Blood on the snow

Rating: 6/10 (15 December 2007)

This is a decent vampire movie.Do not expect to get scared like hell,but it has it's fair share of chills.All the perfect examples of a supernatural setting are present.Remote Alaskan town,Desolation,Loss of contact with the external world,Stranger speaking in an Eastern European accent asking for fresh meat,dead dogs,and above all 30 days of night.The are quite a few preludes before the actual bloody mayhem but the first sense of real uneasiness sets in when Sheriff Eben Oleson actually confronts 'Something'which is faster than his vehicle and the film takes off from this point.Josh Hartnett has done a commendable job in portraying the helplessness of a protector who is not having many choices but will simply not give up hope.The character of Beau Brower(Mark Boone Junior) serves as a perfect foil to the Sheriff's determination of not giving up without a fight.Tough as a nail, Beau never seems to be afraid of the Vampires.He knows they can be killed too.The cold, the night and the claustrophobia are harbingers of the death lurking outside the hideaway of the survivors.The killings are brutal and gory, but most of them can be anticipated.The horror surprise elements are not that much.The culmination of the movie is also strange and a bit hard to digest.But overall its worth viewing.