Dance of the Damned

A vampire selects a suicidal stripper as his prey, but spends the night getting to know her. As they discuss life, she reconsiders her desire to die as the pivotal moment nears. A vampire follows his instincts to a strip joint where he focuses in on one of the performers. He picks her for his meal because she is contemplating suicide, but he wants to share her life before taking it, and during the course of the evening they discuss their differences, their fears, and their lifestyles. As the moment of truth approaches, the woman becomes less sure that she wants to die. —Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com> A vampire goes to a strip-club and overhears that the dancer Jodi Hurtz is thinking of committing suicide since her ex-husband did not let her see her son on his birthday. When she is leaving the club late night, the vampire says that he is lonely and offers one-thousand dollars to Jodi to talk to him sharing her life experience. They go to his house and soon she learns that she is trapped inside, and he is a vampire that will kill her drinking her blood at 6:00 AM. Along the night, the vampire discloses his existential crisis and Jodi discloses her unfortunate life but concludes she does not want to die. Their inner feelings unleash a strange sentiment between them that are different creatures of the night. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil