A Blade Rave reveler bares her fangs at Walter Studios in Phoenix.

Benjamin Leatherman

Walter Studios in Phoenix had big vampire energy on Thursday night. Techno beats rattled the room. Gothy types bared their fangs and thrashed around the dance floor. And a bloody good time was had by all.

The Blade Rave, a touring electronic dance music event inspired by the iconic underground nightclub scene in the 1998 vampire action flick, invaded the Phoenix venue on May 14 with heavy-hitting beats, horror vibes and hordes of of black-clad creatures of the night.

DJ Nekomancer in the mix at the Blade Rave in Phoenix.

As crimson light drenched the room, DJs like Nekomancer, Katetang and Emmanuel Ruiz unleashed a maelstrom of hard techno, EBM, aggrotech and other dark tracks to fuel the dancing. Ravers dressed up in vampire gear, fake fangs and fetish wear in a scene straight out late-’90s goth club.

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Some sipped vampire-themed cocktails. Others flung around lightsaber toys to add to the nonstop glow illuminating the darkened venue.

Technical issues during the Blade Rave’s midnight “blood bath,” which recreated the famous scene from the film, didn’t suck the life out of the crowd packed inside Walter Studios. The energy stayed high and the dance floor kept moving until the wee hours and revelers eventually returned to their nests.

Here’s a look at the vampiric fun and insidious excess of the Blade Rave in Phoenix.

Hitting the dance floor at the Blade Rave in Phoenix on May 14.

Blood red light drenched the Blade Rave at Walter Studios in Phoenix.

Keep your friends close and your vampires closer.

The scene inside Walter Studios in Phoenix during the Blade Rave.

An unholy trio of Blade Rave patrons.

Fangs for the memories.

They’ve either seen a vampire or are really jacked to be at the Blade Rave in Phoenix.

Something wicked this way comes.

Creatures of the night feel the siren song of techno at the Blade Rave in Phoenix.

A gothy go-go dancer performs onstage at the Blade Rave in Phoenix on May 14.

This raver used his lightsabers to illuminate the scene.

A horde of ravers and revelers inside Walter Studios in Phoenix.

These two definitely aren’t vampires since they were able to be photographed.

Some of the only people who were adorned with fake blood at the Blade Rave in Phoenix.

Support your local vampire.

The Blade Rave brought out Phoenix’s creatures of the night.

Vamping it up on the dance floor at the Blade Rave.

The coolest couple in the room.

Attendees of the Blade Rave at Walter Studios in Phoenix.