Today's been a good day for the portal...
This is reminicent of the old silent films from the 20s (obviously). The story is told easily and the animation (the lighting especially) fit perfectly.
It did hit a few snags where it just seemed to drag along (dwelt too much on the photo and a few other places).
Not exactly sure about vampire lore, but I can't say I ever heard of turning a vampire child into a human... A dampiel(sp?) is a half-vampire/half-human...
Mah... not enough on that train of plot for me to make any conclusive comments.