Fiend

***Fiend*** is a Canadian 1992 animated dark fantasy horror film written by Victor Yearts and Oren Wright and directed by Victor Yearts.

## Plot

Lugosi's is a popular club occupied mostly by 20 year old ravers with no future ahead of them, acts both as a club and a hunting ground, a hunting ground for demonic vampires with shapeshifting abilities. A man who definitely has no future ahead of him falls victim to one of these vampires.

It's all over the news the next day, dubbing it the possible start of a new murderer, we are introduced to our first protagonist, Arthur, a typical nobody living in a small flat, reading the paper containing the murder story.

One late night driving after a meeting at a support group, Arthur comes across Lugosi's, he decides to make a quick decision and go into Lugosi's, a few minutes in, he heads off to get a drink at the bar, and without his knowledge, his drink is laced with the blood of a fiend. After a few hours of drinking and raving to music, he heads off home.

Then, we are brought to an alleyway, where we see a man walking down it, this is Rich, our other protagonist, a self loathing vampire. After some steps he comes across some junkies, high and disconnected from life, Rich walks offscreen to the junkies, but we don't see what else happens, but he has quenched his thirst for blood on them.

The next day, while at his support group, Arthur explains his experience at Lugosi's, describing it as lucid and ethereal, and it's unlike anything that he has ever been through, he also mentions that ever since being there, he has been experiencing strange dreams.

The meeting is cut short, and Arthur heads home in his car, along the way while at a red light, Rich emerges from an alleyway, being chased by a group of junkies after being caught feeding on one of them. He asks Arthur if he can ride in his car, Arthur asks what has happened, but Rich gets in before he can finish his sentence, Arthur begrudgingly drives off from the junkies.

A miffed Arthur asks Rich where he lives, but Rich explains he has no where to live, so Arthur decides to ask if he wants to stay at his place, Rich thinks about it for a second, and then decides to accept the offer. Arthur drives him to his apartment.

In the apartment, Arthur asks who he is, Rich introduces himself, he only describes himself as an average man who got targeted by a bunch of junkies for no reason. Arthur doesn't question any of this, and later he goes off to bed, and Rich leaves the apartment, planning not to come back.

We stay with Arthur, who is seen sleeping, clearly looking uncomfortable. We are brought into his dream, he is in a church, seeming to be it's leader. Two men enter the church, holding a woman by the arms, they bring her to him, they dump her onto an altar, one of the men produces a stylish looking blade, requesting him to "do it". Arthur seems reluctant, but the woman even begs for him to do what the men want him to do, so Arthur walks over the woman, takes the blade, and drives it into the woman, although we aren't shown this. Arthur then wakes up suddenly, confused and somewhat horrified.

We are brought back to Rich as he walks along the London streets, all is fine until a gang takes notice of him, they go to him, and demand money from him, to which he responds saying he has no money, the gang don't believe him, so they drag him into a nearby alleyway and they start beating him, demanding money, a weakened Rich begs them to stop, but they only continue on, Rich is brought to his limits as his eyes turn a golden yellow, we cut away before anything else is shown.

Later in the night, we are brought back to Arthur, now sleeping soundly, he is woken by the sounds of knocking at his door. He opens it to see Rich, covered in tattered clothing and looking weak. An alarmed Arthur brings Rich to his couch, asking what happened and offering to bring him to A&E, Rich says he was attacked by a gang of thugs, and also rejects any offer to get medical aid, saying he'll be alright soon. He questions what might even be happening at the hospital.

We are brought back to Lugosi's, where we see two people are in a verbal fight, but it quickly gets worse as it devolves into a fist fight, each throwing pretty damaging punches to each other, other clubbers break up the fight as others ring emergency aid.

One of them is brought to the hospital, that specific one being a fiend, later in the night, as he is recovering, a nurse comes around, she spots the fiend and decides to do what all nurses do, offer him a blowjob, the fiend decides to go along with it, she gets to work, and as the fiend nears an orgasm, his member shifts, becoming sharp and blade like, and as he orgasms, he jams it through the woman's head.

Morning eventually arrives, and we are brought back to Rich and Arthur, Arthur is seen getting ready for his support group meeting, at the meeting, he noticeably has become more aggressive towards his peers, later in the night, he goes back to Lugosi's, where he hooks up with a fiend, who he brings back to his apartment.

Rich is still there, and seems to be pleasantly surprised at the sight of the fiend, Rich asks where Arthur found her, he immediately becomes alarmed when Arthur responds with Lugosi's, Rich immediately tells him to get rid of her, saying he won't regret it. A slightly disgusted Arthur refuses, later in the night, he brings the fiend to his bedroom, locking the door from Rich, Arthur and the fiend do some foreplay, but just as the fiend gets ready to attack Arthur, Rich barges in through the door, a broken bottle in hand, and he drives it through the fiend, who gives out a sickening scream, the fiend falls to the floor, not before opening it's mouth and spraying blood throughout the room, after this, it drops dead.

Rich goes to Arthur, pinning him against the wall, demanding why he was going to Lugosi's. Arthur doesn't know how to respond, Rich then informs him of Lugosi's inner workings, explaining how the club is infested with "fiends". Arthur asks how he knows all this, now with no choice, Rich reveals to Arthur that he is a vampire, but adds he isn't a fiend. He asks if Arthur has consumed anything at the club.

Arthur has, and a panicked Rich tells him that he may be becoming a fiend, explaining that fiends tend to make others like them by any means, one example being putting their blood in any type of food or drink, which will slowly turn a normal human into a fiend. Rich adds he knows a way to stop the transformation, but that it's not pretty. He tells Arthur to close his eyes and that he'll feel some pain.

He grabs Arthur's arm, and bites down on it, turning Arthur from a potential fiend to an average vampire.

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## Cast

* ??? as Arthur Reitz
* ??? as Rich Lumerat

## Trivia

* Lugosi's, the club in the film, is named after Bela Lugosi, famous for his role as Count Dracula in 1931's Dracula.