[2] The film's eponymous character, Genuine, is not actually a vampire, but rather a "vamp" (succubus) who uses her powers of seduction to torment and control the men who love her.

The plot utilizes the it was all just a dream-type ending, as the proceedings are revealed to be a dream suffered by a man who falls asleep while reading a scary book.

After turning down a wealthy patron's offer to buy the picture, Percy falls asleep while reading stories of Genuine's life.

Meanwhile, Genuine breaks out of her underground prison, climbs the immense staircase to find Florian shaving the sleeping Lord Melo.

Guyard, stirred up by Florian's tales of murder and witchcraft, arms a mob with scythes and bludgeons and storms Melo's house.

[4][5] A black-and-white transfer of the same abridgement was released on DVD by Alpha Video in 2015, supplemented by the 1928 American short film The Fall of the House of Usher.