“You keep shooting and they just….they just keep coming.”
I’m not quite sure if any vampire film prior to 2007’s 30 Days Of Night ever visited the concept of vampires in Alaska, but it’s a really cool idea and I’m glad that someone finally put it on celluloid. The story takes place in a small town in northern Alaska called Barrow. Most of the town’s citizens are heading south while a few will stay behind to endure thirty days of night. Seeing this as a potential all-you-can-eat buffet, a group of vampires arrive in town in order to feast upon those that stay behind with zero threat from the sun rising for a month. Barrow’s sheriff heads up a small group of humans that battle to stay alive as they wait for the sun to finally return to their terrorized town.
The film stars Josh Hartnett as Sheriff Eben Oleson and Melissa George as his estranged wife, Stella. The vampires are headed up by Marlow, portrayed with sinister perfection by Danny Huston. The film also features Ben Foster, Manu Bennett, Amber Sainsbury, Mark Boone Junior, Megan Franich, and Mark Rendall. All of the cast do excellent jobs, but Huston, Franich, and the rest of the vampires are particularly fun to watch.
The vampires really breathe life into this film. They are portrayed as brutal, super fast, super strong, and highly intelligent. They get joy from “playing with their food,” and Marlow loves it when the humans fight back. The vampires also speak their own unique language. They are excellent.
I highly recommend this film. It has excellent pacing, a great cast, and some amazing action and horror sequences.
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