30 Days of Night Film Review

30 Days of Night puts the word 'horror' back in to horror films. The film industry has failed to bring us a fresh and unique twist in vampire films lately, but director, David Slade, manages to deliver the goods with this one. In store is a fine gimmick. Taking place in an isolated Alaskan town, its small population has to endure 30 days of winter in absolute darkness - but they are not the only ones.

As soon as the sun retires, the village is sabotaged; power and communication systems such as phones and Internet are corrupted. Vampires are lurking ready to kill with full force. But before the town's sheriff Eben Oleson (Josh Hartnett) can work it out, their defence system comes to no avail, and soon enough the white snow turns in to a blood-spatting killing ground.

The village loses all sense of order and succumbs to utter chaos, as attempts against attacking the vampires prove useless. With only torchlights to resurrect a means of light, Sheriff Oleson tries to contain the few survivors hidden in an attic, praying that they can survive unnoticed until the sun's return.

Instructing the assembly of vicious vampires in a strange ancient dialect is the leader, Marlow (Danny Huston), who orders them to seek and kill any remaining humans who may still be hiding.

Close-up shots of assassination are intense and gruesome, and as the camera sweeps over the village in an aerial shot, the gory carnage can only make you anticipate what is going to happen next.

If you want to sink your teeth in to a brutal, intense, modern horror film that doesn't entail cheap scares and predictable storylines then you'll love this film. If you don't like scary films, watch this one with the lights on.