Tag: Stakeland

Horror fans feeling down about the decidedly romantic turn vampires have taken in pop culture in recent years can take heart — the vamps in director Jim Mickle‘s post-apocalyptic horror thriller “Stake Land,” which follows an orphaned boy who’s taken under the wing of a grizzled monster hunter, don’t sparkle. Heck, they can barely even speak. They growl and bite, that’s it. And the audiences who have seen the film at festivals since its premiere at Toronto last fall seem to like it that way — “Stake Land,” which echoes Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road” and “The Grapes of Wrath,” has been getting favorable reviews. Contributor Patrick Kevin Day spoke by phone with Mickle about his vampire epic, which opens Friday. PKD: “Stake Land” is not a typical vampire film. What was its origin? JM: Originally, it was a much different ...