Vampire Noir is a 2007

2007 in film

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 vampire film

Vampire films

Vampire films have been a staple since the silent days, so much so that the depiction of vampires in popular culture is strongly based upon their depiction in films throughout the years. The most popular cinematic adaptation of vampire fiction has been from Bram Stoker's Dracula, with over 170...

/horror film

Horror film

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 that was directed by Scott Shaw

Scott Shaw

Scott Shaw is an American actor, author, journalist, film director, film producer, musician, professor and martial artist.-Early life:...

Plot

Vampire Noir is a black-and-white

Black-and-white

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 feature film

Feature film

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 that was created on Super 16

Super 16

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mm film. This film follows Vampire

Vampire

Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...

 Hunter, Jedediah Diesel who is portrayed by Scott Shaw.

Jedediah Diesel's friend is named Diamond. This character is played by Kevin Thompsons, who has appeared in several Scott Shaw films.
Thompson initially portrays an unapologetic pimp

Pimp

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 in this film. It is also revealed that he is a vicious serial killer

Serial killer

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. He attacks a woman who turns out to be a vampire and is bitten. Shaw's charter saves him by revealing a little known vampire curing secret that was written in a "Hebrew Buddhist scripture."

This film was created in the distinct style of film making known as Zen Filmmaking; meaning there was no screenplay

Screenplay

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 used in its creation. This film begins by appearing to be a documentary film

Documentary film

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following three individual characters. It then moves forward into being a traditional film narrative.