A gory and scary vampire tale.

Rating: 8/10 (12 May 2009)

I thought before I saw "30 Days of Night", I'd just be seeing another pathetic attempt at a good vampire film. But I was pretty much wrong. I really enjoyed it in the end thanks to help from good old Sam Raimi, who was a producer. It's based off of a graphic novel series, which is also good, and revolves around a flock of vampires attacking Barrow, Alaska during its 30 days of night period. Only the sheriff(an acceptable Josh Hartnett) and his wife(Melissa George) can lead a small group of survivors to safety and hope they can survive for the month of darkness. I liked how the vampires got their own weird language and Danny Huston was a good choice as the vampire leader. The movie will also please gore fans with tons of bloody violence. But the problem is it switches between various days of the month too quickly and that adds to some annoying plot jumping. But I'd still see the film again and hopefully they'll make a sequel like in the graphic novels(they kind of set up the idea that there will be a second "30 Days").