bait. Suddenly, shots ring out from a rooftop. The Vichys flee.
Gwen takes Father Joe to Finnegan and Dakota's tattoo parlor, hoping to find a place of sanctuary for the night. They are suddenly attacked by vampires. Finnegan is bitten but, before he dies, he tells Gwen that she can use the rooms upstairs. During the night, Gwen educates Father Joe about the Vichys. The Vichys take their name from the Vichy French, she explains, who collaborated with the Nazis in order to spare their families. Vichy Vampires do it for the promise of immortality. But why don't the vampires just turn the Vichys? The vampires had to turn a lot of humans in order to takeover the world, Gwen explains. Now there are too many vampires and they're all starving. Another problem is that they are sterile. They need Vichys to mate with humans and replenish the foodstock. They have actually set up a "stud ranch" at the old hotel on Route 70 where they take human females to rape and replenish the stock.
That night, Gwen and Father Joe sneak up to St Anthony's. Peeking through the window, Joe sees Father Palmeri sacrificing another victim, and it instills in Joe the desire to fight for his parish. The next day they go into the church. What a stench from the bodies laying all over. "Look what they've done to my church!" Father Joe cries out. As Joe retches over the destruction, Carl and Mickey show up. Carl is ecstatic at seeing Father Joe back and promises to help in whatever way possible. They start by cleaning up the church. That night, as Father Joe says Mass, vampires attack the church. When one of the Vichys drinks the sacrificial wine and is totally destroyed, Gwen is converted. Big battle follows in which Father Joe is beaten up and awakens to find himself tied to the altar. Gwen is hoisted up on a rope to the roof of the church so Palmeri can taunt Joe with her life. Palmeri tells Joe that he's going to be reborn into the darkness, but Joe promises that he will refuse the hunger and hunt down Palmeri. Carl rounds up a bunch of humans to fight the vampires. In the melee that follows, Mickey stabs Raven, little girl (now vampire) bites Carl, Joe tries to save Gwen but Palmeri drops her to the floor just as Mickey rips a cloth off the consecrated altar. The bright light blinds Palmeri, and he and Gwen both fall on a stake. Joe drives the stake further into Palmeri's chest. As she lies dying, Gwen makes Joe promise that he will continue the fight. Joe gives Gwen Extreme Unction.
"It's a toehold...it's a victory...it's a spark. Let's worry about the future tomorrow," says Father Joe as he and Mickey go off into the sunrise. [Original synopsis by bj_kuehl]
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