slightly above average vampiric slaughter.

Rating: 6/10 (18 May 2008)

OK, I'm sitting down, waiting for the movie to begin and unusually I'm excited. I've been told that this isn't your average vampire movie. Im hoping for an intelligent but dark, scary and disturbing horror flick.
The movie starts off well, the scene is set, its an Alaskan town where, for thirty days a year there is no sunlight. the characters are introduced, our hero is an inhaler wielding sheriff (Josh Bartnett) who likes his gun, his brother and his wife(Melissa Goerge). so far so good.
And then half an hour in someone gets murdered, hundreds follow suit within the next ten minutes. At this stage, I'm annoyed, my hopes for a decent horror are shattered as the townsfolk queue up to be eaten alive. It turns into a zombie film with sharp teeth and pointy nails. Our hero locks himself in an attic and waits for sunlight while the vampires round up the last survivors and gobble their faces (quite literally). The rest is the same as any zombie film, something goes wrong and almost all the remaining survivors get gobbled.
Of course, if you like generic zombie movies, then there wont be a problem, but i was expecting more. For a horror it isn't scary enough. It has tense moments but the characters are so shallow that i just didn't care. It isn't disturbing, it IS dark but its NOT intelligent. The greatest success is, in fact the detailed gore, which is as good as any you'll see.
if your a zombie fan, watch this film. if your not, you probably wont enjoy this film.
-TINTIN-