Everybody’s got their own idea of what they think of when they imagine a bloodsucker, and they all tend to be relatively similar. Believed by some to have been the result of French vampire myths intermingling with those of Caribbean locals and enslaved Africans, the soucouyant is the perfect vehicle to show audiences just how diverse and fascinating the Caribbean is. We’re already getting the reality shows, we’re already getting, you know, Tom Cruise in Cocktail, so what are we missing? “I really hope that somebody comes along and sees this soucouyant concept and says, ‘we should do a feature film,’” Basham says. So for me, I felt very free…just going there was very supportive, and it was a wonderful relationship.”The full experience of The Soucouyant is available to watch now.