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Year: 2010
USA: IFC Midnight
UK: Metrodome Distribution
Cast: Nick Damici, Connor Paolo, Danielle Harris, Kelly
McGillis, Sean Nelson, Michael Cerveris, Bonnie Dennison, Adam
Scarimbolo, Marianne Hagan, Chance Kelly, Eilis Cahill, Traci Hovel,
Jean Brassard
Director: Jim Mickle
Country: USA
USA & UK: 98 mins
USA Rated: Unrated
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong bloody violence, strong
language and brief strong nudity
USA Release Date: 22 April 2011 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 17 June 2011 (Limited Release)
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Synopsis
"Sleep when they're dead."
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 (IN THE CUT's 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 Brethren, a fundamentalist militia headed by
Jebedia Loven (Tony award-winning actor 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 phantasmagoric journey.
STAKE LAND also stars horror movie icon Danielle Harris (HATCHET II)
and was produced by indie horror producer-writer-director Larry
Fessenden (THE LAST WINTER).
Winner - Midnight Madness Audience Award: 2010 Toronto International
Film Festival
Official Selection: Lincoln Center Scary Movie Series 2010
Official Selection: Fantastic Fest 2010
Official Selection: Sitges 2010
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