Vampire Nation

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Movie
German title Vampire Nation
Original title Stake land
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2010
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director Jim Mickle
script Jim Mickle
Nick Damici
production Derek Curl
Larry Fessenden
Adam Folk
Brent Kunkle
Peter Phok
music Jeff Grace
camera Ryan Samul
cut Jim Mickle
occupation
chronology

Successor  →
Vampire Nation - Badlands

Vampire Nation is an American horror film from 2010. The vampire film was directed by Jim Mickle , who co- wrote the script with Nick Damici , one of the main characters. Furthermore, the director appears in a small supporting role and is also responsible for the editing. In 2016 the sequel Vampire Nation - Badlands was released.

action

A vampire epidemic inundates the United States, leaving death and destruction behind. Anyone who is bitten by a vampire dies and returns as a vampire. The family of the teenager Martin is killed by a vampire, he himself survived thanks to a mysterious stranger. The taciturn stranger calls himself Mister and takes care of Martins. Together they drive north in a battered convertible in the hope that the vampires cannot exist there because of their cold-bloodedness. Mister instructs Martin how to fight with the stake. In order to kill a vampire, it is necessary to pierce his heart, break his spine or destroy his brain.

On the way to the north - vampires prefer the warmer areas of the continent - they are joined by a nun, ex-soldier Willie and the pregnant singer Belle. In addition to the danger of being attacked by vampires, they have to be careful of the street gang of the unscrupulous Jebedia, which is up to mischief in view of the anarchic structures in the country. For example, the nun is imprisoned for a few days and is raped by Jebedia. The mister tied him to a tree as punishment and left him to the wandering vampires.

Willie, an outlawed member of the Jebedia clan, reports that Jebedia's Brotherhood has even attacked Washington by dropping vampires on positions loyal to the government. During a rest in a small town, the sectarians again drop vampires from helicopters, which cause a massacre. The five of them flee into the wooded mountains. Martin feels at home in the group, as it represents a family substitute for him. He is particularly caring for Belle, who is now heavily pregnant. Despite the cold weather, they are attacked again by vampires. These particularly strong berserk vampires cannot be knocked out by a stab in the heart because of their massive bone armor. The nun commits suicide before the vampires can catch up with her. The rest of the group take refuge deeper in the woods.

When Willie disappears and is found hanging in a tree, Mister realizes that a particularly intelligent vampire must be at work here. The three survivors continue to flee. However, Belle is kidnapped shortly afterwards. Mister and Martin follow their trail and find them tied up in a shed. The over-vampire finally shows himself: It's Jebedia. He mocks the two and explains that by voluntarily accusing the vampires of feeding himself, he kept his intelligence. When he bites Belle, sentencing her to death, Mister and Martin attack him. Mister is badly injured, but in the end Martin manages to kill Jebedia. Martin then kills Belle so that she doesn't turn into a vampire, which upsets him very much.

On the further way north, Mister and Martin find accommodation with Peggy, a young woman who lives alone in a motel. She has killed several vampires with a crossbow, but one of them, a former classmate of Peggy's, always manages to survive. On the spur of the moment, Martin marches outside and kills him in close combat with his stake.

The next morning the three want to go further north, to the mysterious metropolis "New Eden", where supposedly there are no vampires. When Martin and Peggy wake up the next morning, however, Mister is gone. All he left behind was his skull-shaped chain that Martin found on the rear-view mirror of the pickup with which they came.

Background information

The American cities of Pottstown (Pennsylvania) and Middletown (New York State) in the east of the country were used as film locations. The budget is estimated at $ 650,000. The film did not come to the cinemas in Germany and was marketed on DVD from September 30, 2011 .

The film premiered on September 17, 2010 at the Toronto International Film Festival (Canada). The first freely accessible cinema screening took place on April 22 of the following year in New York City . The revenue from the screenings was $ 33,245 worldwide.

Cameo

The director can be seen playing a banjo in the bar where Martin and Belle meet for the first time. He also took on a small speaking role as a radio host.

criticism

"Rough horror film in the tradition of the vampire subgenre, which makes fun of taking styled teen vampires with gel hairstyles ad absurdum."

- Lexicon of International Films

Christian Ihle from taz.blogs is of the opinion that the fight scenes with the undead do not match the otherwise depressing atmosphere of the road movie. Michael Schleeh also criticizes the fact that the mood changes “ permanently between a melancholy apocalypse mood and an invasion scenario ”. Marcus Littwin, on the other hand, describes Vampire Nation as a first-class end-time vampire film that positively stands out from the masses. He considers dialogues and scenes of violence to be well worked out - the latter are not gutted excessively, but blend in harmoniously with the overall picture. Due to the short storyline, the tension remains throughout.

Awards

  • People's Choice Award at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival
  • At the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2012, Vampire Nation was voted second four times and third twice in a total of 6 different categories.
Nominations

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Filming locations in the IMDb film database
  2. ↑ Box office
  3. ↑ Start dates in the IMDb database
  4. ↑ Stake Land in the Box Office Mojo film database
  5. ↑ IMDb Trivia
  6. ↑ IMDb contributors
  7. ↑ Vampire Nation. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  8. ↑ http://blogs.taz.de/popblog/2011/08/20/fantasy_film_fest_2_stake_land_julia_x_3d/
  9. ↑ Nachtsichtgeraet.blogspot.de
  10. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from December 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ IMDb