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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Mark Rendall
Directed By: David Slade
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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396196155
Format: AC-3
Label: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Region Code: 99
Release Date: 2008-02-26
Running Time: 113
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-10-19
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Josh Harnett (Black Dahlia Pearl Harbor) crosses over to the dark side in this bone-chilling adaptation of the cult-hit graphic novel brought to the screen in all its demonic glory. In a small Alaskan town thirty days of night is a natural phenomenon. Very few outsiders visit until a band of bloodthirsty deathly pale vampires mark their arrival by savagely attacking sled dogs. But soon they find there are much more satisfying thirst-quenchers about: human beings. One by one the townspeople succumb to a living nightmare but a small group survives at least for now. The vampires use the dark to their advantage and surviving this cold hell is a game of cat and mouse and screams.System Requirements:Run Time: 113 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:Â HORROR/PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER Rating:Â R UPC:Â 043396196155 Manufacturer No:Â 19615
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Summary: IS IT THAT TIME OF THE MONTH AGAIN? !
Comment: '30 Days Of Night' has a good premise, great setting and solid special FX, but it's a poorly executed film! The film starts out interesting enough, but soon turns into a ridiculous and amateurish horror movie with no real tension. 30 days fly by 7 to 9 days at a time with so many people getting killed in the first few minutes it should have only taken half a day to kill everybody in town. It doesn't feel like these people have been trapped anywhere for more than a few minutes! OK, they added facial hair to the men to imply some time had passed, but the time element and isolation were completely forgot about. This was really a missed opportunity as this could have been a really intense film! It turn out to be a pretty mediocre film with one of the stupidest endings I've ever seen in a horror film! Watch it on cable if you must see it.
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Summary: A Unsatisfying Thirst For More Blood.......2 3/4 stars
Comment: I waited to see this film until it came out on the movie channels. Mainly because I had a feeling that it wasn't quite worth the rent. However I was impressed to see that it was not a total let down. I own the comic book that the movie originated from, and of course the comic book was way better, as they usually are. I was very grateful for the way the vampires looked, pretty much the exact duplicate of the comic. The film had some good scenes of blood and gore,(scenes of beheading are always fun). The tension was not what it should have been, there were moments. But the whole comic book was intense. The atmosphere was creepy and the writing was good. The acting was good except some times it came off a bit forced. I did enjoy the ending.
In Barrow, Alaska they have one month out of the year that it stays dark for 30 days. As darkness approaches the villagers find themselves being attacked by unknown forces. It doesn't take the town long to find out they are being hunted by blood sucking vampires. Unable to escape since the airport has been shut down until sunrise and the vampires have destroyed all connections leading outside of town, the only means of surviving is to hide and wait for 30 days of night to be over. Unfortunately the small towns people need food and supplies to last them 30 days. They have to create diversions and truck through the blizzard and freezing cold in hopes of trying to dodge the nasty, vicious creatures of the night. Who will survive and who will fall prey to the night that surrounds them?
The difference between watching a movie and reading a book(even one with pictures) is that your mind creates a much more terrible scenrio than the film could ever live up to. So most of the time when you end up watching a movie that is based on a book, you are disappointed. Because what you thought up in your mind isn't at all the same as what you just watched. I do think that if the 30 Days Of Night had been original it would have been a alot better release. Another problem of the film was the unnecessary length. All in all it wasn't a terrible watch. I recommend watching it for free.
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Summary: Why so bad?
Comment: I don't understand why this movie recieved poor reviews. The concept is excelent, the acting was pretty flawless, the FX were simple yet effective, and the vampires were the most ruthlessly frightening that I've seen in a very long time.
The only reason I can think of as to why certain viewers did'nt like this film, is that, for once, a director wanted to step outside the box of "traditional" vamp.. movies. People are just stuck on the old style. Too bad.
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Summary: Boring Vampire Movie
Comment: 30 Days Of Night has an extremely interesting premise in which an Alaskan town in the midst of winter and 30 days of darkness is besieged by a horde of vampires. That's about the only interesting thing about this film. There is loads of blood and violence, but the plot is thin at best with a ridiculous ending. The acting is marginal too be kind with a very stiff performance from Josh Hartnett. One of the more annoying aspects of the film is that the lead vampire (played by Danny Huston) is the only vampire that "speaks" but the language is no more than some clicks and clucks which is subtitled. As some other reviewers have noted, the film doesn't depict the vampires as cultured fashionistas, but it goes the other direction and basically reduces them to a pack of rabid dogs.
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Summary: At last, REAL vampires!
Comment: In Barrow Alaska, a desolate small town, there falls a time of year where the black of night lasts for 30 days. While many flee the darkness for Anchorage, others stay behind to weather the long night. As the sun sets on our film, the sheriff is called out to investigate the brutal slaying of every available sled dog in town; a puzzling and disturbing occurrence in a small quiet town.
Night falls, and the vampires come out to play. They're ugly, deadly, and very thirsty. These are real vampires, evil and blood-driven, not the obscene domesticated vampire who wants to help humanity or the romanticized vampires of Rice and Hamilton's silly erotica novels. Their gory invasion is swift and thorough, leaving behind very few survivors. Those left must huddle together, hidden in various houses around the town as they wait for the far off dawn. The gore level escalates as the survivors discover that those bitten must be beheaded in order to keep them dead. Survival seems doubtful as the long night wears on, and the vampires just keep coming.
The best part of this movie is the vampires. I must say that they're pretty sloppy eaters, leaving lots of blood strewn about in the wake of their feasting, their mouths and clothing dripping with blood, and still gushing meals abandoned. You got to love those inky black eyes, though, and the way they keep the gore level up to entertaining levels. The survivors, however, seemed a bit wooden. Their dialogue was weak, and the characters not fully developed. This made it harder to identify with their plight. The scenes of the desolate town were adequate, but the soundtrack was also weak, not helping to build any suspense around the predicament of the survivors.
Over all, I was gratified enough by the vampires to make this an enjoyable horror flick. Recommended for fans of the old-fashioned horror-vampires, the human-cattle herders of old. Rent first before buying. Enjoy!
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