Master

Another dream I had last night! Elaborate, and about vampires; go figure!:

     The kid can get anything he wanted and get anyone to do anything he wanted. Whether through manipulation, flattery or intimidation, he was always in control. One night, he convinced his girlfriend and a couple of his friends to explore a tomb that was supposedly haunted. Once inside, the torches seem to light and blaze on their own. The kid didn't admit he was somehow controlling the flames himself. Once they explored the deepest, darkest, dankest parts of the tomb, they find themselves in a very hospitable chamber. The only indication that this was not a live humans' residence was the coffins. Immediately, vampires rose to attack! The kid managed to slay most by himself, but one giant bat monster took more than a stake to the heart; as the kid pinned it down, his girlfriend sliced off its head. One remained, but-
     The kid is relishing his new afterlife as a vampire. He is the Master's new second-in-command, responsible for recruiting and training new vampires into the family. The weather is heavily over-cast, so they can still function in the daylight with heavy sunscreen and shades. The kid turns over 20 of his classmates, like the Triplets: three identical sisters that remind him of Dracula's brides; and even the scruffy weirdo with pretty eyes. He complains about his constant boner, and the kid grabs it saying, "We'll take care of that later." Like everybody else in his life, he's just using his girlfriend, and now as a vampire, he can do things he could never do before. He even made his own father into a bug-eating Renfield!
     He tests the vampires' weaknesses; he lines them up single file and forces them to pass along a crucifix. Most have burnt hands, like they held something red-hot, but a couple of them, including the kid himself, didn't burn. The scruffy weirdo makes a conspicuous kill, drawing the attention of vampire hunters! They ambush the tomb, undoing the Master's new work. The kid kills some, even surviving a stake in the heart, but the Master insists he escapes with the strongest. In the tomb, they face certain doom, even though they race to escape the first clear sunrise in weeks.
     As he, his girlfriend, and another strong one leap over buildings, trying to outrun the hunters and find a safe place to hide, he savagely wipes the blood from his face and slathers on the sunscreen at the same time. He flashes back to an intimate conversation he had with the Master once: "You think I am the only Master? True immortals are rare, and Masters are even more rare. Vampirism is not just a physical condition; it is not a spiritual damnation. It is a state of mind. Few have the will and the mind to defy superstition, to defy restrictions, to defy Destiny, to defy Death itself. To be a true immortal..." As the unfiltered sun dawns, they incinerate in its rays... except the kid. He withstands the harsh light of day.
     The kid sits in a quiet diner wearing shades; the sun beaming through the windows. If we didn't know better, he looks hungover. The waitress approaches, "One of those nights, huh?" The kid looks at her. "So, can I interest you in something to drink?" The kid removes his shades, revealing his vampire eyes. "As a matter of fact, you can..." The waitress's friendly smile disappears.

Mold

I watched a nature show, where an ant had a fungal infection: it's body and mind were deteriorating. Another ant carried it as far away from the colony as possible to die. When it did, it started sprouting mushrooms. Wouldn't that be a disturbing zombie film?! A airborne fungus that affected the human race, causing live bodies to decompose from the inside out and their minds turning into something worse than Alzheimer's/dementia. And once they finally dropped dead and cracked open from decomposition, the spores would go flying into the atmosphere. What kind of post-apocalyptic world would that be?