I didn't know Vampires screeched like a pterodactyl...

Rating: 6/10 (4 January 2009)

30 Days of Night was originally a graphic novel(big comic book) written by Steve Niles and Illistrated by Ben Templesmith. The novel is a masterpiece, so much for the film. I look at all movies as movies, making this one no exception. I'm not comparing it to it's literary counterpart one bit.
The story takes place in Alaska were a series of bizarre crimes are being committed during the last day of daylight. There is a small sub-plot between the two main characters Eben the sheriff of Barrow Alaska, and Stella Olsen of the fire department. A break up has just occurred or something, but it doesn't really affect the story too much. Well vampires start arriving and the citizens of Barrow must survive 30 days in the dark while blood sucking vampires roam outside. The plot is interesting as the characters hide to survive, being stuck with a crazy old man, and other issues such as enough food and water.
Josh Harnett gives a ridiculous performance and I did not enjoy at all compared to his other movies. The ending is interesting and touching in a sort of way. The vampires are the real treat though. 30 Days of Night makes the vampire scary again with excellent performances and a just plain creepy look to them, they leave a shocking effect. The film has quite a lot of depth for a horror - action film. The back-story for the creepies is vaguely displayed but it's enough to interest. If you pay attention to any made-up language in a film, there is always depth. In this "Vampire Tongue", God is said as "gah" and lots of tick sounds are in there accent. A great film eh, but a good Vampire movie, yes!6/10