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Vampires simply can't die, at least in pop culture. Each year presents new fun twists on vampiric lore, especially as more genres blend with the classic horror folklore. 2023 saw The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Renfield, and the excellent El Conde, and 2024 will unleash Robert Eggers' anticipated remake of F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu more than a century after that original film. Murnau also directed a film titled Sunrise, but that romantic tragedy is far different from this year's similarly titled Sunrise, a vampire crime thriller which will be released in theaters and on demand January 19th, 2024 from Lionsgate. Check out a clip of the film above and more information about Sunrise below:

The plot of Sunrise reads as follows:

"When an ex-cop named Fallon returns to the scene of a horrific crime, the residents of a rural town soon discover that this dark visitor is really a vampire who feeds on blood and fear.

Despite the somewhat misleading English title (the original name can be roughly translated as “a lovely ride”), Driving Madeleine by a French director Christian Carion, is not exactly what it seems and has some surprises stored. Carion, who is mostly known for his historical drama Joyeux Noël and thriller My Son (as well as its auto-remake), offers up a crowd-pleaser in a popular genre called “two strangers with different experiences meet and influence each other’s lives”. In this fourth collaboration between two French legends, 95-year-old goddess Line Renaud and comedy icon Dany Boon, the latter is the typical Parisian taxi driver. Meaning: his Charles is generally gloomy and is one ticket away from losing his license. He is also discontent with the state of things:...

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