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Daybreakers, the futuristic sci-fi vampire flick, is due out on Friday. In preparation for that event, I’m sharing a new clip (thanks to Dread Central). This one features a dapper looking Sam Neill. It’s not anything overly dramatic, but Sam Neill is pretty fucking cool all on his own. He did fight velociraptors, after all–which makes him a complete badass in my book.

I got nothing else here, so check out this plot synopsis:

Edward Dalton is a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world’s population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race.

You can tell the futuristic vampire flick Daybreakers will be out soon, because it feels like we’re getting a new preview clip every day. Yesterday was apparently an exception, though since we got two new clips instead.

The first one features Ethan Hawke and someone arguing. Blood is thrown, then we get a good look at one of the film’s mutated vampires. Pretty freaking looking, and he doesn’t mumble any romantic lines, so that’s a double win in my book.

The second clip (found after the break) again features Hawke, this time doing the ethical thing and saving some humans. I need a car with “daylight driving mode” like his.

Daybreakers promises to bring some monstrous vampires your way on January 9th.

Jump past the break for the second clip.

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We’re less than a month away from the release of Daybreakers and Spike TV has a new clip from the film. This snippet highlights what happens when you deny some well dressed businessmen vampires their daily dose of blood coffee. I guess these guys don’t really care about caffeine…

Daybreakers will unleash a vampiric new world order on January 8th.

Blood Riot Scene from Daybreakers

Vampires are all the rage again, and if you’re a horror fan, it seems like it’s for all the wrong reasons. The Twilight films are just the latest movies in a long line of titles to take one of horror’s classic monsters and turn them into some sort of half-assed tragically romantic figures. If you’re like me, and think the only good vampires are ones that feast vicariously on the blood of the living before meeting the business end of a stake, then this new trailer Daybreakers should brighten up your Thanksgiving.

The film stars Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, and Sam Neill. It hits theaters on January 8th.

I’m still not entirely sold on Daybreakers, the futuristic vampire movie wherein the vamps have apparently taken over the world and reduced us all to cattle, but this new TV spot and UK quad poster are slowly winning me over.

That’s the poster above (courtesy of Empire), and you’ll find the clip (which comes courtesy of MTV’s Movie Blog) below. Here’s the plot synopsis: In the year 2017, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the dominant plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save the human race.

The film stars Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, and Sam Neill. It hits theaters on January 9th–or just in time to wash the foul taste of holiday cheer out of your mouth for another year.

Seems like we’ve been waiting an eternity for Daybreakers, the second film from the Spierig brothers (their first was the zombie flick Undead), but the long build up is almost over. The film has a release date scheduled for January 8th of next year, and now MTV brings us the first official poster art for the film.

I’ll be honest–I hate the poster. If the goal was to convince me that Daybreakers was going to be some kind of science fiction film that borrowed imagery from The Matrix then the mission was accomplished. If they actually wanted to draw me in to check out a vampire film, well, I think this misses the mark. You can’t judge a film by its poster (which is probably for the best in this case), but as far as first impressions go, I don’t find this one making me think “damn, I really want to know more about this film”.

Enough editorializing from me, though. Here’s the official synopsis:

Edward Dalton is a researcher in the year 2019, in which an unknown plague has transformed the world’s population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human, or find a blood substitute before time runs out. However, a covert group of vampires makes a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race.