Gloomy and vicious vampire flick.

Rating: 8/10 (10 February 2008)

Barrow,Alaska is a place where for thirty days out of the year,the sun no longer shines.On the first day of night,strange drifter(Ben Foster) mysteriously shows up,causing a disturbance at the local diner and immediately under suspicion for killing a family's pet dogs.Promptly hauled off to the local jail by cop Eben Olsen(Josh Hartnett),The Stranger portentously speaks of death coming,a warning that comes true when the town is overtaken by a gang of ruthless vampires and the citizens are slowly butchered...This nasty and bloody action vampire flick really surprised me.David Slade of "Hard Candy" fame makes great use of the cold,blue arctic look of Alaska which greatly intensifies the terror.The cast is adequate with Josh Hartnett in the lead role and the gore is plentiful.Worth a look.