My Best Friend Is a Vampire
My Best Friend Is a Vampire also known as I Was a Teenage Vampire is a 1987 American horrorcomedy film directed by Jimmy Huston. The story revolves around a newly made vampire who is trying to live as a good vampire and not feed on humans. Jeremy is played by Robert Sean Leonard with Rene Auberjonois as Jeremys vampire guidance counseler and David Warner as a vampire hunter. The films themes include prejudice, identity, gender roles, and adolescence.
Recently, Jeremy has been having some weird nightmares about a strange woman trying to seduce him, and later he actually encounters that woman named Nora Cecilia Peck, who makes an obvious invitation to him, while delivering groceries. His skirtchasing friend Ralph Evan Mirand convinces him to take up the opportunity for a first erotic experience. But the encounter goes badly first the woman bites him in the neck, then two strangers burst into the house, forcing Jeremy to run for his life.Next morning, Jeremy looks pale and does not feel well, and he sees in his fathers newspaper that the house of Noras has mysteriously burned down. Also, throughout the day he notices a strange man observing him. This man pops into his bedroom the very next night, introduces himself as Modoc Rene Auberjonois and carefully attempts to relate to Jeremy that he is now a vampire albeit a living one, not an undead. Jeremy of course is at first skeptical, to say the least, but a sudden aversion to garlic, an increasing sensitivity to sunlight and a craving for blood slowly convince him otherwise. His new vampire lifestyle hampers his attempts to start a relationship with Darla, who has finally become interested in him otherwise Jeremy begins to adapt to the minor impacts the change has brought to his life. Modoc even gives him a guide book and explains to him that vampires are just like any other minority group that has been persecuted over the centuries. ........
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