Reviews > 30 Days of Night

30 Days Of Night is good. It’s not great but at no point in the movie did I want to leave. As a matter of fact I had to pee for like three quarters of the flick but held it in. I wanted to know what happened. What was going to happen. How the characters were going to get out of this awful situation that they were in. It seemed hopeless to me.

Ok, here’s the deal, there is a town in northern most Alaska, every years it gets dark for 30 days, hence the title. So these vampires learn about this and decide to head there to chomp on some flesh. Gnarly style. It’s a good premise. Before the night falls most of the town heads off on vacation or whatever. The dark sucks and can cause the weak to go MAD! Better safe then sorry when it comes to that. Gotta protect your mental health.

So, the vampires come and a lot of gore ensues. It’s gnarly. The vamps in this flick look like dogs. Like terriers to be exact. They are totally freaky. I’d hate to see one of them coming after me in a permanent darkness situation. It’d suck. You’d be screwed. Most of the people in the town are screwed.

The Vampires come and it’s an immediate bloodbath. Gore city. Totally gnar-gnar. They take some overhead shots of the massacre and it’s not for the faint of heart. The blood on top of the snow makes for an eye catching contrast. It’s quite startling. Kind of pretty in a weird sort of way. If you like that sort of thing. If you’re a vampire I guess or something like one. Like a ghoul of some sort.

Before they come into town they sent a human lackey played by Ben Foster who’s really been tearing shit up lately. He’s a talented character actor. Anyhow he leads the way for the undead by coming into town and stealing or destroying any way for the people to get out of town safely, satellite phones, sled dogs etc.

So he leads the way and soon after his arrival the night falls and the vampires come through and eat till there heats content. It’s like a smorgesbord, of people. Yum.

Josh Hartnett is up in it too as is Melissa George. She’s blond and kind of looks like my wife’s friend Lura. Sort of. Here’s something that’s kind of odd. Hartnett’s character in the movie is actually named Eban, I thought that it was Evan. Huh? What kind of name is Eban? I like Josh though. Some folks don’t but I don’t see why? He’s cool enough that I won’t dodge a movie just cause he’s up in it.

It’s a cool flick, if you like horror movies. If not then it prolly won’t appeal to you. That’s cool though. Go see something else. There are a lot of decent movies out right now. Have fun with that.