Kathryn Bigelow's (THE HURT LOCKER) directorial debut is a stylish neo-western with vampires. When drifter Caleb is bitten and turned by the attractive Mae, he has one week to learn the ropes of being a vampire from her pack. However, most of the vampires do not trust Caleb, least of all the psychotic Severin (Bill Paxton).

Shares three actors with 1986's ALIENS, the director of which Bigelow would go on to marry a year later.