30 Days of Night

Rating: 5/10 (1 May 2008)

It may not have been the film I was expecting, I mistook vampires for zombies, but not bad for a few particular moments. Basically every year the Alaskan town of Barrow spends 30 days in winter darkness, and as soon as the darkness begins, perfect for vampires to start appearing and attacking the town. Only Sheriff Eben Oleson (Black Hawk Down's Josh Hartnett) and his wife Stella (Melissa George) stand between the survivors and certain destruction. These vampires can only be killed by beheading them, or shining very bright light in their face, there's no sign of crosses, garlic or holy water here. Also starring Danny Huston, son of John and half-brother of Angelica as Marlow, Ben Foster as The Stranger, Mark Boone Junior as Beau Brower, Mark Rendall as Jake Oleson, Amber Sainsbury as Denise, Manu Bennett as Deputy Billy Kitka, Megan Franich as Iris and Joel Tobeck as Doug Hertz. Unfortunately this film is too chatty and has not as much gore as I'd hoped, and the acting (apart from the vampires of course) is a little tame. Worth watching, at least once.