Michael Radny Stake Land takes itself a little too seriously for anyone to fully enjoy. It mixes the modern day zombie with the pre-established vampire to create a hybrid monster which they like to call 'Vamps'. It's very Walking Dead-ish, but with it's repetitive content, slow burning pace and clichéd character arches, this film doesn't become as good as t thinks it is. However, the beginning is promising of what this film could have been.It's not great, but it also isn't bad. It suffers because it thinks it is better then it actually is. There isn't anything truly original about this film and the pace shows us that even slowing down the sped up genre isn't going to change things for the better.

Stephane Benoit This film received too many compliments that are not in my opinion deserved. Some even presented this film as being better than The Road. It's intentional exaggeration. This film is not serious at all, you cannot compare it to The Road. They tried to invent a new style of zombies, by calling them "vampires" and making them hard to kill, but seriously, it's a good try but it's a major failure. It did not work. It is absurd. The construction of the film is chaotic and disjointed. The basis of the story is missing or greatly inadequate. We really don't understand why a sickness like that emerge in the hole world, so how the hell do they expect us to follow the story. I give a 5 to this movie because it's not a total failure, but it is not a good film.

bowmanblue Cast aside any notion of nice, pretty-boys twinkling vampires and replace them with old school vampy monsters, more akin to zombies with snarling, distorted faces and a distinct inability in dying (properly, you understand). However, despite being an unashamed monster movie, Stake Land feels surprisingly subdued for a recent horror film. With its melancholic tone, ravaging of the religious right and focus on characters over action, the film succeeds in being a bit more thoughtful than many of its contemporaries. With fairly few jumps or scenes that are likely to scare a grizzled horror fan, Stake Land is easier to recommend for its realistic world-building, mournful soundtrack and interesting, well-drawn characters.As a boy Martin was orphaned when his whole family was eaten by a vampire, but he survived by being taken under the wing of enigmatic father figure and teacher, Mister. The film goes on at an unusually slow pace and painstakingly constructs a very authentic feeling vision of post-apocalyptic America. Guarded communities living in fear while supplies dwindle, drinking and sleeping together in packed bars until the sun rises and religious nuts taking over the wilderness to rape and murder as they please.The film is most memorable for its details of life after the vampires take over. The small communities that have popped up round the country feel realistic and lived in. A sense of community, as if the vampire apocalypse may help America return to a simpler, more caring time.Stake Land is a very well made film and can be enjoyed as a simple horror film but also as an experience of a post-apocalyptic society and the highs and lows of living in a world with a drastically reduced population.

my_lost_nebula I want to say upfront that I'm not a great fan of the latest post-apocalyptic movies, 'cause they all are so much the same and therefore, just boring. And movies about zombies and vampires are definitely off my list, for the same reason (although I'm a big fan of Bram Stoker's Dracula and The Walking Dead).This movie was recommended to me by a friend of mine, and almost reluctantly, I started watching it about two hours ago. And it is just great. I mean, really. I don't know why it got only 6,6 points on IMDb, because it's definitely worth watching. Of course, if you are looking for some hot looking main characters slaughtering hundreds of vampires - forget it, wrong address. But if you are into a post-apocalyptic movie with supernatural monsters which gives you a sense of reality, twisted, but still reality - go for it. And I found the acting brilliant.