Scab 11:30 pm • FrI, sept 29 • the Guild cinema

After a deliriously wild one-night stand, Ajay discovers that he isn’t feeling too hot. Developing an insatiable appetite for blood, he goes on an eating binge but can’t quench his bloodlust. When his friends Teague and Floor, check in on him, they discover a mangled and bloody kill at Ajay’s apartment, the boys suggest that maybe a trip to Las Vegas will yield a solution. Arriving at the run-down Harmony Hotel, the gang meet Sarah and Tia, who are attracted to the boys but don’t know their multiple secrets. What none of the young folks knows is that one evening, the body count will begin to rise, fangs will be sharpened and what happens in Vegas will most likely stay there. Mixing twisted dark humor, ample amounts of male skin and gallons of blood, scab toys with the vampire movie genre by giving it a deliciously queer sensibility. And let’s say you’ll never look at mice and milkshakes the same way again. – Lewis Tice (USA, 2005, 100 min, dir: Thomas Jason Davis)

plays with: Bugcrush

A dangerous obsession with the new kid at high school leads ben to something much more sinister than he’d ever thought possible. (USA, 2006, 35 mins, Carter Smith)