EPISODE

7. The Reluctant Vampire

A mild-mannered vampire gets a night watchman job at a blood bank to sate his hunger. However, when the owner has to let his employees go because of product loss, the vampire has to prey on humans.

Description: Description source · Content or data license. Source formatting adapted for this entry.

THIS ENTRY’S STORY

Plot summary and ending

Spoilers ahead. Coverage follows the scope labeled below.

Complete story — includes the ending

Donald Longtooth ( Malcolm McDowell ) is a vampire with a conscience. He eschews the tradition of killing mortals, instead satiating his need for blood by working as the night watchman at a blood bank. When Donald overindulges on the blood supply, the blood bank's owner, Mr. Crosswhite ( George Wendt ), realizes that his business is literally being sucked dry and threatens his employees with mass layoffs to avoid bankruptcy. Seeing that he must return to his old ways in order to replete his "embezzlement", Donald tries to solve his quandary by attacking dangerous criminals, all whilst struggling with the romantic advances of the blood bank's secretary ( Sandra Dickinson ), an investigative police detective ( Paul Gleason ), and vampire hunter Rupert Van Helsing ( Michael Berryman ).

Sources and content license

Source and revision history · Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, List of Tales from the Crypt episodes. HTML formatting and reference markers removed. · Content license