The Awakening

A feature film from RWS Films

A dark-haired woman in a black gown reclines on a carved throne beneath a shattered stained-glass crucifixion window, coloured light spilling across the stone floor.
Evangeline, once Lindsai Williams. Rome, 1959.

The logline

An immortal vampire, born from a tragic romance and a centuries-old curse, must team up with the last descendant of a holy bloodline to hunt down her monstrous creator before he can retrieve three sacred relics and unleash eternal darkness.

Act I · Rome, 1959The gift and the curse

A hunter, a scholar, a trap

Stephen Fahee Sr., hunter from a long lineage, is in Rome tracking the ancient vampire Lorcan when he meets Lindsai Williams, a brilliant academic working with his family’s Vatican contact, Monsignor O’Flaherty.

A whirlwind romance. A dinner with Federico Fellini. Then a night at the Trevi Fountain that ends one life and begins another. By morning, Lorcan has created his own greatest adversary.

Act II · Europe, 1976The hunter and the hunted

Thirty-five thousand feet, no sunlight

Lindsai is gone. Evangeline has spent seventeen years cutting down Lorcan’s army across Europe. Aboard the Concorde she meets Stephen Jr., the last of his line, who blames her for his father’s death.

When Lorcan’s soldiers attack mid-flight, she learns something no vampire wants to know: her bite can’t touch him. An uneasy alliance begins, his family’s sacred relics against her supernatural power, while Lorcan and his fanatical servant Duchene set their sights on Philadelphia.

Act III · PhiladelphiaThe Philadelphia Experiment

Thirty-three vampires, one night

The final relic is in Philadelphia. So is Lorcan’s army. From UPenn’s College Hall to Swann Memorial Fountain, one running battle decides whether the darkness rises.

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The hunters and the hunted

Who walks in the dark

Hunter

Evangeline

formerly Lindsai Williams

A brilliant academic turned by the monster she was helping to hunt. Now the most dangerous thing in his world.

Hunter

Stephen Fahee Jr.

the last of the line

Raised on his father’s legend and his family’s relics. Protected by a light he doesn’t understand.

Hunter

Stephen Fahee Sr.

Rome, 1959

Born into a long lineage of hunters. Fell in love on the job, which is exactly what Lorcan was counting on.

Hunted

Lorcan

the ancient one

Patient, theatrical and very old. He wants the three nails, and he’s willing to wait decades for them.

Hunted

Duchene

the fanatic

Lorcan’s most devoted servant, and the one who does the work he won’t.

Ally

Monsignor O’Flaherty

the Vatican

The Fahee family’s man inside the Church. Some doors only open for a collar.

The road

From the Trevi Fountain to Swann Fountain

  1. 1959

    Rome

    The Vatican, a dinner with Fellini, and the Trevi Fountain.

  2. 1959–1976

    Across Europe

    Evangeline hunts Lorcan’s army, city by city.

  3. 1976

    The Concorde

    Two hunters meet at Mach 2, and it doesn’t go well.

  4. Finale

    Philadelphia

    College Hall to Swann Memorial Fountain. Thirty-three against two.

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