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[TV] "Stake Land" Being Developed Into Series!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 04, 2014 @ 9:59pm
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One of my biggest issues with Stake Land is that the world is a bit too big for the condensed story. This issue will soon be resolved when Dark Sky’s successful genre film becomes a television series…

The Wrap reports that Jim Mickle and writer/actor Nick Damici are on the verge of teaming again for the small screen version of the post-apocalyptic vampire tale. MPI/Dark Sky’s Greg Newman, who executive produced the movie, is also involved.

The series would begin seven years after the end of the film, and would involve many new species of vampires. READ MORE

Top 10 Road Movies In Horror!!!

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Posted by EvanDickson on November 29, 2013 @ 10:49am
Category: Movies / Editorials

By Amanda Tullos.

The road. It can mean many things to different people and for some, it’s a way of escaping or it’s a pathway to the future. For others, the road is a deadly place full of the unknown. The “road movie” is the perfect element in horror because it’s a terrifying character in and of itself. The following are a list of the best road movies in the genre. READ MORE

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[Sundance '13] eOne Gobbles Up 'We Are What We Are'

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Posted by EvanDickson on January 23, 2013 @ 10:07am
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Another horror sale has come in from Sundance, this time it’s Stake Land director Jim Mickle’s We Are What We Are (review here). It’s a remake of Mexican director Jorge Michel Grau’s picture about a family of cannibals that’s been moved from its original setting of Mexico City, to a poor part of the Catskills region in New York State.

eOne picked up the film, which was reportedly heatedly contested amongst bidders, for a low seven figures for the U.S. rights. eOne will role out the film to theaters in a platform formation.

In the film, “A devastating storm washes up clues that lead authorities closer and closer to the cannibalistic Parker family.” Cast includes Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner, Michael Parks, Wyatt Russell and Kelly McGillis.

We’ll keep you posted on a release date!

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[Sundance '13 Interview] Director Jim Mickle Talks About Putting His Own Stamp On 'We Are What We Are'!

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Posted by EvanDickson on January 20, 2013 @ 4:37pm
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Sundance Film Festival just kicked off this weekend and one of the first films to play the “Park City At Midnight” portion of the event was Stake Land director Jim Mickle’s We Are What We Are. It’s a remake of Mexican director Jorge Michel Grau’s picture about a family of cannibals that’s been moved from its original setting of Mexico City, to a poor part of the Catskills region in New York State.

If you’re following the fest at all, you may have seen more than a few glowing reviews pop up online after the film’s first screening. I just got off the phone with Mickle, who was on his way into yet another sold out showing of the film. We talked about his approach to remakes, the violence in the film and what he’s got coming up after the fest.

We Are What We Are has several other Sundance screenings coming up. 1/22/2013 @ 6:00 pm at the Egyptian Theatre, 1/25/2013 @ 11:30 pm at Prospector Square Theatre and 1/26/2013 @ 6:00 pm at Broadway Centre Cinema 6. Head inside for the interview! READ MORE

Vampires Attack in Behind-the-Scenes Look at 'Stake Land'

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Posted by MrDisgusting on August 01, 2011 @ 10:04pm
Category: Movies / Home Video

In the ultimate tale of survival in the face of a dying world, Jim Mickle’s breakthrough movie, Stake Land (review) adds a frightening new element to the equation: vampires. The award-winning crowd-pleaser comes to Blu-ray and DVD on August 2, 2011, via Dark Sky Films. This extraordinary movie will be available on DVD, and on two-disc Special Edition DVD and Blu-ray, both containing a wealth of bonus material.

Check out an exclusive behind-the-scenes clip from the ‘Barn” attack sequences inside!

“America has fallen. A vampiric scourge sweeps the nation, turning brother on brother and parent on child as the blood-hungry beasts take deeper and deeper hold upon the land. It’s hard for the survivors to know whether to be more afraid of the creatures themselves or the violent religious groups that have sprung up in response, but there is clearly only one choice: fight or die. Connor Paolo (Gossip Girl, Alexander, Mystic River) stars as Martin, a teenager whose family has been slaughtered. His traveling companion is a taciturn, hardened vampire killer known simply as Mister (Nick Damici, In the Cut, World Trade Center), and together they trudge across the land in search of the rumored safe haven of New Eden.”
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'Stake Land' Blu-ray Official Announcement

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 06, 2011 @ 6:03pm
Category: Movies / Home Video

In the ultimate tale of survival in the face of a dying world, Jim Mickle’s breakthrough movie, Stake Land (review) adds a frightening new element to the equation: vampires. The award-winning crowd-pleaser comes to Blu-ray and DVD on August 2, 2011, via Dark Sky Films. This extraordinary movie will be available on DVD, with an SRP of $27.98, and on two-disc Special Edition DVD ($29.98) and Blu-ray ($34.98), both containing a wealth of bonus material.

BD Review: 'Stake Land' An Ambitious Stab at Vamp Genre

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Posted by MrDisgusting on April 22, 2011 @ 4:10pm
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I’m ready to take a beating on this one. I have yet to meet a single person who didn’t enjoy Jim Mickle’s Stake Land, his post-apocalyptic quasi-vampire film now in limited theaters from Dark Sky Films. Thus, take my review with a grain of salt, because apparently I’m out of my mind.

“Even through all of the flaws, Mickle and Damici deliver a highly ambitious film that was probably too much to handle.”

Click the title above for the full review. I’m curious if you guys agree with me or the majority, so click on over here to write your own review and tell all of BD what YOU thought.
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Interview: Danielle Harris Talks 'Stake Land'

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Posted by BC on April 22, 2011 @ 3:23pm
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Now in limited theaters from Dark Sky Films is Stake Land, a quasi-vampire film that critics have been eating up (see BC’s review).

Gearing up for the apocalypse, BC caught up with star Danielle Harris who talked about starring in this post-apocalyptic genre film, and much, much more.

Also starring Nick Damici, Connor Paolo, Kelly McGillis, Sean Nelson, and Michael Cerveris, “Martin was a normal teenage boy before the country collapsed in an empty pit of economic and political disaster. A vampire epidemic has swept across what is left of the nation’s abandoned towns and cities, and it’s up to Mister, a death dealing, rogue vampire hunter, to get Martin safely north to Canada, the continent’s New Eden.”

Interview inside.

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Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on April 22, 2011 @ 12:00am
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Martin was a normal teenage boy before the country collapsed in an empty pit of economic and political disaster. A vampire epidemic has swept across what is left of the nation’s abandoned towns and cities, and it’s up to Mister, a death dealing, rogue vampire hunter, to get Martin safely north to Canada, the continent’s New Eden.

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Interview: 'Stake Land' Director Jim Mickle!

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Posted by BC on April 21, 2011 @ 2:49pm
Category: Movies / Exclusives

In limited theaters this Friday from Dark Sky Films is Stake Land, a quasi-vampire film that critics have been eating up (see BC’s review).

Gearing up for the apocalypse, BC caught up with director Jim Mickle who talked about bringing his monster-sized vision to the big screen.

Starring Nick Damici, Connor Paolo, Danielle Harris, Kelly McGillis, Sean Nelson, and Michael Cerveris, “Martin was a normal teenage boy before the country collapsed in an empty pit of economic and political disaster. A vampire epidemic has swept across what is left of the nation’s abandoned towns and cities, and it’s up to Mister, a death dealing, rogue vampire hunter, to get Martin safely north to Canada, the continent’s New Eden.”

Interview inside.
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Meet Two Survivors, Official 'Stake Land' Poster

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Posted by MrDisgusting on April 12, 2011 @ 3:19pm
Category: Movies / News

With the release only a week away, Dark Sky Films has kicked off the apocalypse.

Inside you’ll find the official poster, along with two character clips from Jim Mickle’s Stake Land.

“In the aftermath of a vampire epidemic, a teen is taken in by a grizzled vampire hunter on a road trip through a post-apocalyptic America, battling both the bloodsuckers and a fundamentalist militia that interprets the plague as the Lord’s work.”

Starring Danielle Harris, Kelly McGillis, and Conor Paolo, Dark Sky Films will release in limited theaters on April 22. Mickle is best known for directing Mulberry Street.
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'Stake Land' Viral Takes Us to the Beginning

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Posted by MrDisgusting on April 12, 2011 @ 12:09am
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Jim Mickle’s Stake Land begins “In the aftermath of a vampire epidemic, a teen is taken in by a grizzled vampire hunter on a road trip through a post-apocalyptic America, battling both the bloodsuckers and a fundamentalist militia that interprets the plague as the Lord’s work.”

A new viral video has been posted online that will take you back before the virus had wiped out humanity, to where it was all still a “shock” to see one of these vampiric creatures.

Starring Danielle Harris, Kelly McGillis, and Conor Paolo, Dark Sky Films will release in limited theaters on April 22. Mickle is best known for directing Mulberry Street.
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'Stake Land' Release Plans Sorted Out

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 16, 2011 @ 12:08am
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I’m pretty excited to see Jim Mickle’s Stake Land, a post-apocalyptic vampire tale from the director of Mulberry Street. While we already told you Dark Sky Films announced an April 22 release, we just now got official details.

IFC Midnight is partnering with MPI Media Group and its subsidiary Dark Sky Films to release Mickle’s vampire epidemic thriller that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last autumn where it won the Midnight Madness audience award. IFC will give it a nationwide theatrical platform release and day-and-date VOD launch on April 22.

Connor Paolo, Danielle Harris, Kelly McGillis, Nick Damici, and Michael Cerveris star in the vampire epidemic story based on a screenplay by Mickle and Damici. Plot deets inside.
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Full Details, New 'Stake Land' Image

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 08, 2011 @ 11:53pm
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Having just announced an April 22 release, Dark Sky Films passed alone a new image and the official synopsis for Stake Land.

“America is a lost nation. When an epidemic of vampirism strikes, humans find themselves on the run from vicious, feral beasts. Cities are tombs and survivors cling together in rural pockets, fearful of nightfall. When his family is slaughtered, young Martin (Gossip Girl’s Connor Paolo) is taken under the wing of a grizzled, wayward hunter (In the Cut’s Nick Damici) whose new prey are the undead.

Simply known as Mister, the vampire stalker takes Martin on a journey through the locked-down towns of America’s heartland, searching for a better place while taking down any bloodsuckers that cross their path. Along the way they recruit fellow travellers, including a nun (Kelly McGillis) who is caught in a crisis of faith when her followers turn into ravenous beasts. This ragtag family unit cautiously moves north, avoiding major thoroughfares that have been seized by The Brethren, a fundamentalist militia headed by Jebedia Loven (Tony award-winning actor Michael Cerveris) that interprets the plague as the Lord’s work.”

Director Jim Mickle first grabbed the attention of horror film fans with his zombie-rat thriller Mulberry Street, in which Damici also starred and served as co-writer. They have teamed up again to deliver an even darker and bloodier shocker. Drawing on the post-apocalyptic frenzy described by Richard Matheson (author of the novel “I Am Legend”) and George Romero, Stake Land is a road movie with fangs and a phantasmagoric journey.

Stake Land also stars horror movie icon Danielle Harris (from Hatchet II, Halloween, Halloween II) and was produced by indie horror producer-writer-director Larry Fessenden (The Last Winter).
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'Mulberry Street' Director's 'Stake Land' Gets April 22 Release

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 07, 2011 @ 8:21pm
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Having premiered at last September’s Toronto International Film Festival to mostly positive reviews, Dark Sky Films will release Mulberry Street director Jim Mickle’s Stake Land in limited theaters on April 22. No locations have been listed yet.

The violent horror pic takes place following a global spread of vampirism. McGillis plays a nun who joins a small team of survivors (including Nick Damici, Danielle Harris of Halloween, Halloween 2 and Hatchet 2, and Conor Paolo of “Gossip Girl”) as they make a treacherous journey north to safety through the war-torn U.S. McGillis’ character, “Sister,” faces a crisis of faith during the vampire bloodshed, ultimately taking up arms to do battle with her newly formed family unit.

Mulberry Street Directors Stake Land Gets April 22 Release