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release date
October 20, 2008 (online debut)
synopsis
Life is hard for those whom society has branded outcasts. Some of these designations seem arbitrary. I mean, what's wrong with lepers? I just had a very lovely conversation with one. Other groups of outcasts make sense... like nudists. Eww. We don't need to see that. But whatever the reason for wearing the label "outcast," it makes life hard indeed.
Trevor is an outcast. Trevor is a vampire. He's trying to make the best of it though. Now he has decided to go on the offensive in the fight against sanguivoriphobia by telling us there is nothing to fear. Vampires are just like you and me... I mean, provided you and I are both vampires... which I doubt.
director's comments
This is my most strange idea yet. I'm pretty sure it was inspired in part by the mockumentary style of the TV show The Office. I'm not sure why I decided to make it about a vampire though. That part was random.
trivia & references
- The original title of this short was to be "Trevor the Vampire" but was renamed to reference the vampire novel "Interview with the Vampire" a novel of which the scriptwriter was unaware during the writing process.
- Trevor the Vampire comes from the Strong Bad email of the same name.
- Bram Stoker is the author of Dracula.
- Béla Lugosi was an actor who famously portrayed Count Dracula on stage and screen.
- Simon Belmont is the protagonist of several games in the Castlevania video game series which features Dracula as the main antagonist.
- Count Chocula is a cereal produced by General Mills.
- Buffy refers to the lead character from the American TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- Abraham and Gabriel Van Helsing are both vampire hunters. The former is a character from the novel Dracula, the latter is a derivative character created for the 2004 film Van Helsing.
- Stephenie Meyer is the author of the Twilight series of vampire romance novels.
stills & production photos
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