Impressive; One of the scariest vampire movies ever

Rating: 9/10 (20 October 2007)

First, let me say that I'm a big vampire movie fan, so suffice it to say that I've seen my fair share. This was by far the scariest vampire movie I've ever seen.
The movie is based on a vampire attack on a secluded town in Alaska during a month-long period in which there is no daylight (which, by the way, is true, Alaska really does have periods like this). With no sunrise to look forward to and no way to reach help, there is an added sense of helplessness for those in the town.
Very early in the movie (within the first ten minutes), a gruesome and disturbing moment gives the audience a preview of what is to be expected throughout the rest of the picture, and the movie doesn't let up much from that moment on. Blood flows freely and the body count adds up very quickly as the month-without-a-sun period begins.
The vampires themselves are portrayed as intelligent, merciless, and especially vicious creatures in this movie, which is vastly different than the romantic seducers we see in most Dracula renditions, and a little different than the nearly human vampires we see in Blade or Underworld.
Without giving much away, I'll say this movie was well put together, and is clearly designed to not only scare the crap out of you, but also to leave with the disconcerted feeling you might have after watching one of the Saw movies. The violence in this movie is among the most gruesome I've ever seen, and there are enough disturbing moments to keep the audience unsettled throughout. In fact, it seems as if the writers sat and came up with every disturbing scenario they could imagine, and did their best to incorporate them all into one horrible nightmare. I would rank this movie as one of the scariest of all time, and there are several people who went to the theater with me who would concur.