30 Days of Night
(2007)
Overview
This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.
Director
David Slade
Writers
Stuart Beattie, Brian Nelson, Steve Niles, Steve Niles
Top Billed
Josh Hartnett
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Top Billed Cast
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Reviews
Gimly
⭐ 8/10January 22, 2019
**The following is a long form review that I originally wrote in 2010.**
A new-age, brilliant vampire movie that never got the acclaim it rightfully deserved.
_30 Days of Night_ is one of the few films I like that I can never understand why other people don’t. Though I do prefer other movies like _Revolver, Doomsday and Donnie Darko_ to it, with those I can always understand when people don’t see in them what I do. With _30 Days of Night_, …
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David
⭐ 8/10February 9, 2020
Barrow, Alaska. The most northern town in the United States, where for 30 days every year it is has no sunlight.
This is the perfect opportunity for a gang of merciless, & blood-thirsty vampires to feed on the remaining inhabitants of this small town, after most leave for the month of darkness.
As people are leaving, and others are making preparations for their time of hibernation, mysterious occurrences are uncovered; mobile phones stolen,…
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⭐ 6/10April 15, 2021
Eh, it's OK.
Sierbahnn
⭐ 6/10May 10, 2026
It's tense, it is bloody, it's not perfect
This is not a bad movie by any stretch, but the lack of ways of telling how the story and the world progresses (since it is all dark, all the time) makes it feel inevitable, or rushed, interchangeably. It is an odd sensation for a narrative.
The casting is good, and the direction solid, and it is certainly not a bad movie, but pacing-wise it feels... off somehow.
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$30,000,000
Revenue
$80,276,156