When Doris Lang is chosen as the next bride for the vampire Count Magnus Lee, she will hire a mysterious vampire hunter known only as D in an attempt to escape her ill-gotten fate.
A young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her, and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.—Christopher E. Meadows <[email protected]>
It is the distant future, Supernatural creatures are controlling the small civilizations left on Earth. A beautiful young woman, Doris, has been bitten by Count Magnus Lee for trespassing in his domain while hunting for demons threatening her home. Fearing that her life will be controlled by the Count, Doris hires and offers herself to a man known only as "D", a vampire hunter with a dark past, to hunt down and destroy the Count, end his thirst, and save Doris from a life of eternal damnation.—Geoffrey A. Middleton <[email protected]>
The year is 12,090. Ten thousand years ago, there was a war betweenhumans and supernatural monsters, and the monsters won. Humans are nowdominated by vampires who keep werewolves and mutants to protect them.Humans must now battle a variety of monsters that hide in the grass andslink in the trees. While out hunting one night, human Doris trespassesinto the vampire domain of Count Magnus Lee. As payment for her crime, Lee"kisses" her and discovers that her blood is the sweetest he's tasted inages. Lee decides to marry Doris. Lee's daughter Ramica cannot toleratethe idea that her father, a descendant of the Ancient One (Count Dracula),intends to pollute the House of Lee with human blood, and she vows to stopthe marriage.
Doris has no desire to become a vampire and has hired a vampirehunter. Known only as D, he is no ordinary vampire hunter. He's a dampiel(dhampir), born of a vampire father and a human mother. As a dampiel, hehas special powers that make him stronger than mortal men. He wields amighty sword and his left palm has a face that speaks to him, much like ahuman conscience. D himself doesn't say much, but he faithfully stays atDoris's side wherever she goes. Still, Doris and her younger brother Danare scared. When they went into town to buy supplies, the mayor's sonGreco, who has the hots for Doris, told the whole town that Doris had beenbitten by a vampire. The town council tried to banish her to acontamination camp (asylum), but D, along with Dr Felingo, stuck up forher, and Doris was merely shunned.
Tomorrow is the blood/sanguine moon (Moon of Women), a time when novampire would dare take the blood of a female, so D thinks that vampiresmight come for Doris tonight. And so they do. Ramica and Count Lee'shenchman, the mutant Reiginsei, show up to check out this woman that hasso fascinated the Count. After driving them off, D attempts to see CountLee, but he becomes entrapped by three Snake Women of Midwitch, whocapture him and begin sucking out his life energy. Meanwhile, Count Leehas sent Reiginsei to bring Doris to the castle to prepare for theirwedding. Fortunately, D is eventually able to escape from his captors andrescue Doris.
In order to help Reiginsei kill D, the Count gives him the Incense ofTime Trap, a candle which, when lit, will paralyze anyone with vampireblood. Reiginsei then kidnaps Dan and, when D turns up to rescue him,Reiginsei tries to light the candle. But it won't light. Instead ofReiginsei besting D, D cuts off Reiginsei's hand and saves Dan. Meanwhile,Dr Felingo has come to take Doris to a special place where she will besafe from vampires. Along the way, however, Felingo admits to being avampire himself. When they run into Ramica, she kills Felingo. Just then,Greco shows up with the real Incense of Time Trap and uses it to paralyzeRamica. When Greco attempts to kill Ramica in her helpless condition,Doris shields Ramica's body. Suddenly, D and Dan come walking up the road.Dan fires a gun, which causes Greco and the Incense of Time Trap to fallover a cliff. D releases Ramica unharmed, much to her surprise. Later, asDoris comes out of the shower, she tries to convince D to run away withher, but he refuses. When Doris throws her arms around him, D's fangserupt, but he fights the urge.
When Reiginsei finds out that it was Greco who switched the Incenseof Time Trap with a fake, he finds Greco, kills him, and takes back thecandle. He then takes it to Doris's house and, when D comes out to checkthe security wall, he uses it on D. While D is paralyzed, Reiginsei stabshim in the heart, cuts off his hand, and tosses it in the grass.Fortunately, it was D's talking hand. It crawls its way back to D,re-attaches itself, and wakes D up. Meanwhile, Ramica is begging herfather to give up the idea of marrying this girl. Count Lee admits that hejust wants a little pleasure at times during his 10,000 year existence,the same as he did with Ramica's mother. Yes, Ramica's mother was a human,which makes Ramica a halfbreed and not the aristocrat she thought she was.Reiginsei brings Doris back to the castle and, having completed his chore,asks Lee to make him a vampire. Lee refuses, telling Reiginsei to waitanother 50 years.
It is time for the wedding. Doris, entranced, is led by the Count tothe marriage chamber where all the guests are waiting. Dan sneaks into thecastle and tries to stop it, but Lee casts him aside. Not wanting to waitanother 50 years to become a vampire, Reiginsei uses the Incense of TimeTrap on Lee, but Lee is too powerful. Instead, he kills Reiginsei. Just asthe Count is about to bite Doris's neck, D shows up. Lee and D do battletogether, but D eventually stabs Lee through the heart with his sword.Ramica, believing D to be the son of the Ancient One, decides that theHouse of Lee is doomed and that she will go down with it, even though Doffers her a chance to live as a dampiel amongst humans. The castle isdestroyed and sent plummeting into a hole in the ground. With the fall ofthe House of Lee, D's work is done and he rides away, while Doris and Danwave goodbye. [Original synopsis by bj_kuehl]
