Dark Town

Synopsis: On a night when their quiet suburban neighborhood is plagued by mysterious blackouts, the tight-knit Armstrong clan presses on with its plans to celebrate the birthday of the head of their family, CURTIS ARMSTRONG SR. In the dark, the Armstrongs hang banners and carefully place candles on the birthday cake. They have no idea how truly cursed this family gathering will be. As his family tensely awaits his return, the irritable Curtis Sr. is out in the chaos of the blacked-out city on a mission to evict squatters from one of his downtown properties. What he finds in that crumbling building are no ordinary "squatters." Instead, he comes face to face with an Old World horror intent on spreading its evil in the New World. When Curtis returns to his family, he is a changed man-- infected with an ancient plague that corrupts the soul, even as it transforms the flesh. His strange behavior casts a darkness over the "celebration" and puts everyone on edge, but no one dares to confront him. Curtis soon reveals his agenda: to infect every member of his family. As family blood is spilled and shared, the Armstrong home soon becomes a den of vampires. Two sets of late arrivals walk in unaware into this situation. First up are JEN ARMSTRONG, the eldest daughter, and her lover, LISA. Jen is the black sheep of the family, not just because of her lesbianism, but because of her chosen career as a liberal social worker. When Jen and Lisa arrive, they immediately wonder why the family is acting so strangely. They don't get much time to figure it out, however, because right behind them is an angry young man named RAKEEM with his gun-toting buddies. Rakeem blames landlord Curtis' negligence for the death of his little brother. Tonight, he has decided, is the night he will get his revenge-- the citywide blackout providing the perfect cover. He bursts in and takes Jen and Lisa hostage. His plan is to confront the Armstrongs with their misdeeds and demand reparations for the tragic injustices done to Rakeem's own family. Needless to say, Rakeem's plan does not count on the Armstrong family having been transformed into a pack of voracious, bloodthirsty beasts. Very quickly, the would-be avengers become the hunted. The suburban home becomes a slaughterhouse. Rakeem and Jen Armstrong are the only survivors. Together, they fight their way out of the death house into the night-- only to find that the entire neighborhood has been overrun by vampires. There's no way out: spectacles of carnage await behind every picket fence; the neighbors, young and old, prowl the streets, feasting on the dead and dying. Jen and Rakeem now know they have no one else to turn to. Can they survive? And what does survival mean in a hell where souls are as much a delicacy as blood?   Source: Orloc Productions