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Lara, a precocious Goth teen, hates her wholesome twin sister, Helen. She envies her popularity, her beauty and most of all, her mother's love. One day, after their 16th Birthday party, during which she is particularly humiliated, Lara performs an intricate ritual in front of her Anne Rice alter involving a Barbie doll and cow heart. The next morning Helen awakens with a severe nosebleed. Then she dies in her sister's horrified arms.
The family is desperately grief stricken. Lara is filled with guilt, Mom with philosophical anguish and Raymond, the gay neuro-scientist brother, with curiosity as he discovers a unique virus in Helen's blood: a virus that feeds on red blood cells. Suddenly there is a knock on the door. Helen, still wearing her white body bag, is standing outside covered in blood.
It is pretty clear that all is not well with their resurrected family member. For one thing, she requires human blood as sustenance. The family realize they must find 'human sacrifices' to keep her going. But the angelic youth refuses to feed. She suffers gut-wrenching blood withdrawals until she blacks out and rips her victims to shreds. The first 'sacrifices' are a pair of Mormons who happen upon their abode with the intention of spreading love. After that it is pretty much up to Raymond, who cruises the local gay bars in search of prey. How long can they keep this up? Well at least until other vampires come for her. But that's where the plot thickens. How did Helen become a vampire? What exactly are vampires? Get ready for a major twist on an ancient mythology.
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