It is always a welcome surprise to discover a sleeper or well done indie movie as these tend to offer viewpoints or appreciate talents outside of the mainstream mush. Unfortunately the title Stake Land brings to mind plots driven more by gore and violence than a post apocalyptic tale of survival in a vampire infested world.
Stake Land is a low key tale of a journey towards the new Eden–a safe haven from vampires. It stars Connor Paolo known from Law and Order and Gossip Girl, Nick Damici from The Black Donnellys as well as an interesting appearance by Kelly McGillis.
This story is not the teen angst of Buffy, nor the sex fueled romp of True Blood, this is a realistic road trip of hope and angst done in an intelligent, realistic manner. The villains are entirely possible, the heroes probable, the relationships believable, and never is the viewer insulted with an implausible story line.
Stake Land might be a low key indie but nowhere does it show its cost as the film does not attempt to create situations the budget couldn’t afford. Everything used was done in a way that allowed the cast and story to excel and never was the viewer suspect of any limitations.
8/10 Absolutely worth the time
The problem with creating an alternate world is that it can never be confined to a simple story. With a world comes cultural expectations, social strictures and of course political agendas. Once these are added to the mix a book can become three in the blink of an eye and a romantic escapade transform into an arc across several books.
While I am waiting on the MG to be sliced apart by Tom I returned to Mr. Smith. I am aware that my constant moving from one book to another can appear as crazy because that is probably what it is. I have such a volume of work cluttering up notebooks that I get afraid I won’t be able to finish them all before life finishes me so I am constantly working on something—until today.
Editing is the gremlin that shows not only your mistakes but where content and polish are required. Editing is called polishing for good reason as you have to do it more than once to get a finished product. When I finish a work I will do a first edit right away as I usually have a list of things that was made during the creation process. These are ideas, comments, additions that I want to use to enhance the story. With one foot still in the creation phase I find this edit to be interesting and easy. It’s after this the work needs to be put aside. 
It seems today that writing in a single genre is passe and if I was in touch with the market I would be busy creating the latest Werewolf Zombie Cannibal Apocalypse. As attractive as this gore-fest might be, I will stick to the Vampire of elegant but deadly proclivities. Although in my series it is the demons who are the most dangerous creatures. These are not demons as in religious creatures from hell but instead creatures that are ugly and therefore named as such by their human observers. The name stuck, as names often do, and so a new universe is born. 
The Adjustment Bureau is another Hollywood adaption from the work of the great 
