Official Synopsis : 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, fearful of nightfall. When his family is slaughtered, young Martin ("Gossip Girl's" Connor Paolo) is taken under the wing of a grizzled, wayward hunter (Nick Damici) whose new prey is 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 Brethren, a fundamentalist militia headed by Jebedia Loven (Michael Cerveris) that interprets the plague as the Lord's work.
Director Jim Mickle first grabbed the attention of horror film fans with his zombie-rat thriller Mulberry Street, in which Damici also starred and served as co-writer. They have teamed up again to deliver an even darker and bloodier shocker. Drawing on the post-apocalyptic frenzy described by Richard Matheson (author of the novel I Am Legend) and George Romero, STAKE LAND is a road movie with fangs and a phantasmagorical journey.
Also starring horror movie icon Danielle Harris and produced by indie horror director Larry Fessenden (THE LAST WINTER). -- (C) IFC Films
What to Expect : Zombie apocalypse...again ! Touted as some sort of indie revolution, this is a slick little vampire/zombie flick, but unless your a fan of the genre, you probably won't enjoy this very much. Besides, considering how many of these movies we've seen in recent years, I somehow doubt there's any originality left in the whole genre, which puts this one at the end of a very long line of similar movies. Available only as a limited release in the US, it's also going to be pretty hard to find.
More Details :
- Starring : Connor Paolo, Nick Damici, Kelly McGillis.
- Director : Jim Mickle.
- Screenplay : Nick Damici, Jim Mickle.
- Running Time : 98 min.
- Rating : Unrated.
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