Back in November of 2009, at the American Film Market, I had the chance to see the first five minutes of Jim Mickle's Stake Land. Impressed? Yeah, you could say that. Here's part of what I said at the time:
Mickle wastes absolute no time at all plunging viewers right into the thick of his vampiric apocalypse. The action is immediate, visceral and bloody. The execution is tight, the characters all immediately engaging. And this thing has a mean streak to it, one shot in particular - and no, I'm not going to spoil it - making it very clear that no holds are barred in this picture.
Well, with the film having now launched it's limited theatrical run the good folks at MPI / Dark Sky have released a chunk of the footage I saw for your perusal. It's a little under half of the reel I saw at AFM with the introduction of the characters removed - unfortunate as things have more punch when you know who all of these people are - but it does include the specific moment that I reference above. It's nasty. And you can check it out below.
Mickle wastes absolute no time at all plunging viewers right into the thick of his vampiric apocalypse. The action is immediate, visceral and bloody. The execution is tight, the characters all immediately engaging. And this thing has a mean streak to it, one shot in particular - and no, I'm not going to spoil it - making it very clear that no holds are barred in this picture.
Well, with the film having now launched it's limited theatrical run the good folks at MPI / Dark Sky have released a chunk of the footage I saw for your perusal. It's a little under half of the reel I saw at AFM with the introduction of the characters removed - unfortunate as things have more punch when you know who all of these people are - but it does include the specific moment that I reference above. It's nasty. And you can check it out below.
Video
More from Stake Land
- Reviews: ETRANGE 2011: STAKE LAND review
- Reviews: Fantasia 2011: STAKE LAND Review
- Reviews: SFF 2011 - STAKE LAND Review
- News: STAKE LAND: It's A Kitchen Movie.
- Reviews: STAKE LAND review
- News: Two New STAKE LAND Character Trailers!
- Reviews: SFIFF54 Late Shows - STAKE LAND, THE SELLING, Outrage, The Troll Hunter
- Interviews: STAKE LAND (2010): Interview With Jim Mickle
- News: STAKE LAND Trailer Delivers Without Spoiling!
- Reviews: CINEFEST 2011: STAKE LAND REVIEW
- News: Watch Graham Reznick And Glenn McQuaid Directed STAKE LAND Prequel Webisodes
- Reviews: Sitges 2010: STAKE LAND Review
- Reviews: Fantastic Fest 2010: Stake Land review
- Reviews: Fantastic Fest 2010: Stake Land
- News: STAKE LAND And THE KING'S SPEECH Win Toronto.
- News: TIFF 2010: Five Questions With STAKE LAND Director Jim Mickle
- News: TIFF 2010: Early Promo Teaser For Jim Mickle's STAKE LAND.
- News: TIFF 2010: STAKE LAND's Vampires Are The Anti-TWILIGHT
- Galleries: Stake Land
- Interviews: The New American Horror: Jim Mickle
- News: AFM 09: STAKE LAND Promo Impresses!
I like the look and tone to this one.
I'm going to enjoy the hell of of this movie.
Looks like good fun, i've heard positive things about this movie so far..
Holy crap! Seems just when you might think "Everything's been done", you recognize "Everything remains to be done". Cool.