This movie has some teeth!

Rating: 8/10 (11 November 2007)

This is one of the best horror movies to come out in years.And it is one of the best ,if not the best,vampire movies too.Not since Nosferatu have we seen a movie vampire who actually looks the part.These vampires aren't the count type of older films nor are they the punk or yuppie variety vampire that so many recent vampire films have given us.These vampires are the descendants of Nosferatu.They have the look of death and disease about them.
An isolated Aslaskan town,cut off from the outside world and thrown into darkness for 30 days,is invaded by a group of blood thirsty vampires.A few of the townsfolk struggles to survive the onslaught for the 30 days until the sun rises again.
This movie is a non-stop ride of terror and gore.The special effects are so well done and everything looks so seamless and real.Heads are hacked off with axes and it looks just like you'd expect it to look.There isn't any cutesy horror movie dialog or cheeky asides in this movie.This movie is all business.The vampires are disgusting blood soaked creatures who have spiky teeth and long gore encrusted finger nails.The vampires let out this terrible squealing sound from time to time that is bone chilling.And the scene that was played in the trailer where the woman invokes the name of God is as cool a scene as I've ever seen in a horror movie.
A glance into an empty sky by Marlow the vampire says it all.
And how much better a location can you get than a snowed in backwoods town in Alaska in the dark for 30 days?One of my worries before I saw this movie was sometimes when there isn't a lot of light in a movie I have trouble following the action . But that didn't happen in this movie.Even though most of it was in the dark there was enough light to see every gory detail.Thank you David Slade for that.
David Slade did a superb job as the director.He built up the tension without a lot of those phony horror movie tactics and the lowers the boom when the time is right and never lets up.Hopefully Slade will get more directing chances after this great movie.
All the actors were good in this movie but special mention goes to Danny Huston who played the vampire leader,Marlow.He was spectacular as he crushed skulls and tore out throats.
This movie has restored my faith that there are still people out there who know how to make a great horror movie.I just wish it wasn't necessary to wade through 99 stinkers to find 1 great one like this.
This is a movie that horror fans will want to add to their collection.It is worthy of more than one watching.