Actually, this is not so much about the vampires, but about the 'non' vampires.
Typical future earth serum creates vampire like creatures who feed on blood and shun the sun. The story is about a man who flies in a plane to live in perpetual daylight to avoid them.
Low-budget Twilight zone version
Man flies in luxury plane, always aloft, always in the sun. He's very rich. The plane is refueled in air. The rich man argues with one of his traveling companions. "What kind of life is this? You can't stay aloft forever?" "Yes I can rich guy argues back. At the end, the men fight and rich guy kills other guy and he keeps on flying.
B-movie version
Rich man flies in luxury plane always aloft, always in the sun. He keeps flying then needs to be put down to make repairs. They take off. They soar higher and higher---much higher than normal. New flight attendant turns around and says "in space, it's always night." Of course she's a vampire. The end.
Good movie version--a life without stars
Rich man flies in luxury plane putting down only in daytime destinations, a life of unending, sunny, luxurious ennui. It's like life without death. Like living forever. An endless, deathless life.
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