In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into a vampire. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vampires on a way to save humankind.
Practical Effects
Exploding vampires done with gooey physical effects, not CGI
Production
Dystopian worldbuilding on a shoestring Australian budget
Acting
Willem Dafoe as vampire Elvis—yes, really, and he's committed
Director
Michael Spierig
Ethan Hawke
Edward Dalton
Sam Neill
Charles Bromley
Willem Dafoe
Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
Claudia Karvan
Audrey Bennett
Isabel Lucas
Alison Bromley
Vince Colosimo
Christopher Caruso
Jay Laga'aia
Senator Turner
Michael Dorman
Frankie Dalton
Harriet Minto-Day
Lisa Barrett
Tiffany Lamb
News Reader
Mungo McKay
Colin Briggs
Emma Randall
Ellie Landon
Christopher Kirby
Jarvis Bayom
Troy MacKinder
Officer Hobbs
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Spierig brothers shot this in Queensland, Australia for $21 million—Willem Dafoe joined specifically because he loved their previous indie film Undead.
Released months before Twilight: Eclipse, this R-rated vampire capitalism satire got buried commercially despite predating the 'prestige horror' boom by nearly a decade.
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