Two STAKE LAND Prequels for Your Viewing Pleasure

All day yesterday, I saw stories about two Stake Land prequels available to watch on the web. It took me some time to find them but eventually I had success.  After viewing them, I will say they don’t leave much to the imagination. The prequels introduce you to two characters form the movie,  Martin and Belle. Keep reading to find out how you can watch these cool new prequels. 

Both short films are available to watch right now on the Stake Land Trailer Headquarters Page provided by iTunes.

Stake Land  is one of the most anticipated vampire flicks since 30 Days of Night and looks to hit IFC on Demand and some theaters on April 22^nd.  The film stars Nick Damici (Mulberry Street), Danielle Harris (Halloween), Kelly McGillis (Top Gun), and Michael Cerveris (The Vampires Assistant) and is directed by Jim Mickle (Mulberry Street). There will be more prequels to come in the next few weeks. Also worth noting is their awesome viral site. I can’t say right now if I think the film will be any good, but there is enough buzz around it to lead you to believe this will be an excellent edition to the vampire genre; just as long as there is no teenage love story involved.  However Stake Land turns out will be alright with me.

Here is the synopsis to 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.