30 Days Of Night [Blu-ray]

🩸*30 Days of Night* – A Terrifying, Blood-Soaked MasterpieceI’ve seen plenty of vampire movies, but *30 Days of Night* is one of the few that genuinely **feels scary**. Instead of seductive, mysterious vampires, this film throws us into a nightmare where bloodthirsty creatures **hunt mercilessly** in an endless Alaskan night. The concept alone—an entire month without sunlight—sets up the perfect horror scenario, and the execution does not disappoint.Josh Hartnett gives a strong, emotional performance as Sheriff Eben, trying to protect what’s left of his town. The pacing keeps you **on edge the entire time**, and the cinematography beautifully captures the cold, eerie isolation of Barrow, Alaska. But what truly makes the movie work is **how relentless the vampires are**—they’re fast, brutal, and absolutely terrifying. No slow-moving, romanticized monsters here—just pure survival horror at its finest.### **Final Verdict:**🩸 *30 Days of Night* delivers intense, visually striking horror that sticks with you long after it’s over. If you love vampire films with a **brutal, unforgiving edge**, this one is a must-watch!

Realizing that people have different opinions about what they read and watch, and that not all will agree with each other on what's good and what isn't, I was still somewhat surprised by how many viewers didn't find the horror movie, 30 Days of Night, to be as great as I did. I'm usually pretty hard on horror flicks and don't expect a lot when I go to see one, but 30 Days of Night won me over in a way that left me stunned at the end of the movie and wanting to immediately see it again.Directed by David Slade, the story takes place in Barrow, Alaska (a real town), which is in the northern part of the state and once a year experiences thirty days of night. Most of the town's people head south for the entire month, but there are enough humans left to entice a group of roving vampires to spend some quality vacation time there. It all begins when a stranger arrives (played wonderfully by Ben Foster) during the last day of light and cuts the telephone lines and kills the sled dogs so that the remaining town's people will be snowed in and unable to escape the wrath of his master, Marlow. The vampires then waste little time in attacking the town and killing every human being they can get their hands and teeth on. It's the town's sheriff (played by Josh Hartnett) and his estranged wife (played by Melissa George) who manage to gather the surviving citizens and to find a place where they can hide from their hungry predators. The problem, of course, is finding a way to stay alive until the sun once again appears after thirty long days of night. That's going to be the challenge and few are going to make it.I thoroughly loved this movie and have watched it about twelve times, enjoying every single viewing. Though I'm not a big fan of Josh Hartnett, I bought him as the sheriff and found his character to be totally believable. I also felt that all of the other actors did an excellent job as well, especially Danny Huston, who played Marlow, the lead vampire. He was utterly terrifying. I thought the vampires were played true to life in that they were portrayed as savage, violent predators, killing everything within their grasp so that they can feed on the blood. They were unbelievably fast and didn't hesitate in taking someone's head off, separating it from the body with one powerful sweep of their clawed hands. The desolation of Barrow was captured perfectly by the set designer and director of photography as the camera took in from above what was happening below as dozens and dozens of people were massacred in different parts of the town by the marauding vampires. This movie had me literally sitting on the edge of my seat and jumping in all the right places. In many ways I thought this was the best horror flick of 2007, running just ahead of the film, 1408, with John Cusack.With regards to the DVD, I think I was close to being the first person to buy it when it eventually came out. I was hoping the movie would be released in a Special Two-Disc Collector's set, but it only came out as a single. Bah, humbug! Still, there's a great featurette on the making of the film, containing interviews with the cast members and crew, plus a look at the real Barrow, Alaska. The strange thing is that when the DVD came out, my roommate's daughter was getting ready to fly to Alaska with some friends, and I kept trying to get her to watch the movie before she left. She told me NO! in a rather loud way, not wanting to have nightmares the whole time that she was there, freezing in below-zero temperatures. I would've gone to Aruba, myself! LOL. Anyway, this film certainly has a special place in my DVD collection of horror films. Highly recommended!!!

Had to buy. Always a classic Vampire movie for me.

30 Days of Night is a great vampire film, and one of the best in recent memory. It's based off of graphic novels by the same name, which are mostly visually stimulating more than well-written in my opinion (Ben Templesmith is excellent). However, I feel like this film captures that sentiment by portraying the vampires brutally and with some intelligence that doesn't make you think "I've seen this before". This film stars Josh Hartnett, who I enjoy most of the time, but I'll be the first to admit that he immediately seems to date any film he is in. It's odd, but here we are and with Melissa George who is great, but no it's not depth of story that make this movie tick. The shining star for me is Ben Foster, and it's always Ben Foster because he plays crazy characters so well. His wannabe vampire messenger is the most memorable part to me, other than the little things like the vampires sending a small girl out in the streets to appeal to people and make them reveal themselves rescuing her. Overhead shots of the town during its most chaotic moments also stick with you and seem like they could be ripped straight out of a graphic novel. Dealing with vampires in a town that goes dark for 30 days straight is a genius concept and it's kind of crazy that it's only now we're watching/reading stories about that. Overall, the film is brutal, bloody, and a mostly brainless good time. The twist ending is pretty wild, but at least they let it fade away at the end of the film. The special features are mildly entertaining, but the audio commentary features Josh Hartnett making fun of Melissa George a lot with a producer, which is somehow entertaining. Also cool to hear how seriously Ben Foster takes his acting, even in scenes with other actors who may not be as hardcore about feeling it all.Blu-ray copy came in great condition, and this release does not include a DVD or digital copy. Recommend for fans of vampires and horror.

Best vamp movie ever

I love it ... I watched this movie around three times

A true horror movie.