Apocalyptic new poster for STAKE LAND arrives

First a viral site was launched last week.  Now, IFC Midnight has unveiled a great new poster for Jim Mickle’s (Mulberry Street) vampire film Stake Land. April 22nd, the day that you will be able to catch this treat on VOD, can not come soon enough.  Everything I have seen and read excites me for this apocalyptic road-trip with vamps film. Keep reading to check out a great new poster that certainly sets a dark tone for the film.

Make sure to check out Stake Land April 22nd on VOD and select theaters.

Official Synopsis:

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 sees the plague as the Lord’s work.

 

We will be publishing our interview with Jim Mickle, Nick Damici & Connor Paolo from Fantastic Fest within a week so stay tuned.

Somewhere between growing up on a steady diet of Saturday morning trips to the local comic-book shop, collecting an unhealthy amount of action figures, and frequent viewings of Ray Harryhausen and Hammer Horror films, came forth a nerdy boy that was torn between journalism and the arts. In high school, Michael found himself writing a movie column for the school newspaper. Yet, he went on to get a BFA in Studio Art at Webster University. When not writing about films, you can still find him discussing classic horror, collecting action figures, and reading Batman. Clearly, not much has changed.

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