Is Daybreakers scary?

Not particularly — Daybreakers's appeal is atmospheric or thematic rather than overtly scary. As a vampire film, it scored 2.0/10 for fear, 7.5/10 for atmosphere, and 7.0/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

What are some films like Daybreakers?

Daybreakers is tagged as vampire, survival, creature feature on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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Daybreakers

2009 · R · 1h 38m

In 2019, the most precious natural resource... is us.

In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into a vampire. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vampires on a way to save humankind.

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Curator Score

7.0

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

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7.0Overall

Fear2.0

Gore5.0

Atmosphere7.5

Genres

science-fictionhorroractionthriller

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Details

Budget$20M

Box office$51.4M

Directed by

Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig

Written by

Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig

Cinematography

Ben Nott

Music

Christopher Gordon

Starring

Ethan Hawke as Edward Dalton · Sam Neill as Charles Bromley · Willem Dafoe as Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac · Claudia Karvan as Audrey Bennett · Isabel Lucas as Alison Bromley · Vince Colosimo as Christopher Caruso · Jay Laga'aia as Senator Turner · Michael Dorman as Frankie Dalton

Production

Australian Film Finance Corporation, Furst Films, Lionsgate, Pacific Film and Television Commission, Pictures in Paradise

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