Good but not great.

Rating: 7/10 (21 October 2007)

I am kind of on the fence about this one. First, I must admit that I have always been a fan of vampire films and I thought the concept for this movie (graphic novel) was a great. Secondly, the movie did definitely creep me out and have my on the egde of my seat. This in many ways the ultimate nightmare scenario, not quite on the level of Salem's Lot, but close. Finally, I think this will be a worthy addition to my DVD collection for a good watch on Halloween once a year, be warned though, this film is graphic. But I can't say this movie isn't without flaws.
If you are expecting anything in the way of character development you can just forget it. Showing the relationships seems to serve only the purpose of showing us why character A might care why character B gets slaughtered, but you wont care. Also, I just felt it would have been more interesting to learn a little bit more about these vampires, where they came from and why they decided to take this town right now. They were scary enough but a little more back story would have gone a long way. There were also just seemed to be some obvious questions.
Like why wouldn't these vampires just call it a day and head to the next town after their initial slaughter. Why the heck would they hang out for thirty days just looking for a few additonal "snacks" when according to the characters there were evidently some other towns in the vicinity, probably not a problem for these super human vampires to reach. And if there were a lot of people still alive that they were holding in reserve or as bait it might have been interesting to show that part of it.
As I said this isn't a bad film but it's a toss up as to whether you want to wait for the DVD. If you are a big horror fan or love vampire flicks this wouldn't be a complete waste of your money but if not you probably just want to wait and give it a rent.