2016 · action · horror · vampire
The Stakelander
Directed by Dan Berk, Robert Olsen1h 25m2016
When his home of New Eden is destroyed by a revitalized Brotherhood and its new Vamp leader, Martin finds himself alone in the badlands of America with only the distant memory of his mentor and legendary vampire hunter, Mister, to guide him.
Our read: The Stakelander (2016) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded action · horror · vampire entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme action / horror, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, cold.
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- extreme
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