When Detective Mortimer Shade is somehow killed in a freezer, a parasite called a grail possesses his body, revives him, but he needs blood to stay alive. His partner John Dark accepts the new situation and together they become vigilantes, judging and killing the bad guys, with Shade sucking their blood with his claw. However, Dark notes that Shade is losing the rest of his humanity and becoming a monster, being aware and afraid of the danger Shade represents to mankind and trying to stop him.
Practical Effects
The claw prop deserves its own credit line.
Acting
Luke Goss committing to this nonsense like it Shakespeare.
Director
Andrew Goth
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Andrew Goth also made 'The Seasoning House' and clearly has a thing for grim one-word titles.
This film arrived in 2005 when 'Blade' had already peaked, making its vampire-cop premise feel like a dollar-store knockoff of a franchise that was itself declining.
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