I had a skeptical feeling coming into Stake Land but I do with most vampire films anyway. Well Stake Land is a road film that follows around a character trying to survive a vampire apocalypse.
For a film about vampires, there is nothing particularly noteworthy here but the movie does get a lot of the little things right. The make-up is done well and there are some good apocalypse sets here that work on what seems to be a low budget film.
The lead characters are Nick Damici and Connor Paolo and they are likable and can act but struggle with a sub-par plot. There is not a lot of premise developed with these characters which makes their performances a bit hard to enjoy and really turns what could have been a good horror film into just a rental.
The film has a splendid first act which puts the film initially in the right direction. Act 3 is really the exact opposite as it has many opportunities to end but the film really doesn't know how to and so it kind of falls flat a little.
I don't really love this film and frankly there is not a whole lot to say about it. That said, Stake Land is kind of a nice quality vampire film from 2010 which was a little refreshing as we haven't had one of these in a while.
3.5/5
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