The second best horror of the year.

Rating: 7/10 (10 June 2008)

I'm not a big fan of the Vampire genre but was really surprised at how impressed I was by this film. I was slightly apprehensive of this movie at first, but 10 minutes in, I new I had struck gold.
The horror genre has been doubled over so many times, i'm starting to lose count of how many similar films are all out there, borrowing plots and ideas off each other. 30 days of night was refreshingly different, a welcome change of pace. Where most Vampire films show the creatures as humans with a different, emotional side to them; 30 days showed them as vicious creatures who don't want anything but food and death.
The special prosthetics used on the actors to turn them into blood-thirsty monsters were simply excellent, leagues ahead of the CGI used in the $150m blockbuster I Am Legend.
The acting was pretty inspiring, Josh Hartnett & Melissa George were excellent in their quite basic roles. They played their parts with a finesse matched by only a few actors of 2007.
My only real gripe with this film is that it is slightly too long for a horror movie and the ending is a bit too sentimental.
The only horror film to beat it of 2007 was the new remake of Halloween by Rob Zombie. Overall, an excellent, tense movie which is also a visual treat for any viewer.