The duo's arrival coincides with the disappearance of a young boy, Ralphie Glick, and the death of his brother 12-year-old brother Danny, who becomes the town's first vampire, turned by Barlow. Barlow also turns town dump custodian Dud Rogers and telephone repairman Corey Bryant. Danny turns other locals into vampires, including the graveyard digger, Mike Ryerson; a newborn baby, Randy McDougall; a man named, Jack Griffen; and even Danny's own mother, Marjorie Glick. Danny fails, however, to turn his classmate Mark Petrie, who resists him successfully by holding a plastic cross in Danny's face. Mark is obsessed with Hollywood movie monsters and knows that you're not supposed to invite vampires inside of your home, which helps him stay safe.