Saturday, October 15, 2022

Short Film: A Vampire's Heartbreak


This short film directed by Kevin Forte clocks in at just over 15-minutes and was released in 2019.

It follows born vampire John (Anthony Fagan) and the events with his love, and turned vampire, Lori (Cynthia Loren).

However, as the film starts, we see John wake up alone in bed. He reminisces about Lori and very early on we see, within the dialogue, that melodrama is the order of the day. His memories go back to being with her as a mortal. Of her asking to be turned to spend eternity with him and him obliging (turning takes place through drinking a vampire’s blood – we do not see him bite her).

being turned

He remembers her foibles, of her reluctance to kill and therefore he choosing the evildoer as their victim (the first we see is a murderer (Patrick Heraghty) who has killed four victims). All of this is before David’s past catches up with them.

bite

I mention the melodrama and that is, by far, the biggest feel I took from this. There is a wider story that could be drawn from this, however. A scope in the world-building that Kevin Forte could exploit if he so wished.

The imdb page is here.

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