Daybreakers is a 2009 science-fiction
horror film written and directed by Australian filmmakers
Michael and Peter Spierig. The film takes place in a futuristic world overrun by
vampires. A vampiric corporation sets out to capture and farm the remaining humans while researching a blood substitute. Lead vampire hematologist Edward Dalton's (
Ethan Hawke) work is interrupted by human survivors led by former vampire "Elvis" (
Willem Dafoe), who has a cure that can save the human species.