(I know – it’s not  “Twilight: New Moon” entering theatres this Friday. The chorus of screaming teen girls from the anticipation of this film started on Tuesday and it’s absolutely deafening. I hope it ends soon.)

Watch the trailer for “Daybreakers” which is the film I’m anxiously awaiting:

Doesn’t that just get your blood racing? I don’t recall when I first heard about this film or the vampire storyline behind it but I know it was a while ago. It might have been when I went to see “District 9″ in theatres. Though I might be confusing it with the trailer for “Legion.” (Equally amazing – it’s a must-see film for those who like apocalyptic narratives involving fallen angels bringing about the end of the world. Yes, you heard me right.)

I’m so intrigued by the “Daybreakers” story, at least from what I can glean from the trailer snippet. (The actual release date for the film is January 8, 2010.) It’s such an imaginative twist on the vampire theme. Since vampires are usually always the predators, it’s refreshing to see when they’re the hunted or in jeopardy instead. At least that’s what I’m assuming happens in the film since it looks like vampires who continually feed on blood substitute instead of fresh human blood turn into a large hideous winged gargoyle-bat type creature. (And honestly the winged monstrosity doesn’t look so friendly.)

The last time I experienced a story like this was in “Blade II” where the so-called reaper vampires (bald Nosferatu-looking vampire mutants) fed and killed vampires and multiplied at alarmingly high rates. The reapers feeding process is terrible – they have no fangs; instead the entire bottom jaw splits open and this inner fanged mouth comes and attacks the jugular. Here’s a video clip from Blade II if you’d like to see reaper feeding in action:

(Oh my. I always have to grip my neck watching that bit.)

It’s interesting because a common thread across these two stories is that the vampire mutations came about because of scientific experimentation and biological interference. In the case of “Daybreakers” it was vampire testing of blood substitutes and in “Blade II”, the first reaper was created because the vampire legions were trying to morph their DNA so they could walk in the daytime.

… Can’t wait for the 2010 release date for this film.

(On a side note, I admit I will probably watch “New Moon” in theatres as well, but I’m waiting until the screaming masses die down. Probably in three weeks or so.)

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