A blood shortage forces vampires to farm humans while a researcher secretly develops a cure for the plague.
Suspenseful and bleak. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Kanopy (free), Hoopla (free), The Roku Channel (free), Plex (free) and Tubi (free).
Some innuendo or implied sex and strong violence, about what an R should carry.
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In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into a vampire. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vampires on a way to save humankind.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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