dylan summers
deedee and the vampire act one synopsis
Halloween, 1899. Father Vilnius is conducting a service at St Sebastian’s church, Soho. He gives thanks for the radio receiver which his friend Felix has created to scan the heavens for the voice of God: 1899
Felix, who is a member of a platoon of vampire hunters called the Army of Light, is approached by his Commander and ordered to activate the vampire detection circuit he has secretly built into the radio. Felix affirms his commitment to the fight: Saints and Superheroes
Sister Assumpta, a nun, tries to persuade Vilnius to shut down the receiver. Vilnius’s adoptive daughter Deedee invites Felix to abandon his work and join her for a walk but he resists the distraction, upsetting her: Barefoot
Deedee argues with her unwanted admirer, the vampire hunter Stanford. He tells her that Felix is keeping secrets and advises her that if she wants to know what Felix is up to, she should come to the crypt that night. Father Vilnius is shocked to meet his old lover Hortense, now also a hunter: When Worlds Collide
The receiver detects a cosmic signal approaching London. Stanford discovers the source of the signal, a coffin-shaped space capsule now crashed in the graveyard: The Dead part one
Out steps the Visitor, a seductive space vampire. Revealing himself to be the Visitor’s spy amongst the hunters, Stanford announces that he has chosen a victim: Deedee. Vilnius arrives as the Visitor returns to his capsule: Lust for Glory
The hunters take the capsule to the church crypt. Deedee enters the crypt and opens the capsule. The Visitor offers her the chance to become a vampire and leave her human emotions behind: The Shining
Saddened by Felix’s apparent indifference, she accepts and he bites her neck. Deedee is transformed into a vampire: Tiger Tiger
Sister Assumpta enters the crypt with dynamite and a detonator, planning to blow up the church to destroy the receiver: Bad Habits
Hungry, Deedee bites her neck: Tiger Tiger reprise
Assumpta, now a vampire, runs into the nave of the church
where she is shot dead by the hunters:
Halloween
