After years of festival screenings and tantalizing stills that left us desperate to see more, the gay vampire short film Seagull is finally available to watch… and it’s on YouTube. And it was worth the wait.
Written and drected by Dean Puckett and starring Max Harwood (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie) as a beautiful vampire on the English Riviera, Seagull delivers everything we want from a gay vampire short: gorgeous cinematography, actual fangs, and a feeding scene that’s visceral enough to make you catch your breath.
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The film follows Seagull, a recovering drug addict who encounters something far more dangerous than his previous vices during a strange night out. With minimal dialogue, the five-minute film relies on atmosphere, performance, and that crucial vampire transformation to tell its story. And Harwood is stunning as the vampire—his beauty enhanced by sharp fangs and the predatory grace of someone newly turned.
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The climax arrives at the 3:25 mark—a feeding scene that lasts just 24 seconds but delivers raw, wet, visceral horror. The sound design is particularly effective, maybe even over the top, but in the best possible way. This is what a vampire feeding should feel like: intimate, violent, transformative and just a bit unexpected. It’s the kind of scene that makes you understand why some of us have a vampire fetish—the penetration, the exchange, the power dynamic, all condensed into pure cinematic intensity.
From 3:50 to the end, we see Seagull dancing in a nightclub as the credits roll, visibly healthier after his feed. It’s a perfect ending—no guilt, no tragedy, just a beautiful vampire embracing what he’s become.
For those of us who’ve been following this film since the first stills emerged years ago, finally being able to watch it feels like unwrapping a gift we’d nearly given up on receiving. Max Harwood proves he’s an ideal vampire—gorgeous, dangerous, and completely committed to the physicality of the role. Those fangs, that feeding scene, the transformation from victim to predator—this is gay vampire content done right. And he’d clearly be an excellent vampire starring in a full length film (please)!
Seagull may be only five minutes long, but it’s a perfect demonstration of what makes vampire shorts so compelling. Without the burden of feature-length runtime, the film can focus on pure atmosphere and that singular transformative moment. Watch it. Then watch that feeding scene again. You know you want to.
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