Vampire’s Kiss

Ronnie Stone, an aging glam metal rocker in town on tour, reconnects with his sixteen-year-old daughter Mazie at the bar. Ronnie, still clinging to his hard-drinking, hard-partying life of rock-and-roll excess, soon discovers that his sweet, straight-laced daughter has come to their reunion with an agenda. Mazie wants Ronnie to become the father she’s never had — and she’s not going to take no for an answer. As their conversation deepens, Mazie’s innocence gives way to a surprisingly ruthless plan. Ronnie, shocked by her underhandedness, her guile, her willingness to do whatever it takes to build a family — including blackmail — finally agrees to give it all up for her.

Ronnie Stone is an actor-forward role for a man in his 50-60s: a vain but sweet glam metal rocker whose teenage daughter corners him into becoming the father she’s never had. The part gives swagger, absurdity, humiliation and a late emotional turn — a plum role as a washed-up rock icon whose affection for his daughter is deep and unabashed.

Mazie, Ronnie’s brainy, straight-arrow sixteen-year-old daughter, is a girl with a plan. In what is a sharp and surprising role for a teenage actress, the part requires a unique ruthlessness and determination that is put into play as she bends her absent father to her will — a showcase for a young woman with intelligence and skills beyond her years.