This Underrated Vampire Film Starring Ethan Hawke Is Now Streaming For Free
I’m a sucker for a good vampire film, whether it features a sexy vampire like Bram Stoker’s Dracula or a nasty one like 30 Days of Night. But one of my personal favorite tales about bloodsuckers is an underrated 2010 release by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig titled Daybreakers. Boasting an all-star cast and an interesting twist on vampire lore, it didn’t make waves upon initial release. And yet, I still find myself banging the proverbial drum for this film, especially today, because the movie is now streaming for free on VIZIO WatchFree+.
Daybreakers takes place in 2019 (ten years in the future upon the film’s initial release) where a plague has transformed a majority of the human population into vampires. But without any humans from which to feed, the vampires are now facing a food crisis. Ethan Hawke plays Edward Dalton, a hematologist working on creating a blood substitute to save humanity. But of course, his good intentions get a little complicated when he comes across a small band of human survivors…
Hawke stars in the film alongside Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill. Since it’s streaming for free, it’s worth checking out as part of your weekend watchlist.
But Daybreakers isn’t the only horror title streaming for free this month on VIZIO WatchFree+. Check out 12 more titles available to watch at no cost on the streamer below!
The Grudge 2 (2006)
Three interwoven stories about a terrible curse. A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo; a mean high school prank goes horribly wrong; a woman with a deadly secret moves into a Chicago apartment building.
Cast: Amber Tamblyn (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants), Edison Chen (Infernal Affairs), Arielle Kebbel (The Uninvited)
Ju-On: The Grudge 2 (2003)
As their curse spreads on, the ghosts find their chance to live once again through the pregnancy of a cursed woman.
Cast: Noriko Sakai (Fight), Chiharu Niiyama (Ultraman Taiga), Yui Ichikawa (Tokyo Boy)
Amityville: The Awakening
A desperate single mother moves with her three children into the notorious, supposedly haunted, real-life Amityville house to try and use its dark powers to cure her comatose son. Things go horribly wrong.
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh (Single White Female), Bella Thorne (Girl), Mckenna Grace (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Texas Chainsaw (2013)
A young woman travels to Texas to collect an inheritance. Little does she know that an encounter with a chainsaw-wielding killer is part of the reward.
Cast: Alexandra Daddario (Mayfair Witches), Tania Raymonde (Goliath), Scott Eastwood (Suicide Squad)
Evil Dead 2
Ash Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.
Cast: Bruce Campbell (Army of Darkness), Dan Hicks (Darkman), Kassie Wesley DePaiva (Days of Our Lives)
The Road
In a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.
Cast: Viggo Mortensen (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King), Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road), Rober Duvall (The Apostle)
Hostel
Three backpackers head to a Slovak city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
Cast: Jay Hernandez (Suicide Squad), Derek Richardson (Anger Management), Barbara Nedeljakova (Shanghai Knights)
The Tag-Along 2
A mother goes in search of her missing teenage daughter after her sudden disappearance. She is told that her daughter was last seen in the company of a girl in red, leading the mother to attempt to unravel the mystery behind the girl.
Cast: Rainie Yang (Spider Lillies), Wei-Ning Hsu (White Lies, Black Lies), Francesca Kao (Get the Hell Out)
The Incarnation
Based on the ancient demon Mammon, Incarnation is a twisted tale of greed about a young couple chasing the American dream.
Cast: Taye Diggs (Chicago), Jessica Uberuaga (The Fanatic), Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs)
The Dark Tapes
A genre-defying mixture of horror, sci-fi, myth, mystery and thrills told as four interlocking tales in one intelligent anthology. Ghosts, spirits, creatures, demons and more from the paranormal world collide with rational curiosity.
Cast: David Banks (Station 19), Sara Areyano (The Shift), Cortney Palm (Zombeavers)
Island Escape
A team of mercenaries embarks on a rescue mission to an island off the coast of Nova Scotia. Trapped, they begin to question their concept of time and space as they learn of supernatural creatures living in the shadows.
Cast: William Champion (Barbarians), Chris Cimperman (First Contact), Jeremy Cohen (The Hangman)
Hellhole
Having witnessed her mother’s brutal death, Susan gets amnesia from a fall while being pursued by the killer, Silk. Awakening in Ashland Sanitarium, she is once again terrorized by Silk, disguised as an orderly.
Cast: Ray Sharkey (The Idolmaker), Judy Landers (Knight Rider), Marjoe Gortner (Earthquake)
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