Afflicted (2014) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

A dying travel vlogger becomes a vampire and struggles between human loyalty, predatory hunger, and irreversible transformation.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

A Last Trip Together

Derek and Clif begin a worldwide travel series shaped by Derek's potentially fatal AVM. In Barcelona, Derek meets Audrey, then is found bleeding after she disappears.

Key Events

• Final Journey Begins — Childhood friends begin filming Derek's final world journey. Characters: Derek, Clif Location: Around the world
• Derek's Medical Risk — Derek's cerebral AVM could kill him at any moment. Characters: Derek, Clif Location: Travel route
• Barcelona Reunion — The travelers meet old friends during their Barcelona stay. Characters: Derek, Clif, Edo Location: Barcelona
• Audrey Meets Derek — Derek picks up Audrey during the Barcelona visit. Characters: Derek, Audrey Location: Barcelona hotel
• Mysterious Hotel Attack — Friends find Derek bleeding and semiconscious after Audrey disappears. Characters: Derek, Clif, Edo Location: Derek's hotel room

The Body Turns Strange

Derek develops extreme reactions to sleep, food, sunlight, and physical force while traveling through Italy. His increasingly impossible behavior forces Clif to suspect vampirism.

Key Events

• Leaving Barcelona — Derek and Clif part ways with Edo and continue traveling. Characters: Derek, Clif Location: Barcelona departure
• Unnatural Collapse — Derek passes out and sleeps for an entire day. Characters: Derek, Clif Location: Italy hotel
• Sunlight Burns Derek — Sunlight burns Derek, forcing him to flee indoors. Characters: Derek, Clif Location: Italian vineyard
• Strength Through Stone — Derek punches through a stone wall with his bare hands. Characters: Derek, Clif Location: Italy hotel
• The Blood Discovery — After overpowering two drivers, Derek licks blood from his hand. Characters: Derek, Clif Location: Italian roadside
• Vampirism Suspected — Clif deduces that Derek has contracted vampirism. Characters: Derek, Clif Location: Italy

Hunger Without Control

Derek cannot tolerate animal blood and fails to obtain human blood from an ambulance. Clif's attempt to feed him ends with Derek escaping and later killing him.

Key Events

• Failed Blood Experiments — Derek tries animal blood but vomits after drinking it. Characters: Derek, Clif Location: Italy
• Ambulance Robbery Fails — Their attempt to obtain human blood from an ambulance fails. Characters: Derek, Clif Location: Italian road
• Clif Offers His Blood — Clif cuts his arm, but Derek escapes while catatonic. Characters: Derek, Clif Location: Italy
• Clif's Fatal Search — Clif searches for Derek and is killed by his fully inhuman friend. Characters: Derek, Clif Location: Italy
• Failed Suicide — Derek shoots himself, but his head heals with slight scarring. Characters: Derek Location: Italy

Hunting Audrey's Answers

After surviving a shotgun blast, Derek follows clues from Audrey's phone to Maurice in Paris. He uses Maurice as bait, but a violent raid pushes Derek further into monstrous behavior.

Key Events

• Paris Investigation — Derek reviews footage and uses Audrey's phone to seek answers. Characters: Derek Location: Abandoned warehouse in Paris
• Maurice Becomes Bait — Derek overpowers Maurice and livestreams him as bait for Audrey. Characters: Derek, Maurice Location: Maurice's Paris apartment
• GIGN Apartment Assault — GIGN storms the apartment, and Derek kills the squad while escaping. Characters: Derek, Maurice Location: Maurice's Paris apartment

Accepting the Curse

Audrey explains that vampirism has no cure and teaches Derek how regular feeding may prevent total dehumanization. Derek posts a final message and begins selecting victims while Clif reappears as a vampire.

Key Events

• Audrey's Final Lesson — Audrey explains the curse and warns Derek to feed regularly. Characters: Audrey, Derek Location: Abandoned building
• The Final Online Entry — Derek explains online that he can never contact his family again. Characters: Derek Location: Abandoned building
• Predatory Acceptance — Derek films himself feeding on a man carrying child pornography. Characters: Derek Location: Unspecified location
• Poolside Vampire Attack — Clif, now a vampire, attacks teenagers after one boy escapes. Characters: Clif Location: Swimming pool in Italy

Story Breakdown

• Final Journey Setup — Derek and Clif begin a filmed trip intended to fulfill Derek's last wish.
  • Childhood Friendship — Clif accompanies Derek as his longtime friend and camera operator.
  • Medical Countdown — Derek's cerebral AVM makes the journey urgent and potentially final.
• Barcelona Infection — A meeting with Audrey ends with Derek mysteriously wounded and the cause misunderstood.
  • Audrey Appears — Derek picks up Audrey during the Barcelona stop.
  • Hotel Bloodshed — Clif and Edo find Derek bleeding and assume the incident was a robbery.
• Physical Transformation — Derek develops supernatural abilities and increasingly disturbing bodily reactions.
  • Sunlight Burns — Derek suffers severe burns when exposed to sunlight at a vineyard.
  • Stone Wall Breaks — His unexplained strength becomes undeniable when he punches through stone.
• Hunger Escalation — Derek and Clif search unsuccessfully for a blood source while Derek loses control.
  • Blood Experiments — Derek vomits after trying butchered blood and piglet blood.
  • Friend Becomes Prey — Derek escapes Clif's attempted blood offering and later kills him.
• Paris Vampire Hunt — Derek follows Audrey's trail and manipulates Maurice into helping him force her return.
  • Phone Investigation — Derek uses Audrey's phone contacts to locate someone connected to her.
  • Maurice's Testimony — Maurice reveals Audrey's unequal treatment of him and Derek.
• Violence And Acceptance — Derek survives an armed assault, hears Audrey's explanation, and embraces controlled predation.
  • Audrey's Warning — Audrey says there is no cure and advises Derek to feed regularly.
  • Vampire Aftermath — Derek feeds on a chosen victim, while Clif returns as a vampire at the pool.

Directed by

Derek Lee, Clif Prowse

Key Cast

• Baya Rehaz — Audrey
• Derek Lee — Derek
• Clif Prowse — Clif
• Edo van Breemen — Edo
• Zachary Gray — Zachary