Isisebenzi sokuphila ixoxa indaba ka-Drew, umbulali oshintsha isimo onamandla okuhlala emizimbeni yezisulu zakhe. U-Drew futhi ubamba izinkumbulo nemicabango yabo, okumvumela ukuthi asebenze ngokugculisayo empilweni yesisulu. 

Lapho esekwazi ukuhlala emzimbeni owodwa iminyaka eminingana, amandla okuphila ka-Drew aba buthaka ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Njengoba ifilimu ivula, u-Drew uzithola esesimweni lapho ekwazi khona kuphela ukuhlala emzimbeni amahora ambalwa ngaphambi kokuba isikhumba sakhe esingamanga sixebuke. 

Ngenxa yalokhu, u-Drew kufanele afune umzimba omusha nsuku zonke. Ubulala noma ubani ahlangana naye, futhi ngenxa yalokhu, u-Drew akasoze ajabulela ukuphila okujwayelekile. Unamahora ayisithupha. Kungaleso sikhathi esingakanani imizimba ngokuvamile igcina isimo sayo nokuthungwa ngaphambi kokuba idilike. Bese kufanele athole omunye umuntu. 

Umbhali-umqondisi UJustin McConnell uveza u-Drew njengomphefumulo ohlukunyeziweyo ubuhlobo bakhe nokungafi buyaphela futhi bubuhlungu njengobo bevampire. Nakuba i-vampire idla igazi, u-Drew udinga umzimba nomphefumulo. Njengevampire, ukwazi kukaDrew isikhathi kuhlale kukhuliswa. Umzimba wakhe ibhokisi lakhe. 

Njenganoma yimuphi umbulali wasemtholampilo, obulala abantu abaningi, u-Drew ulahla ngobuhlakani izisulu zakhe, imizimba yazo iguquka ibe amagobolondo abunile ngemuva kokuthi u-Drew emunce amandla azo empilo. Khona-ke u-Drew uhlangabezana nokuphila kwabo. Ubulala udokotela wamazinyo, umseshi wamaphoyisa, noma ubani angamthola. Ungena ngokunyenya ezimpilweni zabo, amahora ambalwa, bese eqhubeka. Yize u-Drew edlala izindima eziningi ezehlukene efilimini, owesifazane nowesilisa, akayena muntu ngempela.  

Isisebenzi sokuphila iyifilimu yokuvelela. Esikhundleni sokuveza u-Drew njengesilo kuphela, u-Drew ubonakala engumuntu odabukisayo oyisisusa sakhe esiyinhloko sokuqhubeka nokuphila kwakhe okudabukisayo uthando lwakhe olungavunyelwe ngowesifazane omazi kuphela ngobuso nobuntu obuhlukene abethula kuye. Ku-Drew, ukuthanda noma ubani kusho ukumbulala. 

Isisebenzi sokuphila futhi ifilimu ebukekayo. UMcConnell kanye nomdidiyeli wakhe wesinema, u-Sasha Moric, baqala ukubukeka okulwa nokuvuvukala nokufiphele kuyo yonke ifilimu okuhlala kuvusa ingozi engenzeka, ngisho nasemini yefilimu. 

Amakhonsathi nawo ayasebenza, ikakhulukazi u-Lora Burke odlala indawo ka-Julia, into ethandwa ngu-Drew, noJack Foley, odlala uRobert, umzimba wokugcina u-Drew ohlala kule filimu. Imiphumela ekhethekile kwifilimu nayo iyamangalisa.  Isisebenzi sokuphila ifilimu eyenziwe kahle.

Ngangifuna ukudumisa Isisebenzi sokuphila ezingeni lokwenziwa kwefilimu ukuze ngigqamise izinkinga zefilimu, ezicishe zihlobane ngokuphelele nokunengqondo nokulandisa. Isibonelo esibi kakhulu salokhu, kanye nokukhubazeka okukhulu kwefilimu, ukuvezwa kwemicabango ka-Drew ngokulandisa. 

Ukulandisa kuka-Drew kuyaphazamisa futhi kuyashaqisa. Akusizi ngalutho. Okwenzekayo ukuthi u-Drew, umxoxi, usinikeza ulwazi okufanele kushiwo noma kuboniswe kufilimu. Eqinisweni, imicabango ka-Drew ibonakala kuyo yonke ifilimu, okwenza ukulandisa kungabi nanjongo. Ifilimu, yebo, iyindlela yokubuka, futhi umphumela walokhu kulandisa ukuqeda ukungabaza kanye nokushuba ngenkathi wengeza ukuzwakala ezigcawini okufanele zibe bucayi ngephimbo. 

Kalula nje, uma lokhu kulandisa kuye kwachazwa, Isisebenzi sokuphila kungaba ifilimu engcono ngokuphawulekayo. Ifilimu ikhuluma kakhulu. Ngaphandle kokulandisa, ukwambulwa kwamandla angengcwele ka-Drew kungamangaza kakhulu kunamanje. Kwenza umehluko omkhulu. Ukulandiswa kwefilimu kukhipha umbukeli endabeni. 

Ezinye izigcawu ziqukethe ukuveza okuningi kakhulu. Futhi, sinikezwa ulwazi esilubonile, noma esizolubona, lumelwe esikrinini. Isibonelo salokhu yisigameko sokugcina phakathi kukaDrew, emzimbeni wendoda okuthiwa uRobert, noJulia, owesifazane othandwa nguDrew. Ngemva kokwenza uthando, u-Drew, njengoRobert, unquma ukudalula wonke umlando wakhe kuJulia, ocabanga ukuthi uyahlanya. 

Ngaphandle kokunikela kakhulu, ake ngisho ukuthi ukuxazululwa kwalesi sigcawu sokugcina phakathi kuka-Drew noJulia akunamandla kangako. Njengoba u-Drew enamandla okubulala noma ubani ahlangana naye, ngicabanga ukuthi bekuzofaneleka kakhulu futhi kuphumelele ukube u-Drew wathatha amandla okuphila kaJulia ngokungaqondile ngesikhathi esenza uthando.  

Njengoba ukulandelana sekukhona manje, ubudlelwano phakathi kuka-Drew noJulia buyaphela kulandela ukungaboni ngaso linye, i-monologue exakile evela ku-Drew. Nalapha, kuningi okushiwo lapha. Lokhu kudala uguquko olungelula ukuya esigcawini sokugcina sefilimu, olusebenza kahle kakhulu. Eqinisweni, isiphetho sefilimu sisebenza kahle kakhulu ngoba isiphetho sika-Drew sivezwa ngokuphelele ngezithombe. 

Futhi, uma sicelwa ukuthi sikholwe ukuthi owesifazane ufanele ukuphila impilo yosizi, umuntu angalindela ukuthi owesifazane oshiwoyo abe yisimangaliso. Nokho, uJulia ungowesifazane omangalisayo. Ukhanga kancane, u-Julia uyisidakwa, intokazi ekhungathekile echitha ubusuku bayo obuningi endaweni yokucima ukoma, indawo lapho ahlangana khona nezinhlobo ezahlukene zokuzalwa zika-Drew. Indawo yebha ngokwayo itholakala yonke indawo kuyo yonke ifilimu, ngokuya ngokuba seduze kwayo nobunikazi obuhlukahlukene buka-Drew, ngezinye izikhathi okunikeza ifilimu umuzwa ophindaphindayo. 

ngibukile Isisebenzi sokuphila kabili, ngezinsuku ezilandelanayo, futhi ngakuthanda kangcono okwesibili. Ukubuka kwesibili kuphinde kwaqinisa inkolelo yami yokuthi kunenguqulo engcono kakhulu Isisebenzi sokuphila lokho kuqukethwe esikhathini samanje sefilimu esiyimizuzu engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nane. Njengoba ihlezi, Isisebenzi sokuphila iyidayimane endaweni embi, elinde ukuzazi okusha.