Daybreakers
In a near-future world ruled by blood-starved vampires, a conflicted hematologist searches for a scientific solution before his species consumes itself.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- bleak
- brooding
- visceral
- late night horror
- genre movie marathon
What critics said
Critics generally found the film a slick, imaginative, and entertaining vampire science-fiction thriller whose distinctive premise and effects outweigh routine plotting and characterization.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Vampire civilization depends on dwindling human blood, creating rationing, social instability, and evolutionary desperation.
Vampires control society while a shrinking human minority is treated as a managed food supply.
The film’s urban vampire world is presented through steely blue, black, and gray imagery.
Edward Dalton is a hematologist developing artificial blood while investigating how deprivation transforms vampires.
Films like Daybreakers, and why
Stake Land
Shares vampire horror, dystopian social collapse, graphic action, and a scarce-humanity premise.
Equilibrium
Shares stylish science fiction action, authoritarian dystopia, blood-centered body horror, and survivalist resistance.
30 Days of Night
Shares vampire mythology, oppressive nocturnal atmosphere, practical creature effects, and relentless genre violence.
The Road
Shares post-apocalyptic science fiction, resource scarcity, morally divided survivors, and bleak action-thriller tension.
Movie Details
- Directors
- Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
- Release Date
- 2010-01-06
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (2268)
Cast
- Ethan Hawke
- Sam Neill
- Willem Dafoe
- Claudia Karvan
- Isabel Lucas
- Vince Colosimo
- Jay Laga'aia
- Michael Dorman
- Harriet Minto-Day
- Tiffany Lamb
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Daybreakers about?
- In a near-future world ruled by blood-starved vampires, a conflicted hematologist searches for a scientific solution before his species consumes itself.
- What is Daybreakers like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Daybreakers as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Daybreakers violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Daybreakers as graphic.
- What did critics think of Daybreakers?
- Critics generally found the film a slick, imaginative, and entertaining vampire science-fiction thriller whose distinctive premise and effects outweigh routine plotting and characterization.
- Which films are like Daybreakers?
- Films with a similar feel include Stake Land, Equilibrium, 30 Days of Night, and The Road.
- How long is Daybreakers?
- Daybreakers runs 98 minutes.
- Where can I watch Daybreakers?
- In United States, Daybreakers streams on MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel.
