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

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Harriet Minto-Day ...
Lisa Barrett
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Senator Turner
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Senator Westlake
Sahaj Dumpleton ...
Homeless Vampire
Allan Todd ...
Businessman
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Businesswoman
Ben Siemer ...
Police Officer
Peter Welman ...
Police Officer
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Edward Dalton
Callum McLean ...
Vampire School Kid
Jarrad Pon ...
Vampire School Kid
Victoria Williams ...
Vampire School Kid
Zoe White ...
Vampire School Kid
Aolani Roy ...
Vampire School Kid
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News Reader
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Coffee Shop Attendant
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Subway Commuter
Kirsten Cameron ...
Subway Commuter
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Charles Bromley
Carl Rush ...
Al Walker
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General Williams
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Christopher Caruso
Todd Levi ...
Commissioner Turnbull
Wayne Smith ...
Inmate 4075B
Berni Chin ...
Lab Technician
Kevin Zwierzchaczewski ...
Lab Technician
Joel Spreadborough ...
Vampire Subject
Lisa Cunningham ...
Nurse
Amanda Buchanan ...
Nurse
Jane Wallace ...
Bromley's Assistant
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Audrey Bennett
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Colin Briggs
Emma Randall ...
Ellie Landon
Charlotte Wilson ...
Joy Watkins
Rohan Smith ...
Police Officer in Car
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Frankie Dalton
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Subsider in Kitchen
John Gibson ...
Detective Cosgrove
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Forensic Investigator Simms
Troy MacKinder ...
Officer Hobbs
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Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac
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Jarvis Bayom
Glen Martin ...
Coffee Buyer
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Alison Bromley
Des Coroy ...
Businessman
Michelle Atkinson ...
Mother
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Janitor
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Onlooker
Simon Burvill-Holmes ...
Onlooker
Anne Bennetts ...
Onlooker
Kellie Vella ...
Subsider in Garage
Scot McQade ...
Security Desk Officer
Jack Bradford ...
Security Guard #1
Jason Chin ...
Medic
Konrad Whitten ...
Weathered Human
Mark Finden ...
Young Vampire Cadet
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Byron J. Brochmann ...
Vampire Soldier (uncredited)
Michael Browning ...
Vampire soldier (uncredited)
Joel Amos Byrnes ...
Security Guard (uncredited)
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Isobel (uncredited)
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Street Cop (uncredited)
Peter Hill ...
Rioter (uncredited)
Michael Ienna ...
Louis (uncredited)
Selina Kadell ...
Debate News Anchorwoman (uncredited)
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Vampire Commuter (uncredited)
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Police officer (uncredited)
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Rygar (uncredited)
Matthew Wollaston ...
Vampire Soldier (uncredited)

Directed by

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Michael Spierig ... (as The Spierig Brothers)
Peter Spierig ... (as The Spierig Brothers)

Written by

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Michael Spierig ... (written by) (as The Spierig Brothers) &
Peter Spierig ... (written by) (as The Spierig Brothers)

Produced by

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Peter Block ... executive producer
Chris Brown ... producer
Jason Constantine ... executive producer
Todd Fellman ... co-producer
Bryan Furst ... producer
Sean Furst ... producer
Stuart Wood ... line producer

Music by

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Christopher Gordon

Cinematography by

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Ben Nott ... director of photography

Editing by

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Matt Villa

Editorial Department

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Cameron D'Arcy ... telecine assistant
Richard Francis-Bruce ... additional editor
Heather Galvin ... on-line editor
Adrian Hauser ... digital intermediate colorist
Alison Ingram ... post-production coordinator
Michelle Kaszai ... post-production coordinator (as Michelle Junee)
John Lee ... digital intermediate supervisor
Justin McDonald ... colorist: dailies
Robert Puru ... Avid Support
Justin Ngy Tran ... digital intermediate supervisor
Selina Weller ... senior post-production coordinator
Ally Kornfeld ... post-production coordinator (uncredited)
Joe Lancaster ... post-production assistant (uncredited)
Lance Spindler ... color timer (uncredited)

Casting By

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Nikki Barrett

Production Design by

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George Liddle

Art Direction by

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Bill Booth

Set Decoration by

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Matthew Putland

Costume Design by

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George Liddle

Makeup Department

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Gino Acevedo ... makeup and prosthetics effects art director
Toby Barron ... prosthetics technician
Jamie Beswarick ... sculptor
Steven Boyle ... creative project designer (as Steve Boyle) / creative project supervisor (as Steve Boyle) / special makeup effects (as Steve Boyle)
Don Brooker ... sculptor
Jonathon Brough ... paint technician (as Johnny Brough)
Sourisak Chanpaseuth ... paint supervisor
Bryce Curtis ... molding technician
Melissa Dodds ... makeup and prosthetics effects production manager
Natalie Dowell ... makeup trainee / prosthetic trainee
Dalia Fernandez ... wig supervisor
Verity Fiction ... additional makeup artist
Troy Follington ... hair stylist / makeup artist / personal hair & makeup artist: Claudia Karvan / prosthetic artist
Ryk Fortuna ... sculptor / silicone fabricator
Vivienne Boo Fox ... additional hairstylist / additional makeup artist
Simon Godsiff ... molding technician
Adam Head ... prosthetics technician / special makeup effects artist (creditOnly)
Vince Holland ... prosthetics technician
Bill Hunt ... sculptor
Gary Hunt ... sculptor
Gus Hunter ... makeup and prosthetics effects designer
Kate Jorgensen ... design room coordinator
Simon Joseph ... hair stylist / makeup artist / prosthetic artist
Karen Kelly ... make-up/wig artist (as Karen Adcock)
Marina Le Dean ... makeup trainee / prosthetic trainee
Grant Lehmann ... prosthetic workshop coordinator
Samantha Lyttle ... key makeup effects artist / makeup artist: Mr. Dafoe / prosthetics coordinator / special makeup effects supervisor: weta workshop
Gareth McGhie ... makeup and prosthetics effects workshop supervisor
Antony McMullen ... prosthetics technician / senior prosthetic makeup artist
David Meng ... makeup and prosthetics effects designer
Masayasu Minoura ... molding technician
Les Nairn ... paint technician
Tess Natoli ... hair stylist / makeup artist / prosthetic artist
Joe Pace ... mold technician
Cristina Patterson ... contact lens painter (as Cristina Patterson Ceret)
Christian Pearce ... makeup and prosthetics effects designer
Frances Richardson ... makeup effects department head
Tania Rodger ... makeup and prosthetics effects workshop manager
Darin Rose ... makeup artist
Kym Sainsbury ... hair department head / makeup department head / prosthetic makeup department head
Vicki Sands ... additional makeup artist
Brian Stendebach ... molding technician
Richard Taylor ... makeup effects design supervisor / makeup effects supervisor
Greg Tozer ... key sculptor
Carla Vicenzino ... hair coordinator / hair stylist: Mr. Hawke / makeup artist: Mr. Hawke / makeup coordinator
Michael Wallace ... mold department head
Ben Wootten ... makeup and prosthetics effects designer

Production Management

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Colleen Clarke ... post-production supervisor
Basia Plachecki ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Michael Bate ... additional assistant director
Greg Cobain ... second second assistant director
Jamie Leslie ... first assistant director
Nick McKinnon ... second assistant director
Rachael O'Brien ... second assistant director: second unit
Brett Popplewell ... first assistant director: second unit
Zayed Rizwan ... trainee assistant director
Jason Rowling ... additional third assistant director
Molly Sullivan-Stevens ... additional ad production assistant
Ian 'Thistle' Thorburn ... second unit director
Sarah-Jane Walsh ... third assistant director (as Sarah Jane Walsh)

Art Department

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Carlin Bull ... standby painter
Lance Bunyan ... set finisher
Gillian Butler ... buyer/set dresser
Daniel Cairns ... props
Graeme Callander ... storyboard artist
Gary Cameron ... propmaker
Scott Denby ... set builder
Wayne Diskin ... stand-by carpenter
Andrew Duncan ... set builder
Doug Franks ... art department swing gang
Ben Fraser ... painter
Andrew Gardiner ... construction manager
Simon Gill ... assistant set dresser
Matthew Henneken ... set builder
Lenny Holmdahl ... property master
Fred Hughes ... leading hand / set builder
Luke Hughes ... carpenter
Rick Jarvis ... carpenter
George Kabot ... graphic designer
Klaus Kastberg ... set designer
Johann Kwiatkowski ... graphic designer
Jacinta Leong ... set designer
Adam Mawby ... greensman
Noel McCartney ... construction foreman
Tricia McInally ... art department coordinator
Doug McKinnon ... set builder
Phoebe McMahon ... set decoration assistant
Chris O'Neill ... props buyer
Greg Refeld ... assistant stand by props
Mitchell Seeto ... graphics
Phil Shearer ... concept designer
Trevor Spann ... leading hand
Innes Stenhouse ... carpenter
Jackson Tuchscherer ... art department electrician
Phillip Tuchscherer ... art department electrician
Darren Unsgaard ... on-set dresser
David Valencia ... on-set dresser
Hans Verbeek ... set builder
Jodie Whetter ... set buyer / set dresser
Paula Whiteway ... set designer
Chris Williams ... head scenic artist
Harry Zettel ... standby props

Sound Department

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Nick Breslin ... sound designer (as Nicholas Breslin) / sound effects editor (as Nicholas Breslin)
Glenn Butler ... re-recording engineer
Damian Candusso ... sound designer / sound effects editor
Brad Cohn ... assistant adr recordist
Bruce Emery ... dolby consultant
Jason Hancock ... foley recordist
Phil Heywood ... re-recording mixer
Sonal Joshi ... supervising dialogue editor
Rich Macar ... adr recordist
Dan McMahon ... sound assistant
Jordan O'Neill ... dts sound mastering engineer
Martin Oswin ... adr mixer
Wayne Pashley ... re-recording mixer / sound designer / supervising sound editor
Derryn Pasquill ... dialogue editor
Angus Robertson ... head of sound: StageOne Sound
John Simpson ... foley artist
Peter Spierig ... additional atmosphere sound editor
Libby Villa ... dialogue editor
Craig Walmsley ... sound recordist
Jenny T. Ward ... dialogue editor (as Jenny Ward)
William Ward ... atmospheres editor / sound editor

Special Effects by

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Toby Barron ... mold maker / sculptor
Steven Boyle ... creatures designer and supervisor
Jac Charlton ... designer: vampire teeth
Robert Charlton ... designer: vampire teeth
Ryk Fortuna ... prosthetics team
Andrew Goodall ... special effects technician
Daniel Houweling ... special effects coordinator (as Dan Houweling)
Clint Ingram ... special effects supervisor
Darren A. Mosher ... mold maker
Lee O'Shaughnessy ... stunts
Murray Philip ... special effects technician
Jeremy Piggott ... special effects technician (as Jeremy 'JJ' Piggott)
Steve Rungwerth ... special effects technician (as Steve 'Rungi' Rungwerth)
Phill Rylance ... special effects technician (as Phil 'Bluey' Rylance)
Kym Sainsbury ... special makeup effects supervisor
Carlos Slater ... prosthetic seamer
Bill Thomson ... mechanist
Greg Tuckwell ... special effects technician
Matt Ward ... mechanist / special effects technician

Visual Effects by

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Alicia Aguilera ... digital compositor
Naomi Anderlini ... compositor: Postmodern / digital artist
Chris Breeze ... digital artist
Aaron Briggs ... digital artist
Jessica Curtis ... digital artist
Ian Dodman ... digital artist
David Edwards ... compositor: Postmodern / digital artist
Mick Harkin ... compositor: Postmodern (as Michael Harkin) / digital artist (as Michael Harkin)
Makoto Hatanaka ... digital artist: Postmodern Sydney
Robert James Kelly ... senior technical director: Kanuka Studio (as Robert Kelly)
Daniel Loui ... compositor: Postmodern / digital artist
Demis Lyall-Wilson ... digital compositor: Postmodern Sydney
Chad Malbon ... executive visual effects producer
Kirsty Martin ... visual effects coordinator
Allan McKay ... senior technical director
Orlando Meunier ... digital artist
Daniel Mons ... systems administrator
Blake Muir ... roto artist
Hajime Nakamura ... digital artist
D.J. Nicke ... lead animator
Tahl Niran ... compositor: Postmodern / digital artist
Matthew Ozerski ... visual effects editor
Daniel Phillis ... visual effects animator
Angus Reid ... visual effects operations manager: Postmodern
Kurtis Richmond ... lead matte painter / visual effects art department: Postmodern
Andrew Robinson ... visual effects executive producer: Postmodern Sydney
Loren Robinson ... digital compositor: Kanuka Studio
Max Robinson ... roto artist
James Rogers ... senior visual effects supervisor: Postmodern
Andrew Smith ... rotoscope artist: Postmodern Sydney
Michael Spierig ... 2D animator / 2D compositor
Peter Spierig ... 3D animator / 3D compositor
Michael Stanbury ... data wrangler
Rangi Sutton ... visual effects supervisor
Nick Tabet ... digital artist
Jonathan Taranto ... matte painter / visual effects art department: Postmodern (as Jonathan 'Zam' Taranto)
Randy Vellacott ... compositor: Postmodern / on-set visual effects supervisor
Koichi Yamagishi ... digital artist
Scott Geersen ... digital artist (uncredited)

Stunts

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Shea Adams ... stunt driver
Lee Adamson ... stunt performer / stunt rigger
Cameron Ambridge ... utility stunts
Chris Anderson ... stunt coordinator (2007)
Keir Beck ... assistant stunt coordinator
Renee Bowen ... stunt performer
Bob Bowles ... stunt performer
Brad Buckley ... stunt performer
Joel Amos Byrnes ... stunt performer (as Joel Byrnes)
Jimmy Christiansen ... stunt performer
Gavin Coleman ... stunt performer
Rhye Copeman ... stunt performer
Aston Crabtree ... stunt performer
Stephen Daddow ... stunt performer (as Steve Daddow)
Haydn Dalton ... stunt performer
Sebastian Dickins ... stunt performer
Nicole Downs ... stunt performer (as Nicole Downes)
Luke Eccleston ... stunt performer
Sam Elia ... safety supervisor
Josh Elkington ... stunt performer
Neil Fanning ... stunt performer
Amanda Giblin ... stunt performer
Barton Hardie ... stunt performer
Steve Harman ... stunt performer
Peter Hill ... stunt performer
Russell Ingram ... utility stunts
Brendan Jakins ... stunt rigger
Greg Jones ... stunt performer
Bret Kennedy ... stunts
Alex Kuzelicki ... stunt performer: soldier
Nick Lawson ... stunt performer
Riley McCarthy ... stunts
Cameron McKay ... stunt performer
Scott McLean ... stunt performer
Haley Mitchell ... stunt performer
Craig Morgan ... stunt performer
Lee O'Shaughnessy ... stunt performer
Gulliver Page ... stunt performer
Rene Perrin ... stunt performer
Robert Reitano ... stunt performer
Mick Roughan ... stunt performer
Nicholas Schodel ... stunt performer
Ben Siemer ... stunt performer
Yasca Sinigaglia ... stunt performer
Annette Van Moorsel ... stunt performer
Karl Van Moorsel ... utility stunts
Mick Van Moorsel ... stunt driver
Darrell Walshe ... stunt performer
Mark Wickham ... stunt rigger
Vic Wilson ... stunt performer
Joe Zuber ... stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department

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Steven Alberts ... system rig electric (as Steven 'Pineapple' Alberts)
Peter Bailey ... video assist assistant
Marcus Ballantine ... grip
Mark Bills ... lighting technician
Adam Brandon ... rigging electrician (as Adam 'Peachy' Brandon)
Tim Buckland ... lighting technician (as Timothy John Buckland)
Ross Butler ... rigging best boy
Daniel Clark ... focus puller: "b" camera
Simon Cooke ... second unit
Peter Critchley ... assistant electrician
Tristan Davies ... second assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit
Darryl Dempsey ... assistant electrician
Jason Ewart ... camera operator: "b" camera / steadicam operator
Matthew Floyd ... second assistant camera: "b" camera
Dirk Foulger ... rigger
Alan Franklin ... rigging electrician
Greg Gilbert ... a camera/steadicam operator (as Greg 'Mango' Gilbert)
Billy Harmer ... grip
Stephen Head ... best boy electric
Chris Healy ... additional first assistant camera
Luke Jeffery ... video split assistant
Damien King ... grip
Steven Magrath ... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Jonas McQuiggin ... lighting technician
Lars Myrvang ... video split attachment
Grant Nielsen ... key grip
Luke Nixon ... first assistant camera: second unit
Mick O'Brien ... gaffer
Polly Pierce ... video assist operator (as Polly Harrison)
Michael Rich ... dolly grip: "a" camera
Ben Rothstein ... still photographer
Ricky Schamburg ... additional camera operator / first assistant camera: "a" camera
Andrew Shir ... rigging electrician
Michael Carl Smith ... grip
Ian 'Thistle' Thorburn ... director of photography: second unit
Steve Unwin ... still photographer
Ivan Valjan ... grip
Jason Waide ... rigging gaffer
Kris Wallis ... scorpio head tech
Nathan Walton ... assistant electrician
Trent Williamson ... dolly grip: "b" camera
Scott Hamilton ... additional lighting technician (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Bud Hopes ... extras casting
Ben Parkinson ... extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Dannielle Alexander ... assistant costume stand-by
Stephanie Amantea ... wardrobe assistant (as Stephanie Schubert)
Matt Appleton ... creature suit supervisor
Cathy Harris ... creature suit fabricator (as Tree Harris)
Martin Heusel ... wardrobe coordinator
Nadine Jaggi ... creature suit fabricator

Location Management

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Tony Clarke ... location manager

Music Department

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Daniel Baker ... composer assistant
Craig Beckett ... scoring crew
Laura Bishop ... music preparation
Dan Brown ... scoring crew
Cantillation Choir ... choir
Christo Curtis ... score engineer / score mixer
Jay Faires ... music executive
Christopher Gordon ... conductor / orchestrator
Alex Henery ... music contractor / orchestra contractor
Alison Johnston ... choir contractor
Jessica Wells ... music preparation

Script and Continuity Department

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Jackie Sullivan ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Richard Allsop ... mechanic
Scott Dare ... mechanic
Brandon Specht ... action vehicle assistant
Steve Taylor ... action vehicle coordinator

Additional Crew

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Lisa Adam ... adr loop group
Naomi Anderlini ... title designer: opening titles
Tara Aucoin ... assistant: Mr. Dafoe
Angela Barac ... assistant production coordinator
Adam Bialow ... Mandate International Sales: Lionsgate
Mandy Bishop ... adr loop group (as Amanda Bishop)
Nick Christo ... adr loop group
Megan Clarke ... clearance coordinator
Anthony Cogin ... adr loop group
Beth Daley ... adr loop group
Kieran Darcy-Smith ... adr loop group
James Evans ... adr loop group
Alex Fewster ... production secretary
Elizabeth Friels ... adr loop group
Jeff Gribble ... armourer
Anita Hegh ... adr loop group
Rebecca Howcroft ... assistant accountant
Bartholomew John ... adr loop group
Loretta Kindness ... caterer
Wade Krawczyk ... assistant armourer
Diana Le Dean ... assistant: Chris Brown
Danielle Lomas ... assistant: P. and M. Spierig (as Danni Lomas)
Troy MacKinder ... dialect coach
Andrew Gray McDonnell ... adr loop group
Brian Meegan ... adr loop group
Robert Aaron Mitchell ... behind the scenes (as Robert Mitchell)
Stuart Monksfield ... project manager
Tiriel Mora ... adr loop group
Julie O'Reilly ... adr loop group
Timothy Scott Ralston ... screening operations executive
Jason Rowling ... production assistant
David Rudduck ... IT technical support
Stephen Rutter ... travel manager
Keith Scott ... adr loop group
Rita Siomos ... first assistant accountant
Sophie Siomos ... production accountant
Nathan Smith ... lab liaison
Katrina Sweetman ... account assistant
John Xintavelonis ... adr loop group
William Green ... stand-in: Willem Dafoe (uncredited)

Thanks

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Kirsten Cameron ... the producers wish to thank
Stephanie Denton ... special thanks
Dale Duguid ... thanks
Shyama Friedenson ... special thanks
Stephanie Lewis ... special thanks
Ineke Majoor ... thanks
Joey Monteiro ... special thanks
Seth Needle ... special thanks
Tom Ortenberg ... special thanks
Harry Posadas ... thanks
Simon Rosenthal ... thanks
John Spierig ... the producers wish to thank
Marianne Spierig ... the producers wish to thank
Christopher W. Yan ... special thanks (as Christopher Yan)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

10 years from now, vampires make up the vast majority of the population with only 5% of the human race remaining. This presents particular challenges as the vampires' food supply - human blood - is dwindling and rationing is now the norm. There is growing evidence that vampires deprived of an adequate blood supply are themselves evolving into wild, vile creatures that attack anyone and anything in order to survive. Dr. Edward Dalton, a vampire and hematologist who works for a pharmaceutical firm, has been working on finding an artificial blood supply that will meet the vampire society's needs. He is sympathetic to humans and sees his work as a way of alleviating their suffering but his views on finding a solution change considerably when he meets someone who found a way to transform himself from being a vampire to again take human form. Written by garykmcd

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Taglines In 2019, the most precious natural resource... is us. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Daybreakers: Vanatoarea a inceput (Romania)
  • Vampiros del día (Uruguay)
  • L'aube des survivants (Canada, French title)
  • Daybreakers - 2019: Νέα φυλή (Greece)
  • Aušros kariai (Lithuania)
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Runtime
  • 98 min
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Box Office

Budget $20,000,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $51,416,464, 11 Feb 2010

Did You Know?

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Trivia According to interviews, Sam Neill explained what made him decide to make the film was the scene in the screenplay in which the businessmen vampires buy morning coffee spiked with human blood. See more »
Goofs When we first "see" Edward Dalton, it's as an empty collar and tie in his car's rear-view mirror - as a vampire, he casts no reflection. A bit later, his right ear feels strange, so he pulls down his sun visor to check it out in the mirror there, and he's able to see himself. However, if you look closely there is a video camera in the sun visor that then projects the video in the spot where a mirror would be. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Summer Special 2009/10 (2009). See more »
Soundtracks Burning Love See more »
Crazy Credits In line with the subject of the movie, the lettering of the end credits is in red, instead of the customary white. See more »
Quotes Edward Dalton: Welcome back to humanity. Now you get to die.
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