I’ve been excited about the forthcoming vampire flick Daybreakers for quite some time, for a couple of reasons, but primarily because it’s made in Australia, including my old hometown of Brisbane, by the Brissie boys who made Undead (an extremely effective small-budget zombie movie, with SF elements). The plot about a world overtaken by vampires sounds engaging, and it stars, alongside Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe, some great local talent in Claudia Karvan, Sam Neill and Undead‘s Mungo McKay.
About.com’s Mark Harris has given Daybreakers four stars. His review is here, in which he says, “Daybreakers is a fresh and original take on vampire lore, using its genre trappings to convey an uncommonly conscious, allegorical reflection on society that touches upon class and racial conflict, the ethics of big business, politics, poverty, homelessness and the ravaging of natural resources.”
Got those bases covered, then. He also assures us there’s chompin’ and stakin’ aplenty.
According to IMDB, the movie’s due for release in Australia on January 21. Huzzah!
i can’t wait to see this vampire movie too! the old lady who scales the wall is creepy! lol…make sure that you post your review…hope all is well! i am growing bigger..have 1st ultrasound to see baby..can’t wait 🙂
We can compare notes. About the movie, not the baby thing 😉
Shall be interested to see this lil flick indeed.
Did you see “Paranormal Activity”? Nothing new, but for a low budget movie, I quite enjoyed it.
Very difficult to eat pop corn when your eyes are constantly scanning the theatre screen for ‘activity’…
I thought PA started out okay it with some good tense moments, but slowly devolved into tedium and illogic. I whinged about it here: https://jasonnahrung.com/2009/12/14/paranormal-activity-review/
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I actually thought Daybreakers was pretty sweet..
It is definitely worth a look!