In an era when the undead have become more popular than the living, vampire films have quickly become a fashionable trend with producers churning out new projects to cater to the frenzied cravings of the masses by the dozens. In 2010 alone there are over forty new vampire projects set to be released from the glittering, lip gloss touched Twilight saga to the Fightclub-reminiscent gritty French creation Sodium Babies. Even a hardcore life-member of the bite club such as I have begun to be even more critical of the genre as I wade through the pieces that are obviously merely attempting to cash in on a popular ticket item in order to find the truly masterful interpretations of the lore. No teenage, angst-ridden, emo, vegetarian vampires who spend their days yearning for some equally depressed and pining teenage human. The vampire stories that will catch my attention this year will be those that take an introspective look at the evolution of the vampiric species and their place in a world constructed by their prey: humans. I want to experience tales that challenge the foundation of the lore, that branch out into unexplored alternatives for the preternatural species and cause me to contemplate the genre in a way I never have previously in my fifteen years immersing myself within it. Lucky for me, the first vampire film to receive a nationwide distribution this year was just such a film. Daybreakers, starring Willem Dafoe, Sam Neil and Ethan Hawke, not only met my exceedingly high expectations, but the movie surpassed them. Read the rest of this review on my Examiner page.

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