aka: StakeLand
Director: Jim Mickle
Cast: Connor Paolo, Nick Damici, Kelly McGillis
America is a lost nation. When an epidemic of vampirism strikes, humans find themselves on the run from vicious, feral beasts. Cities are tombs and survivors cling together in rural pockets, fearing nightfall. When his family is slaughtered, young Martin (Connor Paolo) is taken under the wing of a grizzled, wayward hunter (Nick Damici) whose new prey are the undead. Simply known as Mister, the vampire stalker takes Martin on a journey through the locked-down towns of America’s heartland, searching for a better place while taking down any bloodsuckers that cross their path. Along the way they recruit fellow travellers, including a nun (Kelly McGillis) who is caught in a crisis of faith when her followers turn into ravenous beasts. This ragtag family unit cautiously moves north, avoiding major thoroughfares that have been seized by The Brotherhood, a fundamentalist militia headed by Jebedia Loven (Michael Cerveris) that interprets the plague as the Lord’s work.
Entertaining vampire yarn that sometimes takes itself too seriously. Stake Lands unique selling point is that its vampires are an out of control plague, and shares as much of the tone and feel of films like Book of Eli and the television series Walking Dead than it does with other modern vampire movies like say Near Dark. Entertaining no doubt we'll see a sequel or two, it'd even work well as a spinoff television series.
Cultdb Totals
[Rated 7½ out of 10]
[Deathcount 18]
[Gorequota 7/10]
[Rated 7½ out of 10]
[Deathcount 18]
[Gorequota 7/10]
Themes Included: Machetes ● Stakes ● Religious Fantics ● Shootings
Roads ● Fangs ● Suicide
Roads ● Fangs ● Suicide
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