Complete waste of celluloid

Rating: 3/10 (24 January 2008)

A dark period is about to start for a small village in Alaska. This isn't entirely strange as the town is located so far to the North there's a yearly recurring period of "eternal night". In this period most inhabitants of the town skip town because they don't want to be plagued by the long lasting darkness and the nasty effects that has on people.
As the local sheriff and an accompanying officer ride around the town to do a final check up they find something odd: a pile of burned satellite telephones. As the investigation continues it turns out to be the start of something much more sinister. And so it starts. The remaining citizens of the town will soon find out that going somewhere else had been a better option. It doesn't take long before the sun goes down and the trouble starts.
So far the story. Personally I love a good horror film and I love films where people get mangled for whatever reason. If there's a good streak of tension to it, all the better. If there's a bit of imaginative and new monster building to it, even better. Quite sadly, none of those are present in this film. Tension is non-available as the characters are played out so much using all the known monster film clichés out there that one can point out the next one to die about a second after the character comes into play. Imaginative monster design is out of the question too: the monsters are pretty much the same as the ones seen in many many more films. The one thing that the film does have is people getting mangled in a good way. Most of the kills are pretty vile and worked out nicely.
All added together though it leaves a sad impression. A complete waste of celluloid if you ask me.
3 out of 10 overused clichés