The only vampire movies that I really enjoyed as a kid were The Lost Boys and the original Fright Night. After that I never really could be bothered with the genre with a few exceptions once in a while. The whole Twilight saga hype and all the other teen horror vampire movies just never really apealed to me.
And then there was STAKE LAND!!
This is a vampire road movie as you never seen before!
In this post apocalytic story we meet Martin who gets saved by a vampire hunter simply called "Mister", when his house gets attacked by vampires.
With his whole family killed, Martin joins "Mister" as his helping hand. They soon band together with a few other very interesting characters and embark into a bloody, violent trip to a safe haven somewhere far away.
The thing that I liked about these vampires, was probably that they were a bit liked crazed, violent mindless zombies. No romantic charming vampires to be found in this thrilling movie.
The whole setting/story is brilliant imo. Locked down American towns, dangerous streets at night, violent religious cults, creepy, filthy and scary vampires and a great atmosphere.
The acting is top notch which makes you care for the characters, the vampires look crazy as fuck and the little detailed things they do to survive is well thought of and makes it really believable.
My compliments to the makers of this movie which is definitely my favorite movie of this year so far!
Not going to spoil anymore. If you see this lying around, pick it up. It's worth it!
Director: Jim Mickle
Cast: Connor Paolo, Nick Damici and Kelly McGillis
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