Charles Bromley (Sam Neill) heads up an evil corporation that is hell-bent on keeping the vampire populace from finding a cure that would revert them back to regular humans.
When vampires don't consume enough blood, they mutate into horrific predatory creatures known as Subsiders. Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke) is tasked by Charles Bromley (Sam Neill) to find a blood substitute in order to prevent this from happening.