Kindred: The Embraced (1996)

"Dracula" meets "The Godfather" in this complicated but shortlived supernatural drama, in which San Francisco Police Detective Frank Kohanek makes an unsettling discovery: His city is home to a horde of vampires divided into mob-like clans. What Frank doesn't realize is that he is under the protection of Julian Luna, the prince of the San Francisco vampire society and head of the Ventrue clan. While Julian tries to maaintain peace among the clans, he faces a bitter challenge from Eddie, leader ofthe warlike Brujah. Julian faces different pressures from newspaper reporter Caitlin Byrne, who threatens to expose the vampires. Others in Julian's netherworld society include Daedalus, head of the violent Nosferatu, and Lillie, leader of the arts-loving Torreadors.