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In the year 12,090 A.D., ten thousand years after the nuclear
destruction of civilization, monsters and mutants roam the European
countryside. A feudal society has arisen in which human peasants are
ruled by immortal vampire aristocrats. Doris Lang, a young rancher, is
casually bitten by Count Magnus Lee, the local vampire lord.
A mysterious vampire hunter known only as "D" rides into the
community on a cyborg horse. Doris offers her ranch as his
headquarters -- and offers herself to him -- if he will free the
townsfolk from vampiric tyranny. Doris' young brother, Dan, clearly
hero-worships the lean warrior, but D maintains a silent, distant
attitude which puzzles them.
In town, Greco, the mayor's vain son, offers to protect Doris from the
Count if she will wed him. When she refuses. he reveals that she has
been bitten by Lee. The townsfolk are divided over whether to imprison
her as a prospective vampire, or to give her to Lee to placate him.
Only "D" and her old friend, Dr. Fearing, the community's
kindly physician, offer to stand up for her. Mayor Roman and Sheriff
Danton finally agree to let her stay in exile at her ranch pending the
result of D's confrontation with the Count. Meanwhile Count Lee, bored
with his endless life, decides to marry Doris to toy with her at his
leisure. His haughty daughter, Lamica, is horrified by the thought of
having a common human stepmother. She vows to kill Doris first. Lamica
and Rei, her father's werewolf henchman, attack Doris' ranch and are
beaten off by D.
The Count has Doris kidnapped and brought to his castle, while Lamica
prays to the god of vampires, Dracula, to stop the wedding. D breaks
through numerous guardian monsters including the flying Gimlet, the
hulking Golem, an old witch, and three seductive souldevouring Lamiae,
to rescue Doris. Rather than being angered, Lee is thrilled by the
"fun" of having, a serious adversary at last. He knows D's
secret, and he taunts Doris with it just before her rescue that D is a
dunpeal half-breed, half-human and half-vampire.
Rei vows to destroy D, hoping to be elevated into a vampire nobleman
as a reward. The Count sends Rei a Time Deceiver Lamp, which is deadly
to vampires and dunpeals, to accomplish this. Rei kidnaps Dan to force
D into a duel. But the Time Deceiver Lamp is stolen by Greco, who
substitutes a phony for it. This enables D to easily defeat Rei and
rescue Dan.
Meanwhile Doris is lured away from her ranch by Dr. Fearing, who has
been turned into a vampire slave by the Count. They are stopped by
Lamica, who is determined to save her family's purity despite her
father's lust. Just as Lamica is about to kill Doris, she is attacked
by Greco with the real Time Deceiver Lamp. Greco wants the fame of
destroying the vampires, but he is stopped from torturing Lamica by D
and Dan. They and Doris free the vampire girl and leave Fearing and
Greco for dead. Doris realizes that D is a good man, even if he is
half vampire.
Rei takes the Time Deceiver Lamp from Greco's body and attacks D once
again. This time Rei wins easily. Doris and Dan are taken to Lee's
castle. But D's dunpeal nature restores him to life.
Lamica makes a final plea to her father to not let a human woman
sully their vampire bloodline. Lee reveals that Lamica's own mother
was also an ordinary human, which traumatizes her. Rei demands to be
granted vampiric immortality. When the Count taunts him, the
infuriated Rei attacks and is easily slain by Lee, who is having the
time of his 9,000-year life.
Just as Count Lee is about to complete the wedding by turning Doris
into a vampire, D breaks into the ceremony. The Count attacks him, but
D proves to be much stronger than the average dunpeal. Lee suddenly
realizes from D's resemblance to a portrait of Dracula that he is the
son of the vampire's god -- but it is too late to save himself. D
rescues Doris and Dan from the crumbling castle, and offers to take
Lamica with them to start a new life, but she insists on staying to
die "for the honor of the perfect blue-blooded
vampires".
Doris and Dan beg D to remain with them. But he is still fearful of
his own dual nature, of having to constantly hold back his vampiric
lusts to protect his friends. He rides out to continue his battle
against the evil monsters of this new world.
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