In the meantime, I’ve been watching all the preview clips I can get my hands on – on repeat. Check out the two clips below to see if you’re interested in catching Daybreakers this weekend. Especially all you Anti-Twilight fans. I know the haters are so over the whole vampire genre, but I think everyone can still appreciate dark + crazy which this film most definitely is. Heck, I LOVE dark + crazy… vampires or no vampires.

There will be no broody, abnormally attractive (save for a few) vampires who talk incessantly about their emotions in this film. Instead, audiences will receive the full experience of what a vampire film should be – a supernatural sci-fi horror that’s rated R for a reason. Hawke said the following during a group interview Monday in Beverly Hills, CA and I completely agree:

“I think what’s good about this movie is it’s the first post-adolescent vampire movie in a long time. It’s an R-rated vampire movie. I remember being a kid and sleeping over at my friend’s house and staying up late and watching the Isabelle Adjani Nosferatu. Vampire movies are supposed to be secret and bad. They should be rated R.”

Hawke plays the character of vampire Edward Dalton who is a researcher in year 2019. Vampires have taken over the world and pushed the human population to near extinction. While the government is trying to capture every last remaining human and farm them for their blood, Dalton the scientist is trying to come up with a suitable blood substitute in time before the last drop of human blood runs out. And of course, there is the requisite band of rogue humans and covert vampires that have come up with a miracle cure that will save humanity (hopefully).

For me, the most fun thing about this film is the fact that vampires end up turning into some sort of terrifying vampire-mutant hybrid if they drink their own blood. And since some vampires who can’t afford the real thing are resorting to this measure that means there’s a handful of nasty monsters running around that both humans and vampires need to be afraid of. You’ll see what I mean in the attack clip below. You can’t help but chuckle when you hear Hawke’s vampire character let out a manly yelp when he sees the vampire-mutant.

The first clip shows a scene where the covert gang of humans accidentally get into a car accident with the scientist Dalton and he helps them out of a sticky situation. The second clip kicks your adrenaline up a notch since it shows what happens when you start splashing human blood all over your apartment.

We’ll see what the mainstream thinks, but Daybreakers definitely has the makings of a cult hit.

And here’s one more just for kicks… BLOOD RIOT!!

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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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