Directed by Andrew McPherson and produced by the wonderfully named Fu Man Pooch productions, Sheigala: Vampire Business Women is an Aussie web serial, described as “paying homage to all things 80s”, which is a comedic satire that, at the time of writing, has three of its six episodes available.
The background is that, when the universe formed, there were two races of sentient beings. The male tepaniki, who were academics and philosophers, and the female sheigala, who became adapt at hostile business practices. The two races were (and are) reliant on each other for reproduction.
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However, the sheigala will ravage planets so that, as well as being vampiric in a fanged, exploding on staking and allergic to garlic (and lavender) sort of way, they are the very form of vampire mentioned by Voltaire, “stock-jobbers, brokers, and men of business, who sucked the blood of the people in broad daylight”. Indeed they are the exploitative face of disaster capitalism, devouring the resources of a planet and moving on to the next.
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The Queen of the Sheigala, Vandaz (Helen Miller), has come to Earth (precisely Victoria, Australia) and Ismaragad (Jack Sumner) of the tepaniki is looking to stop her – though his fellows seem apathetic to the cause. Also drawn into this is ordinary bloke Steve (Seb Muirhead), who went to hide out in the bush with his mates (leaving his pregnant wife at home).
What will happen – well you can find out over at the Fu Man Pooch YouTube Channel. Episode 4 drops on Halloween.
The imdb page is here.
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