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Synopsis: In a world 10 years into the future, vampires make up the vast majority of the population with only 5% of the human race remaining. This presents particular challenges as the vampires' food supply - human blood - is dwindling and rationing is now the norm. There is growing evidence that vampires deprived of an adequate blood supply are themselves evolving into wild, vile creatures that attack anyone and anything in order to survive. Dr. Edward Dalton, a vampire and hematologist who works for a pharmaceutical firm, has been working on finding an artificial blood supply that will meet the vampire society's needs. He is sympathetic to humans and sees his work as a way of alleviating their suffering but his views on finding a solution change considerably when he meets someone who found a way to transform himself from being a vampire to again take human form.
Production: Lionsgate
  3 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
R
Year:
2009
98 min
$30,000,000
Website
377 Views


use it for the right reasons.

We want to rebuild

the human race.

But a way back can be

a dangerous thing,

in the wrong hands.

We're an endangered

species, Doc.

It's time we changed

all that.

The escalating global

blood crisis has seen

prices skyrocket over

the past week.

Experts believe that

this will make blood

unobtainable to many citizens

across the country,

and create what could

only be described

as a subsider epidemic.

Excuse me.

This is not what

I asked for.

Read the sign, Sir. We're

now only permitted to

serve 5% blood

with every coffee.

I don't care what

the signs says.

Just put some more f***ing

blood in my coffee.

I can't.

Move!

We've tested burning

extracted blood under UV light

It always remains infected.

How could yours

possibly be human?

You tell me, Doc.

What did it feel like when

the sun hit your body?

What do you mean

what did it feel like?

I felt like a god-damned

piece of fried chicken.

Can you remember anything

specific about it?

Anything at all.

Well I remember when

the sunlight hit me.

It was like a bolt

of lightning

kick-started my heart.

It was like...

someone let the

air back in the room.

Maybe the only way

to treat the blood

is inside the body.

We need to control

a daylight burn.

- Pickup was successful.

- That's great Jarvis!

Total count is 15.

We'll stay clear of

the interstates,

so it might take us

a while to get back.

Be safe.

You okay?

They may be frightened

of you, but...

none of them doubt

that you can help us.

I can't even remember

what it's like to be human.

Are you afraid to die?

Yeah.

Most of us are too

scared of death to

think of it as

an option.

I guess that's why

so many turned.

How did it

happen to you?

I was betrayed.

My brother...

What are these?

Wine fermentation tanks.

Fermentation.

- That's airtight, right?

- Yeah, that's right.

- What's that?

- It's an extraction fan.

Pulls air out of the tank to

stop the wine from oxidizing.

Okay, perfect. We use that

to put out the fire.

How far is it to the

winery, Jarvis?

It's about two

hours from here.

So, have you been

doing this for long?

Picking up humans,

giving them a home.

Since the beginning.

There's not many

of us left now.

How long have you

been running?

Most of us have been on

the run together for years.

I've never seen

it this bad.

What made you come

all the way out here?

It's safer.

There's lots of sun,

there's not a lot of shade.

Not much food

either, hmm?

Yeah. Thanks.

Oh sh*t!

Dammit!

Sh*t!

Tranq dart!

Move! Move!

Oh sh*t!

Move. Move!

Go go go!

Keep firing.

Fire!

Fire!

Can anyone hear me?

Hello? Is anyone there?

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