Night Junkies
Synopsis
Set in the winding streets and dark alleyways of riverside London, the story centres on an unusual couple, Ruby and Vincent. Ruby works as a lap dancer for an East-end outfit intent on promoting her as a call girl. Coming from a very dark past, Ruby has always had to battle the world. Vincent was 'turned' in a dark alleyway by a femme fatale. After weeks of battling with his condition, he has now learnt to give into his addiction: blood.
Vincent and Ruby meet via a chance encounter in a London café; they fall in love after one special night. Vincent goes against his heart and tries to feed on Ruby to satisfy his addiction. Ruby escapes, but has now been 'turned' and has also become an addict - a junkie - a vampire.
Ruby, unsure of what is happening to her, returns to a remorseful Vincent who convinces her to stay and work things out. Together they try to go 'cold turkey' on their blood addiction. Ruby's previous 'owners' want their star girl back and Psycho (a contemporary Jack The Ripper) seeks her out.
Psycho eventually catches up with them, which makes for an explosive and deadly fight to the end.
Details
- Year
- 2007
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 92 mins
- Format
- HiDef
- Director
-
Lawrence Pearce 1st Feature
- Producer
- Dean Fisher
- Editor
- Lewis Albrow
- Screenwriter
- Lawrence Pearce
- Director of Photography
- Sadik Ahmed
- Production Designer
- Nicola Dietmann
- Sound
- Mark Verner
- Composer
- Michael England
- Principal cast
- Giles Alderson, Rene Zagger, Katia Winter, Jonathan Coyne
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Scanner-Rhodes Productions Ltd
19 Ewellhurst Road, Clayhall, IlfordEssex IG5 0PE
UK
T +44 (0)20 8924 7219
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