The Ghoulish Plot: A group of six criminals is hired to kidnap a rich man’s young ballet dancing daughter. They snag her and take her to a remote mansion, where they’re told to watch her for 24 hours as the ransom is acquired. One of the criminals is Joey, a recovering drug addict woman who is tasked with watching/managing the girl while in captivity.

It doesn’t take long for them to realize something else is going on, and at first they think somebody else is in the house…then they realize the young girl isn’t what they thought she was, and is instead a merciless bloodsucking vampire and the whole situation was crafted so that she’s not stuck in a house with them…they’re stuck in a house with her.

Over time Joey comes to understand that the most feared killer in the underworld might just be this little vampire girl, and that she did all of it to try and earn the love of her vampire dad without much success. She also learns that one of the crooks in the house with her might be worse than the slippered devil’s concubine she’s stuck in the house with.

This movie is drenched in blood; once people start dying heads go flying and it paints the walls. The initial concept was fun, but once you know what’s happening all the intrigue seeps out of it and you’re basically watching a cat toy with a mouse it’s already mauled. The cast features some great supporting actors and the girl playing Abigail is very game and puts in a good performance. But the whole thing ends up being a fairly mediocre trapped-in-a-house-of-horrors tale by the end.

The Scariest Part of the Movie: realizing that even when you’re an undead killer around for centuries, all your mental shit still goes back to childhood.

The Spookiness Factor: The mansion is nice and creepy and the first few kills are fairly shocking. By the time it becomes clear who’s hunting who it becomes more of a horror-comedy.

Rating: 5 out of 10 Dark Chocolate Hershey’s