While it was a fairly average movie, I will have to say that Vampire Clan gets my vote for a movie that comes closest to "real vampires".
In this case, Vampire Clan was a TV movie based on the book, The Embrace by Aphrodite Jones. The book, and movie, tells the story of 16-year old Rod Ferrell.
In 1996, he led a group of teenagers on a trip from Kentucky to New Orleans. He was clearly a blood fetishist, but he claimed he was a supernatural vampire. He had convinced his friends Dana Cooper, Charity Keesee, and Scott Anderson, that he was a vampire and would grant them immortality once they arrived in New Orleans. The foursome claimed to have shared blood often and called themselves the Vampire Clan.
On the way, Rod decided to include Heather Wendorf, a former girlfriend, on their stop in Florida. While he told her they would all go to New Orleans together, what he really wanted was an extra vehicle. Believing himself to be immortal, he also believed he was above the law. Heather met Dana and Charity outside her home, convinced she was running away to a new life with Rod. After she left, Rod and Scott broke into Heather's parents home with the intention of stealing their vehicle.
The duo broke in to the house, and found the car, but needed the keys. Rod convinced Scott that they needed to kill Heather's parents in order to get away with stealing the car. They would consume their blood in order to be ready for the final leg of their trip.
They found the father sleeping on the couch and the mother upstairs. According to them, Rod told Scott to handle the mother while he took care of the father. Using a tire iron that he took from their garage, Rod beat the father to death, and continued beating until he was hardly recognizable; nothing but a bloody mess. Scott went upstairs but did not disturb the mother. Instead he came back down to find what Rod had done. The mother also came downstairs, and when she did, she too was beaten by Rod.
This story made headlines not only because of the brutality involved, but because of the fact that Rod claimed that he and his accomplices were vampires. Were they vampires, or just deluded teens led by a charismatic psychopath? I've read the book and watched the movie, and read some of the testimony. All I know for sure is, the movie is probably the closest you'll get to seeing a real blood-fetishest gone wrong. It is a good reason for the real vampires out there to always be vigilant of what they do.
