Have we forgotten that vampires are supposed to be seductive?

Rating: 6/10 (3 November 2007)

I grew up watching really olde English vampire movies, typically featuring buxom actresses in flowing white gowns and Christopher Lee swanning around in a big Dracula cape. So, I have a pretty romantic/sexual picture of vampires in my head.
Contemporary vampires, of the sort you get in this movie, strike me as too demonic, sexless and savage. These new vamps just rip people limb from limb instead of trying to seduce them. Where's the fun in that? If showing disgusting gore is the whole point, then why not just make a werewolf or zombie movie instead?
Right, rant over. Once I accepted that the vampires in "30 Days of Night" would be gross, I actually enjoyed the movie somewhat. The snowbound setting is really eerie and cool, and the directing is pretty good for a modern horror movie. Even Josh Harnett manages to be likable, and the main vampire has an occasional interesting line.
I never fully bought into the main premise of the movie -- namely, that a rag-tag band of characters could successfully hide from a swarm of vampires for a whole month. The vampires start off seeming really powerful and clever, but they must take their stupid pills afterwards because they don't even think to search the general store for human survivors. I mean, come on, where else are people gonna hide? All the supplies are there.
But despite the grossness, and the odd lapse in logic, I enjoyed this movie. I got a few good scares out of it. Vampires + snow = creepy. It's certainly worth a look for horror fans.