Review of Stake Land (2010) by Balin B — 02 Sep 2011

Really wonderful understated vamp film, good ideas and nicely handled.

This review of Stake Land (2010) was written by Balin B on 02 Sep 2011.

Stake Land has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Stake Land

Review of Stake Land (2010)

By Shelagh Rowan-Legg (77) for Dork Shelf (109) on 14 May 2018

Essentially a far-better-than-average B-movie, slick in presentation and able to keep up a steady pace…

Read Review

Review of Stake Land (2010)

By Jay P (323) on 30 Apr 2017

I was a little surprised the advertisement was really not as big as now, after watching it, as it should have been…

Read Review

Review of Stake Land (2010)

By Michael T (3,420) on 01 Apr 2018

A zombie apocalypse flick except with vampires. It's been done before, and it's been done better…

Read Review

Review of Stake Land (2010)

By William James S (150) on 22 Jul 2017

This vampire horror film set in a post apocalyptic world was released around the time of Twilight and unlike those polished and stupid films…

Read Review

Review of Stake Land (2010)

By Rick D (302) on 26 Jul 2015

I love nothing more than a good horror film. It's tough to wade through the garbage horror attempts, but this one really delivers…

Read Review

Review of Stake Land (2010)

By Andy F (912) on 06 Jun 2015

Mickle combines George Romero's social commentary and Terence Malick's spacey poetics, yet the expressive rendering of rural locations is distinctive…

Read Review

Review of Stake Land (2010)

By Paul D (6,077) on 07 Mar 2016

A pretty good effort at representing life in a world taken over by dumb vampires…

Read Review

Review of Stake Land (2010)

By Fernando Z (42) on 01 Jan 2016

Playing with a hyper original concept and devilishly interesting characters, Stake Land earns ever inch of its savage nastiness and charming…

Read Review

Review of Stake Land (2010)

By Rotimer J (119) on 13 May 2017

A well executed and atmospheric post apocalyptic vampire road movie. Simple yet effective. Karen had change in her butt, jingle jangle…

Read Review

Review of Stake Land (2010)

By Nfw (20) on 24 Jun 2015

You'd expect a movie called STAKE LAND to be a cheesy B-Movie, but it's actually a well acted, tightly written film that is quite emotional…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of 20 Years After (2008)

By Juan José G (28) on 17 Aug 2009

Lenta, algo muy fantasiosa y falto ambientacion, en lugar de ambiente posapocalytico me parecio que estaba en algun lugar cercano a la cuidad…

Read Review

Review of The Book of Eli (2010)

By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 15 Jan 2010

Ponderously paced and surely the final nail in the coffin of its once-promising directors, Albert and Allen Hughes, this is an extremely dumb…

Read Review

Review of Robot Jox (1990)

By Alex G (1,313) on 22 Apr 2016

Despite amazing effects...this is horrid. Garbage movie. So bad. No redeemable aspects to this…

Read Review

Review of Kin-dza-dza! (1986)

By Jon C (1,457) on 12 Sep 2009

I don't get cult movies for the most part and this is one of them. An interesting concept and underlining themes, but not something I'd recommend…

Read Review

Review of Recon 2022: The Mezzo Incident (2007)

By Gustavo R (81) on 19 Sep 2009

Where Recon 2020 was B scifi fun in all its terribleness, this sequel is just plain terrible…

Read Review

Review of Right at Your Door (2006)

By Logan C (62) on 16 Jul 2015

Worst ending I have ever seen in my life…

Read Review

Review of Skinwalkers (2006)

By Liz Braun (961) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 21 Sep 2007

Even the special effects aren't very special…

Read Review

Review of Cherry 2000 (1987)

By Andy P (1,510) on 14 Sep 2012

Tries to be Mad Max with a femme fatale star, but fails by a long shot: instead we are left with a horrendous sci-fi movie with a laughable…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Ford v Ferrari

2019

81%171 Reviews

Barbie

2023

68%382 Reviews

Alien: Covenant

2017

61%1,909 Reviews

The Equalizer

2014

69%994 Reviews

Deadpool

2016

78%1,333 Reviews

Oppenheimer

2023

85%310 Reviews

The Platform

2019

70%94 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

Purple Hearts

2022

56%11 Reviews

Barbarian

2022

72%115 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Stake Land

2010

64%554 Reviews

Species

1995

56%540 Reviews

Vivere

2007

51%12 Reviews

Drinking Buddies

2013

61%700 Reviews

The Mouse on the Moon

1963

57%12 Reviews

Lymelife

2008

63%279 Reviews

Monsieur Ibrahim

2003

76%188 Reviews

Heart and Souls

1993

67%331 Reviews

Desperado

1995

71%568 Reviews

Hitchcock

2012

63%907 Reviews