While Mickle’s compositions lose much of their verve in the later half, his regard for the analog doesn’t.
Jim Mickle plays the scenario deadly straight and unintentionally exposes all of its attendant absurdities, leaving the cast stranded.
Stake Land is slick, scary, and occasionally poignant, deftly rising above the swarm of imitators.
“It’s a neighborhood movie,” says Jim Mickle, director of Mulberry Street.
Horror fans should definitely take a walk down Mulberry Street and choose carefully among the rest.