30 Days of Hiding

Rating: 6/10 (10 March 2008)

I was all geared up to see this film. Actually, the idea is very intriguing. A small town in Alaska experiences 30 Days of darkness and many people leave the town during this time because they can't handle it. However, some stay by choice-a couple get stranded. Why can't they drive out though? Oh, one gets into an accident and she missed her plane and the others? Well, if you want this to make sense then this movie isn't going to work. And that is the truth. Once darkness comes all the cell phones remaining have been burned in a neat little pile in a snow covered field. And vampires descend upon the town via ship. An old ship out in the water. The remaining people in the town are left to fight off the vampires. But the vampires of course are faster and stronger and so the humans aren't doing too well. The small group of survivors decide they have to hide out and do so briefly in an attic and then later in an office with........windows! We're supposed to believe that they hid out for almost 30 days in an office with windows? Yes. They sort of move around the town for some reason. It isn't explained. I really want to like this film. I suppose some of the action scenes were pretty good. I think there were some creepy scenes. The vampires have a little help from CGI and they appear very strange at times. With oddly distorted faces and black eyes. But not much originality here. You have to accept the stupid writing and accept a banal story for it to work. Not bad but not great either. I think 28 Days Later was much better.