A candle flies across the room. Caity Simmers emerges from the gloom, dressed in black and wearing fangs. A knife hovers over Jaleesa Vincent’s open palm. An ornate book promises ancient secrets, while lightning forks over a dark castle. The immortals surf at night by the light of the moon.

All of this is to say that Vampires Surf is not your usual surf film. The creation of Luka Raubenheimer and Vincent, Vampires Surf combines fantasy-infused drama with surfing from Simmers, Vincent, Frankie Harrer, and Kobe Hughes. Fittingly, the film premiers on Halloween night.

“You would never hear those two words together — vampires and surfing,” Vincent told SURFER over the phone. “I think sometimes surf movies can be a little bit boring if it’s just surfing, so we wanted to create a film that has some magical components.”

A year in the making, the script involves three immortal girl surfers, powerful evil, an ancient prophecy, and a blood moon.…