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Stake Land Trailers And Clips: I'll Be Damned - Vampires Are Scary Again

By TK | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (28)

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One of the movies I’ve been quietly anticipating is the mostly-unheard of Stake Land. It’s tough to get excited about a vampire movie in the post-Twilight universe, but the low-budget, scary-looking Stake Land appears to be something a little different, and a lot more intense.

And of course, less fucking sparkles.

The story?

In a fierce, alternative vision of America’s bleak future, a young boy is about to learn how cruel the world can be. Martin was a normal teenage boy before the country collapsed in an empty pit of economic and political disaster. And from the ashes rose a new breed of terror. 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.

Interestingly, the film also stars Danielle Harris as a character named Belle, and that can’t be a coincidence. Righteous naming, if you ask me. Nick Damici plays the mysterious Mister, and Connor Paolo (“Gossip Girl”) plays Martin.

Here’s the trailer:

And a little clip to show you that no, it is decidedly not fucking around.

Also, there are a couple of very good character clips available at Apple, but since Apple is a doucheknuckle, I can’t embed them. But click here if you want to check ‘em out.

Stake Land has been getting good buzz on the festival circuit, and is playing at midnight on April 30th at this years Independent Film Festival Boston. If you’re looking for me, that’s where I’ll be.

(h/t: reader and all-around swell gal Lauren)









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Comments

so much for going ahead with his movie.

Posted by: dna at April 13, 2011 10:55 AM

Wow. Scary vampires. I'm in.

Posted by: Reba at April 13, 2011 10:55 AM

Oh, that's cool to have a vampire chase someone through a hous---oh, it's just a kid, wow, okay, so now he's runn---HOLY SHIT THAT VAMPIRE'S FAST!!! Oh man, he must've caught him and . . . oh man, oh he's gonna get---HAAAAAwhenthefuckisthisplayingagainBECAUSEIWANTTHISSOFUCKINGBAD!!!!!!!

Posted by: Kballs at April 13, 2011 10:59 AM

"safely north to Canada, the continent’s New Eden"

In that case, I wonder if this movie is a spiritual sequel to Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter.

Also, aren't all vampire hunters "rogues"? I would love to see a movie about a non-rogue vampire hunter. Picture it: he's like a middle-aged bounty hunter, probably overweight, on a constant drip of caffeine, nicotine, and ulcer meds, and likely drives an aging 1990 Buick LeSabre that legally belongs to his mother, which he uses because he can't afford to buy a new car since his Civic was destroyed by a meth-head werewolf who crapped in the backseat on the way to booking. Let's call this guy "Joe".

Our protagonist's days are usually interwoven with paperwork and bad coffee, occasionally punctuated with forays out to track down those of the undead who violated their parole (aka feasted on the blood of a living human instead of subsisting on animal blood or using their "red stamps" to buy their ration at the blood bank). Things take a dark turn, however, when his business partner winds up dead, $100,000 is missing from the business accounts, and the partner's human kids disappear in the night. Joe, who is fond of the kids and secretly hot for his partner's wife, sets out into the night to seek justice and save the necks of the innocent kids.

Directed by the Coen Brothers, and starring Craig T. Nelson as Joe, Steve Buscemi as the business partner, Robert Downey Jr. as Vinny the Werewolf Drug Dealer...and I'm having trouble thinking of the rest of the casting. Help?

Posted by: StoatCat at April 13, 2011 11:03 AM

WHOA. That clip is crazy. I will definitely see this.

Posted by: Julie at April 13, 2011 11:08 AM

holy fuckin shit

Posted by: Rest In Peace at April 13, 2011 11:20 AM

Vampires have always been scary. The problem is how many people think calling a monster a "vampire" makes them a vampire. "Vampires" that control their urges, sniff out underage girls, and sparkle in the sun are not vampires. "Vampires" that live in an underground society and harvest human beings in large test tubes for their blood supply are not vampires. And "Vampires" don't form a rogue empire and battle ninja-priests in an apocalyptic wasteland.

This looks a whole lot like a zombie film, to me. It looks promising, but it's playing as fast and loose with vampire mythology as all the other "vampire" crap in the past decade.

Posted by: Robert at April 13, 2011 11:27 AM

Jesus. As a vampire fan, I

Posted by: Claus at April 13, 2011 11:31 AM

Wooooooowwww.

Posted by: Anna von Beav at April 13, 2011 11:37 AM

this looks really bad and really cheap

Posted by: idleprimate at April 13, 2011 11:55 AM

What kballs said.
Hooooooly shit.

Posted by: JenVegas at April 13, 2011 12:40 PM

It's by the same people who made Mulberry Street, which could have been a great movie if it hadn't been hampered by its microbudget. I hope they have a little more money to play with this time.

Posted by: Craig at April 13, 2011 12:55 PM

This looks a whole lot like a zombie film, to me. It looks promising, but it's playing as fast and loose with vampire mythology as all the other "vampire" crap in the past decade.

Posted by: Robert at April 13, 2011 11:27 AM

I agree. While it looks interesting, they have a vampire standing right out there in the middle of the day. How can you call something a vampire that do that? There are certain things about the vampire mythos you can play fast and loose with, but that isn't really one of them.

Posted by: Forbiddendonut at April 13, 2011 1:08 PM

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Posted by: DeistBrawler at April 13, 2011 2:06 PM

@StoatCat,

I would watch the hell out of that movie.

But I'm also planning to watch the hell out of this if/when it hits the local indie theaters. Vampires should be scary. They should be bestial. They should make you want to run for your life.

They're not sexy, they're leeches. Lampreys in human form, looking for the next meal. You're not an object of affection for them, you're nothing more than the next snack at the buffet.

Vampires don't Sparkle. They Suck.

Posted by: Wintermute at April 13, 2011 2:22 PM

@ Stoatcat & Wintermute:

That's very similar to the setting of Night Watch. It's about the standard fantasy good vs. evil battle re-cast as a post-soviet bureaucratic clusterfuck. Or at least the book is. The movie is about Timur Bekmambetov doing whatever he wants to for two hours :)

Posted by: Royalewithcheese at April 13, 2011 2:31 PM

Sweet! I was thinking something along the lines of a cross between Jackie Brown, The Big Lebowski, and Van Helsing.

Posted by: StoatCat at April 13, 2011 2:52 PM

{speechless}

That makes the Walking Dead little girl in pink bathrobe scene look like the 8:00 family hour.

I do understand the inclination to be a "purist" about canon and mythology of vampires, zombies, etc. At this point, if it's scary and interesting, I don't care how fast and loose a movie plays it. [No sparkling tho thnx.]

Posted by: MM at April 13, 2011 3:28 PM

that first trailer did the trick by keeping it simple. loved it. the second climb clinched the deal when the kid's head came off. cool.

Posted by: splinter at April 13, 2011 5:13 PM

MM, all I ask is that a film justify its changes. If a vampire sparkles, it better be for a damn good reason besides "Ooh...pretty pedophile skin..."

Posted by: Robert at April 13, 2011 5:17 PM

As far as the true vampire stuff goes, in the second clip he does sort of seem to be smoking a bit I thought. Could be the car though.

Posted by: Alex00 at April 13, 2011 7:11 PM

Finafuckingly!

Posted by: Nicolae at April 13, 2011 7:14 PM

I highly suggest the 4-min vignettes on the Apple site. They damn well made my heart stop. Whoever is doing the marketing for this thing is very smart.

Posted by: Lauren at April 13, 2011 7:57 PM

MM, my point is why call them "vampires" if you're going to strip them of all of the mythology. If they can go out in the sunlight, can't be killed by a wooden stake in the heart, but are just savage people who drink blood of their victims, call them something else. Demons, crazies, etc.

Posted by: ForbiddenDonut at April 13, 2011 9:46 PM

add me to the "wow this looks like a zombie movie"
I mean i'm all for making vampires scary again, but these don't look like vampires, this looks like a zombie movie.

Posted by: Ben at April 14, 2011 9:24 AM

"Directed by the Coen Brothers, and starring Craig T. Nelson as Joe, Steve Buscemi as the business partner, Robert Downey Jr. as Vinny the Werewolf Drug Dealer...and I'm having trouble thinking of the rest of the casting. Help?"

I'm having trouble imagining a world where someone doesn't get on that idea RIGHT AWAY and make it NOW. I'm getting there, but it's a sad world, dark, depressing and without hope.

Posted by: Ender at April 14, 2011 12:05 PM

Wait a moment. Buscemi must be in the film.

Posted by: Ender at April 14, 2011 12:06 PM

Cool. Lame name though.

Posted by: Sarah J-town at April 14, 2011 2:43 PM