Stake Land (2010)

Release date: 2011-06-17
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Jim Mickle
Production Co: Glass Eye Pix, Belladonna Productions, Off Hollywood Pictures
Genre: Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
Rating: 6.5/10
Length: 1h 38min

Storyline

Martin was a normal teenage boy before the country collapsed in an empty pit of economic and political disaster. A vampire epidemic has swept across what is left of the nation's abandoned towns and cities, and it's up to Mister, a death dealing, rogue vampire hunter, to get Martin safely north to Canada, the continent's New Eden.

Plot Keywords

post apocalypse, vampire, vampire hunter, survival, religious fanaticism, road movie, rape, nun, narration, coming of age, epidemic, brotherhood, canada, bare chested male, male rear nudity, u.s. canadian border, two word title, psychotronic film, post punk, smoking

Short Review

Mickle's observation of a devastated working-class America is so sharp that the horror elements, though effectively handled, come to feel like an afterthought.