Jesse 's group enters a bar and kills the occupants . They set the bar on fire and flee the scene . After Caleb endangers himself to help them escape their motel room during a daylight police raid , Jesse and the others are temporarily mollified , with Caleb asking Jesse how old he was and told he " fought for the South " , making him about 150 years old ( Severen later suggests he and Jesse started the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 ) . Caleb 's father ( Tim Thomerson ) searches for Jesse 's group . A child vampire in the group , Homer ( Joshua John Miller ) meets Caleb 's sister Sarah ( Marcie Leeds ) and wants to turn her into his companion , but Caleb objects . While the group argues , Caleb 's father arrives and holds them at gunpoint , demanding that Sarah be released . Jesse taunts him into shooting but regurgitates the bullet before wrestling the gun away . In the confusion , Sarah opens a door , letting in the sunlight and forcing the vampires back . Burning , Caleb escapes with his family
Great Chicago Fire
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