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* HairContrastDuo: Vampire sisters Djuna and Mia are very much opposites, as signified by their respective hair colors. Redhead Djuna, who's a VegetarianVampire, gets into a loving committed relationship with Paolo. Brunette Mia though feeds lethally on humans and is a promiscuous [[LesbianVampire bisexual]], hypnotizing Paolo (apparently) to sleep with her so she can take what Djuna has.

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* CoitusEnsues: The sex scenes are not very long, but all fairly gratuitous, since they don't advance things in the plot much.


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* SexStartsStoryStops: The sex scenes are not very long, but all fairly gratuitous, since they don't advance things in the plot much.
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* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Djuna is having sex with Paolo when she bites him, which turns him into a vampire as well.

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Djuna, a female vampire living alone in Connecticut who refrains from human blood, meets Paolo who's there for researching a screenplay. The pair share an instant attraction, but Djuna is reluctant to get close as she knows it could end up hurting him. She rebuffs him, but Paolo remains persistent and Djuna lets him in on her secret. Paulo is incredulous at first, but then she proves it and he accepts this. They have sex, and while doing so, Djuna feeds on him. As a result, Paulo turns into a vampire as well. He has no problem with this, and Djuna is overjoyed to have a companion. However, all is not simply eternal bliss together, since Djuna neer-do-well sister, Maia (also a vampire) intrudes. Maia does not share Djuna's commitment not to feed on humans in the least, with her volatile presence causing trouble in the local vampire community.

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Djuna, a female vampire living alone in Connecticut who refrains from human blood, meets Paolo who's there for researching a screenplay. The pair share an instant attraction, but Djuna is reluctant to get close as she knows it could end up hurting him. She rebuffs him, but Paolo remains persistent persistent, and Djuna lets him in on her secret. Paulo is incredulous at first, but then she proves it it, and he accepts this. They have sex, and while doing so, Djuna feeds on him. As a result, Paulo turns into a vampire as well. He has no problem with this, and Djuna is overjoyed to have a companion.

However, all is not simply eternal bliss together, since Djuna neer-do-well sister, Maia (also a vampire) intrudes. Maia does not share Djuna's commitment not to feed on humans in the least, with her volatile presence causing trouble in the local vampire community.

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* LesbianVampire: Maia is a bisexual vampire, to judge from her picking up a man and woman to have sex with (then later feed on).

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* LesbianVampire: Maia is a bisexual vampire, to judge from her picking up a man and woman to have sex with (then later feed on). She later hypnotizes Paolo to have sex with her too.



* LoveAtFirstSight: Djuna and Paolo run into each other, with a single glance being apparently enough for them to fall in love. Paolo is not only drawn to her intensely, he accepts Djuna making him a vampire, after which he's soon moved in and they act like a married couple functionally despite only knowing each other two or three days.=

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* LoveAtFirstSight: Djuna and Paolo run into each other, with a single glance being apparently enough for them to fall in love. Paolo is not only drawn to her intensely, he accepts Djuna making him a vampire, after which he's soon moved in and they act like a married couple functionally despite only knowing each other two or three days.=
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* LipstickLesbian: Maia is a feminine bisexual who is always well made up, having long hair with stylish skirts and blouses. She has a threesome with a man and woman, also hypnotizing Paolo into sex too.

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* LipstickLesbian: Maia is a feminine bisexual who is always well made up, having long hair with stylish skirts and blouses. She has a threesome with a man and woman, also plus hypnotizing Paolo into sex too.sex.

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* DepravedBisexual: Maia, a vampire, has a threeway with a man and woman whom she lethally feeds on later.

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* DepravedBisexual: Maia, a vampire, has a threeway with a man and woman whom she lethally feeds on later. It's also indicated she hypnotizes Paolo into sleeping with her.



* LesbianVampire: Maia is a bisexual vampire, to judge from her picking up a man and woman to have sex with (then later feed on).
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Redhead Djuna wears fairly light colors usually. She's a VegetarianVampire who resists the urge to feed on humans most of the time. Her sister Maia is a brunette, wears dark clothing and has no compunctions at all about lethally feeding on people. Both have long hair and favor feminine clothing like blouses, dresses or skirts, often of a very high quality.



* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Redhead Djuna wears fairly light colors usually. She's a VegetarianVampire who resists the urge to feed on humans most of the time. Her sister Maia is a brunette, wears dark clothing and has no compunctions at all about lethally feeding on people. Both have long hair and favor feminine clothing like blouses, dresses or skirts, often of a very high quality.
* LesbianVampire: Maia is a bisexual vampire, to judge from her picking up a man and woman to have sex with (then later feed on).
* LoveAtFirstSight: Djuna and Paolo run into each other, with a single glance being apparently enough for them to fall in love. Paolo is not only drawn to her intensely, he accepts Djuna making him a vampire, after which he's soon moved in and they act like a married couple functionally despite only knowing each other two or three days.

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* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Redhead Djuna wears fairly light colors usually. She's a VegetarianVampire who resists the urge to feed on humans most of the time. Her sister LipstickLesbian: Maia is a brunette, wears dark clothing and has no compunctions at all about lethally feeding on people. Both have feminine bisexual who is always well made up, having long hair with stylish skirts and favor feminine clothing like blouses, dresses or skirts, often of blouses. She has a very high quality.
* LesbianVampire: Maia is a bisexual vampire, to judge from her picking up
threesome with a man and woman to have woman, also hypnotizing Paolo into sex with (then later feed on).
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* LoveAtFirstSight: Djuna and Paolo run into each other, with a single glance being apparently enough for them to fall in love. Paolo is not only drawn to her intensely, he accepts Djuna making him a vampire, after which he's soon moved in and they act like a married couple functionally despite only knowing each other two or three days.
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Djuna, a female vampire living alone in Connecticut who refrains from human blood, meets Paolo who's there for researching a screenplay. The pair share an instant attraction, but Djuna is reluctant to get close as she knows it could end up hurting him. She rebuffs him, but Paolo remains persistent and Djuna lets him in on her secret. Paulo is incredulous at first, but then she proves it and he accepts this. They have sex, and while doing so, Djuna feeds on him. As a result, Paulo turns into a vampire as well. He has no problem with this, and Djuna is overjoyed to have a companion. However, all is not simply eternal bliss together, since Djuna neer-do-well sister, Maia (also a vampire). Maia does not share Djuna's commitment not to feed on humans in the least, with her volatile presence causing trouble in the local vampire community.

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Djuna, a female vampire living alone in Connecticut who refrains from human blood, meets Paolo who's there for researching a screenplay. The pair share an instant attraction, but Djuna is reluctant to get close as she knows it could end up hurting him. She rebuffs him, but Paolo remains persistent and Djuna lets him in on her secret. Paulo is incredulous at first, but then she proves it and he accepts this. They have sex, and while doing so, Djuna feeds on him. As a result, Paulo turns into a vampire as well. He has no problem with this, and Djuna is overjoyed to have a companion. However, all is not simply eternal bliss together, since Djuna neer-do-well sister, Maia (also a vampire).vampire) intrudes. Maia does not share Djuna's commitment not to feed on humans in the least, with her volatile presence causing trouble in the local vampire community.
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''Kiss of the Damned'' is an American vampire film written and directed by Xan Cassavetes in 2012.
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Djuna, a female vampire living alone in Connecticut who refrains from human blood, meets Paolo who's there for researching a screenplay. The pair share an instant attraction, but Djuna is reluctant to get close as she knows it could end up hurting him. She rebuffs him, but Paolo remains persistent and Djuna lets him in on her secret. Peter is incredulous at first, but then she proves it and he accepts this. They have sex, and while doing so, Djuna feeds on him. As a result, Peter turns into a vampire as well. He has no problem with this, and Djuna is overjoyed to have a companion. However, all is not simply eternal bliss together, since Djuna neer-do-well sister, Maia (also a vampire). Maia does not share Djuna's commitment not to feed on humans in the least, with her volatile presence causing trouble in the local vampire community.

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Djuna, a female vampire living alone in Connecticut who refrains from human blood, meets Paolo who's there for researching a screenplay. The pair share an instant attraction, but Djuna is reluctant to get close as she knows it could end up hurting him. She rebuffs him, but Paolo remains persistent and Djuna lets him in on her secret. Peter Paulo is incredulous at first, but then she proves it and he accepts this. They have sex, and while doing so, Djuna feeds on him. As a result, Peter Paulo turns into a vampire as well. He has no problem with this, and Djuna is overjoyed to have a companion. However, all is not simply eternal bliss together, since Djuna neer-do-well sister, Maia (also a vampire). Maia does not share Djuna's commitment not to feed on humans in the least, with her volatile presence causing trouble in the local vampire community.


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* {{Blackmail}}: Maia gets Xenia to relent from sending her away by having her tempted into drinking human blood. Presumably it would not go down well in her VegetarianVampire community.



* KarmicDeath: At the end, [[spoiler:Maia is driving recklessly to the house at night, gets into a car accident, and wakes up the next day when the sun is out. She's killed before she can find shelter.]]

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* KarmicDeath: At the end, [[spoiler:Maia is driving recklessly to the house at night, night after having gotten away with all her misdeeds, gets into a car accident, and wakes up the next day when the sun is out. She's killed before she can find shelter.]]



* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Blonde Djuna wears fairly light colors usually. She's a VegetarianVampire who resists the urge to feed on humans most of the time. Her sister Maia is a brunette, wears dark clothing and has no compunctions at all about lethally feeding on people. Both have long hair and favor feminine clothing like blouses, dresses or skirts, often of a very high quality.

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* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Blonde Redhead Djuna wears fairly light colors usually. She's a VegetarianVampire who resists the urge to feed on humans most of the time. Her sister Maia is a brunette, wears dark clothing and has no compunctions at all about lethally feeding on people. Both have long hair and favor feminine clothing like blouses, dresses or skirts, often of a very high quality.



* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: Maia indicates she hypnotized Paolo into sex with her or something similar by telling him if some part of him didn't want her it wouldn't work.



** Djuna, a VegetarianVampire, gives in and feeds on Paolo.

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** Djuna, a VegetarianVampire, gives in and feeds on Paolo. She also later kills Paolo's agent this way.
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Djuna, a female vampire living alone in Connecticut who refrains from human blood, meets Peter who's there for researching a screenplay. The pair share an instant attraction, but Djuna is reluctant to get close as she knows it could end up hurting him. She rebuffs him, but Peter remains persistent and Djuna lets him in on her secret. Peter is incredulous at first, but then she proves it and he accepts this. They have sex, and while doing so, Djuna feeds on him. As a result, Peter turns into a vampire as well. He has no problem with this, and Djuna is overjoyed to have a companion. However, all is not simply eternal bliss together, since Djuna neer-do-well sister, Maia (also a vampire). Maia does not share Djuna's commitment not to feed on humans in the least, with her volatile presence causing trouble in the local vampire community.

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Djuna, a female vampire living alone in Connecticut who refrains from human blood, meets Peter Paolo who's there for researching a screenplay. The pair share an instant attraction, but Djuna is reluctant to get close as she knows it could end up hurting him. She rebuffs him, but Peter Paolo remains persistent and Djuna lets him in on her secret. Peter is incredulous at first, but then she proves it and he accepts this. They have sex, and while doing so, Djuna feeds on him. As a result, Peter turns into a vampire as well. He has no problem with this, and Djuna is overjoyed to have a companion. However, all is not simply eternal bliss together, since Djuna neer-do-well sister, Maia (also a vampire). Maia does not share Djuna's commitment not to feed on humans in the least, with her volatile presence causing trouble in the local vampire community.



* CassandraTruth: Peter, as you might except, reacts with laughter first when Djuna says she's a vampire. He believes it upon her displaying a {{game face}} however.

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* CassandraTruth: Peter, Paolo, as you might except, reacts with laughter first when Djuna says she's a vampire. He believes it upon her displaying a {{game face}} however.



* FourthDateMarriage: Although they don't get formally engaged or married, after just a few days Peter moves in with Djuna and is willing to spend the rest of his ''eternal'' life with her. That's some intense LoveAtFirstSight.

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* FourthDateMarriage: Although they don't get formally engaged or married, after just a few days Peter Paolo moves in with Djuna and is willing to spend the rest of his ''eternal'' life with her. That's some intense LoveAtFirstSight.



* HorrorHunger: Djuna explains after Peter becomes a vampire how vampires feel intense desires to drink blood. It grows stronger the longer a vampire goes without, becoming painful. Before feeding on him, she was clearly trying to stop herself, struggling with it, but eventually loses control when they're having sex.
* InterruptedIntimacy: Djuna and Peter get back to find Maia having a threeway. She's not happy, especially since they realize she's going to feed on the couple afterward, sending them away instead.

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* HorrorHunger: Djuna explains after Peter Paolo becomes a vampire how vampires feel intense desires to drink blood. It grows stronger the longer a vampire goes without, becoming painful. Before feeding on him, she was clearly trying to stop herself, struggling with it, but eventually loses control when they're having sex.
* InterruptedIntimacy: Djuna and Peter Paolo get back to find Maia having a threeway. She's not happy, especially since they realize she's going to feed on the couple afterward, sending them away instead.



* KissOfTheVampire: Peter seems to find Djuna's bite pleasurable as she feeds on him (they're having sex at the same time, granted).
* LingerieScene: Djuna is shown at length wearing only her bra and panties before having sex with Peter.

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* KissOfTheVampire: Peter Paolo seems to find Djuna's bite pleasurable as she feeds on him (they're having sex at the same time, granted).
* LingerieScene: Djuna is shown at length wearing only her bra and panties before having sex with Peter.Paolo.



* LoveAtFirstSight: Djuna and Peter run into each other, with a single glance being apparently enough for them to fall in love. Peter is not only drawn to her intensely, he accepts Djuna making him a vampire, after which he's soon moved in and they act like a married couple functionally despite only knowing each other two or three days.
* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Maia and Peter have sex in the steam room.

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* LoveAtFirstSight: Djuna and Peter Paolo run into each other, with a single glance being apparently enough for them to fall in love. Peter Paolo is not only drawn to her intensely, he accepts Djuna making him a vampire, after which he's soon moved in and they act like a married couple functionally despite only knowing each other two or three days.
* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Maia and Peter Paolo have sex in the steam room.



** Maia, her sister, is also good-looking, having a threeway and sex with Peter too, where she also appears topless (at greater length).

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** Maia, her sister, is also good-looking, having a threeway and sex with Peter Paolo too, where she also appears topless (at greater length).



** Djuna, a VegetarianVampire, gives in and feeds on Peter.

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** Djuna, a VegetarianVampire, gives in and feeds on Peter.Paolo.
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* WeakenedByTheLight: Vampires can be killed by sunlight here, as usual. [[spoiler:Maia is killed this way in the end.]]

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* WeakenedByTheLight: Vampires can be killed by sunlight here, as usual. [[spoiler:Maia is killed this way in the end.]]]]
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* WeakenedByTheLight: Vampires can be sunlight here, as usual. [[spoiler:Maia is killed this way in the end.]]

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* WeakenedByTheLight: Vampires can be killed by sunlight here, as usual. [[spoiler:Maia is killed this way in the end.]]
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* VegetarianVampire: The Connecticut vampire community are all intent of feeding only from animals. Djuna and Xenia both break this in the face of intense temptation. Maia on the other hand rejects this idea entirely.

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* VegetarianVampire: The Connecticut vampire community are all intent of on feeding only from animals. Djuna and Xenia both break this in the face of intense temptation. Maia on the other hand rejects this idea entirely.
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* VirginityFlag: Xenia can tell instantly that Anna's a virgin, and therefore her blood is intensely tempting for some unexplained reason.

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* VirginityFlag: Xenia can tell instantly that Anna's a virgin, and therefore her blood is intensely tempting for some unexplained reason. It seems virgins just ''smell'' differently.
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* ThreewaySex: Maia has sex with a man and woman in the house.

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* ThreewaySex: Maia has sex with a man and woman in the house.house, then feeds on them later.



* VampiresAreRich: Those in the Connecticut community are all dressed very well and show every sign of being high society types. Maia however is an exception, as she lethally feeds on humans rather than follow their VegetarianVampire ways, which necessitates living in a more insecure position.

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* VampiresAreRich: Those in the Connecticut community are all dressed very well and show every sign of being high society types. Maia however is an exception, as she lethally feeds on humans rather than follow their moral VegetarianVampire ways, which necessitates living in a more insecure position.
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* TheRenfield: Irena, a human woman, serves the Connecticut vampire community. A blood disorder makes her unappealing, and her mother had the same condition, who served them before.

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* TheRenfield: Irena, Irene, a human woman, serves the Connecticut vampire community. A blood disorder makes her unappealing, and her own mother had the same condition, who served serving them before.earlier.
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** Her leader Xenia also does this (after forty years) after Maia dangles temptation before her.

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** Her leader Xenia also does this (after forty years) after since Maia dangles temptation before her.
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* MysteriousPast: None of the vampires' personal histories are explicated. We never learn how any of them turned into vampires, nor their ages. However, an ending scene where two girls are dancing around in very old-fashioned dresses ''might'' indicate these are Djuna and Maia as children, indicating they probably were born over a century in the past.
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* MysteriousPast: None of the vampires' personal histories are explicated. We never learn how any of them turned into vampires, nor their ages. However, an ending scene where two girls are dancing around in old-fashioned dresses ''might'' indicate these are Djuna and Maia as children, indicating they probably were born over a century in the past.

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* MysteriousPast: None of the vampires' personal histories are explicated. We never learn how any of them turned into vampires, nor their ages. However, an ending scene where two girls are dancing around in very old-fashioned dresses ''might'' indicate these are Djuna and Maia as children, indicating they probably were born over a century in the past.

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* MsFanservice: Djuna, who's very beautiful, appears at length wearing only her lingerie, and has two sex scenes (appearing topless very briefly in one). Maia, her sister, is also good-looking, having a threeway and sex with Peter too, where she also appears topless (at greater length).

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Djuna, who's very beautiful, appears at length wearing only her lingerie, and has two sex scenes (appearing topless very briefly in one). one).
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* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Blonde Djuna wears fairly light colors usually. She's a VegetarianVampire who resists the urge to feed on humans most of the time. Her sister Maia is a brunette, wears dark clothing and has no compunctions at all about lethally feeding on people.

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* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Blonde Djuna wears fairly light colors usually. She's a VegetarianVampire who resists the urge to feed on humans most of the time. Her sister Maia is a brunette, wears dark clothing and has no compunctions at all about lethally feeding on people. Both have long hair and favor feminine clothing like blouses, dresses or skirts, often of a very high quality.
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* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Djuna and the other vampires living in Connecticut seem overall nice, [[VegetarianVampire only drinking blood from animals]]. She and the leader, Xenia, break this but only after being ''very'' tempted.
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* GameFace: Vampire's faces grow slightly monstrous looking with their eyes glowing eerie blue when they begin or are about to feed.

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* GameFace: Vampire's Vampires' faces grow slightly monstrous looking with their eyes glowing eerie blue when they begin or are about to feed.
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* DepravedBisexual: Maia has a threeway with a man and woman whom she quite obviously intends to feed on afterward.

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* DepravedBisexual: Maia Maia, a vampire, has a threeway with a man and woman whom she quite obviously intends to feed lethally feeds on afterward.later.



* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Blond Djuna wears light colors usually. She's a VegetarianVampire who resists the urge to feed on humans most of the time. Her sister Maia is a brunette, wears dark clothing and has no compunctions at all about lethally feeding on people.

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* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Blond Blonde Djuna wears fairly light colors usually. She's a VegetarianVampire who resists the urge to feed on humans most of the time. Her sister Maia is a brunette, wears dark clothing and has no compunctions at all about lethally feeding on people.



* LoveAtFirstSight: Djuna and Peter run into each other, with a single glance being apparently enough for them to fall in love. Peter is not only drawn to her intensely, he accepts Djuna making him a vampire, after which he's moving and they act like a married couple functionally despite only knowing each other two or three days.

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* LoveAtFirstSight: Djuna and Peter run into each other, with a single glance being apparently enough for them to fall in love. Peter is not only drawn to her intensely, he accepts Djuna making him a vampire, after which he's moving soon moved in and they act like a married couple functionally despite only knowing each other two or three days.



* MurderByInaction: [[spoiler:Irene, the vampires' servant, comes across Maia crawling toward the house to get in from the sunlight. She ignores Maia's pleas that she help, lighting a cigarette from her burning body and watching her die. As Maia is a {{serial killer}}, it's [[AssholeVictim hard to care though]].
* MysteriousPast: None of the vampires backstories is explained. We never learn how any of them became vampires, nor their ages. However, an ending scene where two girls are dancing around in old-fashioned dresses ''might'' indicate these are Djuna and Maia as children, indicating they probably were born over a century past.

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* MurderByInaction: [[spoiler:Irene, the vampires' servant, comes across Maia crawling toward the house to get in from the sunlight. She ignores Maia's pleas that she help, lighting a cigarette from her burning body and watching her die. As Maia is a {{serial killer}}, it's [[AssholeVictim hard to care though]].
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* MysteriousPast: None of the vampires backstories is explained. vampires' personal histories are explicated. We never learn how any of them became turned into vampires, nor their ages. However, an ending scene where two girls are dancing around in old-fashioned dresses ''might'' indicate these are Djuna and Maia as children, indicating they probably were born over a century in the past.
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* ChainedToABed: Djuna does this with Peter's help to prevent herself from harming him.
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* CainAndAbel: Djuna is a VegetarianVampire who's remorseful about feeding on the man she loves, turning him into a vampire. Maia, her sister, is unapologetically murderous, lethally feeding on numerous humans.

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* CainAndAbel: Djuna is a VegetarianVampire who's remorseful about feeding on the man she loves, turning him into a vampire. Maia, her sister, is unapologetically murderous, lethally feeding on numerous humans. They both dislike each other, and Maia tries to steal Djuna's man away.



* ChainedToABed: Djuna does this with Peter's help to prevent herself from harming her.

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* ChainedToABed: Djuna does this with Peter's help to prevent herself from harming her.him.
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Djuna, a female vampire living alone in Connecticut who refrains from human blood, meets Peter who's there for researching a screenplay. The pair share an instant attraction, but Djuna is reluctant to get close as she knows it could end up hurting him. She rebuffs him, but Peter remains persistent and Djuna lets him in on her secret. Peter is incredulous at first, but then she proves it and he accepts this. They have sex, and while doing so, Djuna feeds on him. As a result, Peter turns into a vampire as well. He has no problem with this, and Djuna is overjoyed to have a companion. However, all is not simply eternal bliss together, since Djuna neer-do-well sister, Maia (also a vampire). Maia does not share Djuna's commitment not to feed on humans in the least, with her volatile presence causing trouble in the local vampire community.

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* CainAndAbel: Djuna is a VegetarianVampire who's remorseful about feeding on the man she loves, turning him into a vampire. Maia, her sister, is unapologetically murderous, lethally feeding on numerous humans.
* CassandraTruth: Peter, as you might except, reacts with laughter first when Djuna says she's a vampire. He believes it upon her displaying a {{game face}} however.
* ChainedToABed: Djuna does this with Peter's help to prevent herself from harming her.
* CoitusEnsues: The sex scenes are not very long, but all fairly gratuitous, since they don't advance things in the plot much.
* DepravedBisexual: Maia has a threeway with a man and woman whom she quite obviously intends to feed on afterward.
* ForbiddenFruit: Maia dangles Anna, a virgin, in front of Xenia, a VegetarianVampire who hasn't drunk human blood for forty years and finds a virgin's blood particularly tempting. She gives in.
* FourthDateMarriage: Although they don't get formally engaged or married, after just a few days Peter moves in with Djuna and is willing to spend the rest of his ''eternal'' life with her. That's some intense LoveAtFirstSight.
* GameFace: Vampire's faces grow slightly monstrous looking with their eyes glowing eerie blue when they begin or are about to feed.
* HorrorHunger: Djuna explains after Peter becomes a vampire how vampires feel intense desires to drink blood. It grows stronger the longer a vampire goes without, becoming painful. Before feeding on him, she was clearly trying to stop herself, struggling with it, but eventually loses control when they're having sex.
* InterruptedIntimacy: Djuna and Peter get back to find Maia having a threeway. She's not happy, especially since they realize she's going to feed on the couple afterward, sending them away instead.
* KarmicDeath: At the end, [[spoiler:Maia is driving recklessly to the house at night, gets into a car accident, and wakes up the next day when the sun is out. She's killed before she can find shelter.]]
* KissOfTheVampire: Peter seems to find Djuna's bite pleasurable as she feeds on him (they're having sex at the same time, granted).
* LingerieScene: Djuna is shown at length wearing only her bra and panties before having sex with Peter.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Blond Djuna wears light colors usually. She's a VegetarianVampire who resists the urge to feed on humans most of the time. Her sister Maia is a brunette, wears dark clothing and has no compunctions at all about lethally feeding on people.
* LesbianVampire: Maia is a bisexual vampire, to judge from her picking up a man and woman to have sex with (then later feed on).
* LoveAtFirstSight: Djuna and Peter run into each other, with a single glance being apparently enough for them to fall in love. Peter is not only drawn to her intensely, he accepts Djuna making him a vampire, after which he's moving and they act like a married couple functionally despite only knowing each other two or three days.
* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Maia and Peter have sex in the steam room.
* TheMasquerade: {{Discussed}} by Xenia and the other vampires while talking at the party. She's resentful of having to live in the shadows, but another vampire notes if humans knew about them they'd be slaughtered.
* MsFanservice: Djuna, who's very beautiful, appears at length wearing only her lingerie, and has two sex scenes (appearing topless very briefly in one). Maia, her sister, is also good-looking, having a threeway and sex with Peter too, where she also appears topless (at greater length).
* MurderByInaction: [[spoiler:Irene, the vampires' servant, comes across Maia crawling toward the house to get in from the sunlight. She ignores Maia's pleas that she help, lighting a cigarette from her burning body and watching her die. As Maia is a {{serial killer}}, it's [[AssholeVictim hard to care though]].
* MysteriousPast: None of the vampires backstories is explained. We never learn how any of them became vampires, nor their ages. However, an ending scene where two girls are dancing around in old-fashioned dresses ''might'' indicate these are Djuna and Maia as children, indicating they probably were born over a century past.
* NeckLift: Maia hoists up Djuna by her neck against a wall during an argument.
* OffTheWagon:
** Djuna, a VegetarianVampire, gives in and feeds on Peter.
** Her leader Xenia also does this (after forty years) after Maia dangles temptation before her.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They are fairly standard to modern depictions: live forever unless killed, heal instantly from most injuries, drink blood, killed by fire, decapitation and sunlight. However, they don't need to do anything special in turning humans, simply biting them is enough if the person isn't killed.
* TheRenfield: Irena, a human woman, serves the Connecticut vampire community. A blood disorder makes her unappealing, and her mother had the same condition, who served them before.
* SerialKiller: Maia, in contrast to the Connecticut vampires, regularly drinks humans' blood lethally. She had to flee Amsterdam as she'd killed a man there and it was detected. Coming to the US doesn't stop her though.
* ThreewaySex: Maia has sex with a man and woman in the house.
* VampireBitesSuck: Those which Maia delivers are very painful at least. In one case, she actually rips a chunk of flesh from a man's neck.
* VampiresAreRich: Those in the Connecticut community are all dressed very well and show every sign of being high society types. Maia however is an exception, as she lethally feeds on humans rather than follow their VegetarianVampire ways, which necessitates living in a more insecure position.
* VirginityFlag: Xenia can tell instantly that Anna's a virgin, and therefore her blood is intensely tempting for some unexplained reason.
* VegetarianVampire: The Connecticut vampire community are all intent of feeding only from animals. Djuna and Xenia both break this in the face of intense temptation. Maia on the other hand rejects this idea entirely.
* WallBangHer: Maia has sex with a man up against a wall in an alley outside a bar, before feeding on him lethally.
* WeakenedByTheLight: Vampires can be sunlight here, as usual. [[spoiler:Maia is killed this way in the end.]]

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