This is a short film that was directed by Ron Z. Miller, which comes in just under 8 minutes and was released in 2013 (according to the Amazon On Demand page, there was no IMDb page I could find to corroborate the date).
Set in a world where, one assumes, vampires are a known phenomenon and the police have a division to investigate them, this starts with an Internal Affairs officer Sheppard (Toni Miles) relaying what she knows about the antics of a VBI officer Hawkins (Ron Z. Miller). Hawkins recently had a rooftop tussle with a vampire that ended with the vampire going over the edge of the roof. Hawkins has drawn it as an accident, but witnesses have suggested he actively tossed the vampire from the building.
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| Lori Marie Helfrich as Luck |
He and his partner, Nelson (Zach Ball) have captured a vampire, Brenda Luck (Lori Marie Helfrich), and she is chained in their car. Before they can get her in to the building in which they intend to interrogate her Sheppard shows up. She allows the interrogation to take place but intervenes when Hawkins seems too forceful. But perhaps there is more to Luck than meets the eye…
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| Ron Z. Miller as Hawkins |
And that’s about it, being so brief this leaves a lot to shorthand but it does feel more like a test reel for a larger, more involved piece. It didn’t fill me with wow, unfortunately, and yet I’d give a longer exploration of the world a go. The film is definitely hamstrung by budget, or lack thereof, and the filming is functional at best. As I mentioned at the start of the article, I couldn’t find an IMDb page.
On Demand @ Amazon US
On Demand @ Amazon UK
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