This is a short Nebula exclusive, directed by Valentina Vee and released in 2024, which comes in at around the 30-minute mark. It was written by and stars Abigail Thorn, whose Philosophy Tube YouTube show I really enjoy.
The film concentrates on Dracula’s (possibly) current girlfriend, Belladonna (Abigail Thorn) and his ex-girlfriend Fay (Morgana Ignis, Satanic Hispanics & Stan Against Evil) meeting in a restaurant.
The film starts, however, with Fay sat on her own. She is approached by the waiter Alex (Brandon Rogers) and says that she was sure she’ll be here soon. Belladonna then makes her entrance and starts saying about life in LA – the women whose surgery choices she describes as Frankenstinean and the men… this leads to a memory of meeting a guy (VonDexter Montegut II) and feeding from him.
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| Morgana Ignis as Fay |
It becomes clear that Belladonna reached out to Fay, who was worried about her due to her troubling texts. Belladonna is in denial – even though it is clear that Dracula, or DiDi (which she has tattooed to her neck, presumably covering the scar from being fed on when mortal, which Fay still has), is abusive and was the same with Fay – indeed there is an aspect to this of him reaching out to hurt her again. Dracula is in Rome with a model and has left Belladonna in LA.
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| blood covered Belladonna |
The short is character driven with the actresses given room to explore a range of emotions, false fronts and raw hurt. Belladonna has her eye on Alex the waiter as a snack (she only orders margheritas) and Fay has been rebuilding her life, has started offering monster therapy and is in a new relationship (as well as house sharing with a couple of werewolves). She orders burger and fries (or a pretentious version as served by the restaurant) and later confides that she is off blood and becoming human again. This was great fun. You can find the short on subscription channel Nebula.
The imdb page is here.
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