Stake Land (Jim Mickle, 2010)

The idea of a world in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse has now become, in effect, an established reality and all that filmmakers choosing to go down that path can achieve to validate the effort is to bring something new to the table. Yes, here the shambling flesh-eaters are referred to as vampires, but it's all pretty much the same thing, as is the motley band that try to survive through the post-civilisation landscape (the grizzled veteran, the naive narrator boy, the pregnant girl and the token black guy).
Two things do distinguish this from most other B-movies in the genre: more attention paid to quiet interludes and mood than usual, as if the director had aspirations to create the depth of The Road rather than just a standard rampage through biting hordes, and an explicit hatred of American Christian fundamentalists, who turn out to be far worse than the undead in their zeal to bring about punishment for mankind. So if there are some original ideas behind it, why adulterate them with such a tired formula? Is there really no other way to get commercial backing for them?

5/10