Althea was a young woman approximately in her twenties living alone in her father's estate which she inherited after he passed away two years prior. She was approached by Mr. Heff and his associate Paul about using her estate as the set for their new film Vampire Castle. Mr. Heff impressed by the mysterious girl offers her the lead role as the vampire in the picture and as a publicity stunt decided to have publicity expert Jed Mathews market her as a real vampire: Althea the vampire queen of Hollywood.