

Something dangerous lurks in the forest. See the thrilling, animated prequel of The Strain.

When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK International Airport and goes dark on the runway, the Center for Disease Control, fearing a terrorist attack, calls in Dr. Ephraim Goodweather and his team of expert biological-threat first responders. Only an elderly pawnbroker from Spanish Harlem suspects a darker purpose behind the event--an ancient threat intent on covering mankind in darkness.

A short animation that explains the long, winding history of the Occido Lumen, an occult text with a bloody past. For all the evil it brings, however, this text may just be the last hope humanity has in facing the Strigoi.