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Daybreakers trailer: Another (great) twist on the vampire deluge

Josh
Friday
11:50 am

Have you seen the trailer for “Daybreakers” yet? The movie posits a very fantastic near future in which most of the world has been ‘turned,’ and only a handful of humans remain.

As you can guess, that makes food a little bit of a problem. Humans are hunted and rounded up for blood

This bizarre twist has a “mirror universe” vibe to it — America is still a nation, there are still organized police forces and government — they’re just all vampire-run. Enter vampire Ethan Hawke and human rebellion leader Willem Dafoe, and a plot to rebuild the human race, and something something something…

…to be honest, the movie looks fantastic. It feels like a blend of “True Blood” and “Minority Report.” Check out the trailer, and let us know what you think!

Reader Comments

Looks pretty good. And it has the Green Goblin- I mean, Willem Dafoe!

#1 
Written By Monty on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:25 pm

That’s odd — and here I always thought of Willem Dafoe as “Hateful Guard at Maryland Training School for Boys” in 1990’s “Crybaby.”

#2 
Written By Josh on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:29 pm

Seriously: the first thing you thought of wasn’t “Shadow of the Vampire”?

#3 
Written By Amber on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:54 pm

Granted, I try not to think on the “Spiderman” movies at all. But the vampire movie came to mind first, followed by a few others that I tend to associate with Dafoe.

#4 
Written By Amber on June 26th, 2009 @ 3:00 pm

…none of which are “Crybaby”–though I confess that’s stuck in my head now….

#5 
Written By Amber on June 26th, 2009 @ 3:05 pm

As for the movie, was that Sam Neill?

I’m so there for that alone. (OK, so I totally have a thing for the vamps, too, but still….)

#6 
Written By Amber on June 26th, 2009 @ 3:11 pm

I think it was Ethan Hawke.

#7 
Written By Josh on June 26th, 2009 @ 3:13 pm

I was talking about the vamp at the beginning (but I imagine you knew that >;) ).

Ethan Hawke I am not a fan of (despite my love of “Gattaca”), but I will see it, anyway.

#8 
Written By Amber on June 26th, 2009 @ 3:17 pm

Yippee skippie! It IS Sam Neill. Sam Neill as a vampire…. Oh, dear. Christmas has come early this year.

#9 
Written By Amber on June 26th, 2009 @ 3:21 pm

*drool*

That movie is going to be so great…

#10 
Written By Nick Burns on June 26th, 2009 @ 4:16 pm

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