Superior vampire flick

Rating: 8/10 (22 September 2009)

A modern horror tale, this time focusing on vampire myths, sees a pack of ruthless vampiric fiends attack a remote Alaskan town on the first night of a sunset that will last for thirty days. And that's about it really. Their motives are never made clear, nor where they came from or where they will go next. They just swoop in to feed, after first cutting off the town from all outside help - phone lines, transport, mobile phones and even the sleigh dogs are killed as night falls. A small band of people survive the initial onslaught - beautifully captured by method of an over-head camera shot, following the carnage through the main street of the town - and must try to sit it out until daybreak, a whole month in the future. Whilst hardly inspired in the plot line, griping about that would be missing the point entirely. We aren't told where they come from because it's not important. We aren't told why this town was chosen for the same reason. They are monsters, plain and simple, and damn effective ones at that. Bloody, violent and intense, this is a quality modern horror flick.