June 29, 2021 / 12:46 PM

'Blood Red Sky' trailer shows vampire mom fight back on hijacked plane

June 29 (UPI) -- Netflix is giving a glimpse of the new film Blood Red Sky.

The streaming service shared a trailer for the action-horror movie Tuesday featuring Peri Baumeister as a Nadja, a mother with a mysterious illness.

The preview shows Nadja (Baumeister) fight back and protect her son after a terrorist (Dominic Purcell) and his crew hijack her flight. Nadja is keeping a deadly secret -- she is a vampire.

Roland Møller, Chidi Ajufo, Alexander Scheer and Graham McTavish co-star.

"These hijackers planed for everything... except the vampire who is secretly on the plane," Netflix tweeted.

Blood Red Sky is directed by Peter Thorwarth, who co-wrote the script with Stefan Holtz. The film premieres July 23 on Netflix.

Baumeister is a German actress known for playing Lady Gisela on The Last Kingdom and Sarah on the Netflix series Skylines.

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