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During her indoctrination at the Hyma Brotherhood’s compound, Kate Davis (Chantal Contouri) is told by Mrs Barker (Shirley Cameron) and Hodge (Max Phipps) that drinking human blood is the ultimate aristocratic act.
Curator’s notes
Vampirism and aristocracy have been closely linked since Bram Stoker sent Count Dracula to England in search of victims. In this contemporary twist on the connection, Mrs Barker and Hodge scoff at the idea of being vampires in the commonly understood sense. In their eyes, the drinking of blood is to be celebrated as a privilege of aristocracy. As Kate listens to this demented rationale, ‘donors’ whose blood is exported for use by sect members wander around the compound like zombies. In political terms, this sequence could be interpreted as the ruling class bleeding the working class dry.
