Good moody atmosphere

Rating: 7/10 (11 January 2014)

Every year Barrow, Alaska has a mass exodus as it starts a period of 30 days without sunshine. Sheriff Eben Oleson (Josh Hartnett) finds a lot of strange things happening. His ex Stella (Melissa George) misses the last flight out of town. Then they arrest a mysterious drifter (Ben Foster) right before an invasion of deadly vampires.
This starts slowly, but there is a moody atmosphere building. The cold isolation works great as a way to ramp up the tension. The premise is something new for the vampire genre. I like the originality. The style also has a good look to it. The acting is pretty good for a horror movie. Ben Foster has the most interesting role. Josh Hartnett gets the leading man role. It's a good horror movie with something different.