A brilliant, modern, vampire film

Rating: 8/10 (12 July 2008)

At first i didn't know what to expect from this film.
For me the vampire genre has been ever changing. I have previously enjoyed the classical style of vampire films, for example Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', and i felt that audiences did feel that they were truly frightening.
However the completely different 'Blade' and 'Underworld' style films, have been equally effective and i feel that they can be truly scary to the modern audience, although can sometimes be somewhat naff and cheesy.
With such a variation in the vampire genre, i did not know where '30 Days Of Night' would fit in. Would it be a good, frightening vampire film, or a comical, iconic 'lost boys'-esquire film.
It turns out it was a brilliant, frightening, well made horror film.
The acting was very good and i felt that Josh Hartnett was a very good lead actor. The story was brilliant ( i realise it was inspired by a graphic novel), and the vampires themselves were a new and exciting 'breed'.
The one downside however were some of the unexplained survival issues, but these were overlooked by the positive aspects of the film.
I thoroughly recommend this film to all lover's of the Vampire genre. It is a very interesting and exciting film.