- Directed by Craig Railsback
- Written by Heather Joseph-Witham
- Stars Dawna Lee Heising, Ken May, LeJon Stewart, Bill Housekeeper
- Run Time: 22 minutes
- Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm_Ihz2n40g
Synopsis
Harold, the vampire-minion, gets a job as a dog walker. When a man spills his coffee on the dog, Queen Penelope the vampire kills him in the bloodiest way possible. This is just the first of their misadventures in trying to pay their way in modern society.
We flash back three days earlier, listening to a podcast interview with a supernatural expert talking about zombies. “Death always finds a way,” the guest says. Harold explains dogecoins and cryptocurrency to Penelope. Their get-rich schemes don’t always work out. Now, they’re being evicted. They need to get a job.
It’s hard being a hundreds-of-years-old vampire in modern life.
Commentary
It’s a well-written, well-shot short that looks really good. It’s one of those parodies that takes a common horror idea and plays it all for laughs. It’s really cringeworthy and terrible, but that’s the whole point– they’re completely out of touch. The cast is perfect, and it gets a big thumbs up.