Decent vampire flick with a unique premise ala THE THING

Rating: 8/10 (15 November 2007)

30 DAYS OF NIGHT (2007) *** Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Mark Boone Junior, Mark Rendall, Amber Sainsbury, Manu Bennett, Megan Franich. Gruesome adaptation of the graphic novel by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith about a remote Alaskan hamlet besieged by a plague of vampires at the dawn of their month-long descent into darkness. While the premise is intriguing the execution is a tad tedious but the violence and action surpass the limits of director David Slade's lurching helmsing. Kudos to the make-up artists squad for some truly inventive effects and nasty creatures of the night in their befanged glory.