Rent 30 Days of Night (2007)

Suprising! - 30 Days of Night review by CP Customer

This is one of the best vampire films I have seen in a long time!

The action starts very quickly, and in the middle, you start to worry that it has peaked too early, but then it starts again! A suprising ending, with some tense, bloody moments in between!

Definately worth a watch!

Jumpy and action packed - a vampire great! - 30 Days of Night review by CP Customer

This was a great vampire movie but would compare it something more like 28 days later as opposed to other vampire films.

A community in a remote town north of Alaska endures 30 days without sunlight every year. However, this year the community get more than just dark days! The group of vampires are vicious and hungry and prey on the town. Without any help available (no phone lines, airport closed etc) they have to stick together to survive.

It is a great horror flick and keeps you on the edge of your seat. Josh Harnett plays a good part as does his co-star Melissa George. The vampires are a gory sight!

During the first half an hour I wondered whether it would be more cheesy than scary - due to the strange vampire make-up - but surprisingly was a great watch with a nice side plot of the relationship between Josh Hartnett and Melissa George.

Would definitely watch again. xxxx

Great Modern Horror - 30 Days of Night review by GI

A deliciously gory and entertaining modern horror film with a unique setting. Adapted from a graphic novel the film is set in Barrow, Alaska, the most northerly town in the USA and every year the town has a complete month where the sun doesn't rise. Many people leave the town for this time but many also stay and as everyone is preparing for the annual 30 days of night the Sheriff, Eben (Josh Hartnett), is baffled by a series of strange crimes where peoples mobile phones are stolen, generators are vandalised and dogs are killed. He soon arrests a stranger (Ben Foster) but the discovery of a body is quickly followed by the town being attacked by a strange cult with an uncontrollable blood lust and a few survivors try to hide out until the sun returns. This is a modern day take on the vampire film and truly gruesome they are too. Danny Huston is excellent as the leader of the nasties. This is not a film that dwells on the old tropes of the sub genre so there are no wooden stakes or garlic etc although the issue of sunlight is the key to the milieu. Horror films are thematically about some inner fear and vampire based stories are the fear of strangers, foreigners, disease and often uncontrollable lust. This film doesn't have any of the sexual desire themes but it strongly focuses on foreign intruders and consequently resonates with modern fears of immigration etc. But that aside this is action filled, bloody and downright good fun so if you love a good horror film then this is for you and even if you're not usually drawn to such films this one is worth trying because it's rather good.