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30 Days of Night

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30 Days of Night (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 143

Fresh: 71

Rotten:72

Average Rating: 5.6/10

Consensus: While 30 Days of Night offers a few thrills, it ultimately succumbs to erratic execution.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong horror violence and language.

Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release: Oct 19, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $39,568,996

Synopsis: Based on the graphic novel by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT works overtime to pump fresh life into the vampire genre. Director David Slade (HARD CANDY) has created a series of pulse-pounding sequences, ripe with... Based on the graphic novel by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT works overtime to pump fresh life into the vampire genre. Director David Slade (HARD CANDY) has created a series of pulse-pounding sequences, ripe with carnage, employing few tricks to keep his vision from getting lost in the seemingly tireless undertow of "undead" films. Located in the northernmost part of Alaska, the town of Barrow experiences a complete lack of sunshine for an entire month once a year. The town is populated with tough, hardworking, and generally law-abiding citizens, so there hasn't been much for Sheriff Eben Olesen (Josh Hartnett) to do except brood over his separation from his fire marshall wife, Stella (Melissa George). As darkness descends for its annual 30-day day, though, a series of bizarre discoveries rocks the town--and very soon vampiric Marlow (Danny Huston) and his minions arrive, slaughtering and sucking on everyone they can catch, safe in the knowledge that they have much longer than usual until sunup. Eben, his little brother Jake (Mark Rendall), Stella, and a handful of others are forced to hide and fight for their lives until the sun returns. Clearly inspired by the sprinting zombies of Danny Boyle's 28 DAYS LATER and Zach Snyder's DAWN OF THE DEAD, Slade makes these vampires lightning-fast creatures of destruction. With ratlike makeup design indebted to NOSFERATU, they are effectively spooky. This is as much an action film as a horrific one. The lead-in time until the tale's initial fireworks is brief, and the pace thereafter is relentless. The script, co-written by Niles, is tense and avoids tension-killing humor that ruins so many contemporary studio horror efforts. 30 DAYS OF NIGHT never plays it safe; primary characters bite the dust, children fall into harm's way, and a lot of pretty white scenery turns red before our eyes. [More]

Starring: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster

Starring: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Mark Boone

Director: David Slade

Director: David Slade
Screenwriter: Steve Niles, Stuart Beattie, Brian Nelson
Producer: Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert
Composer: Brian Reitzell
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Feb 26, 2008

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DVD Features:

  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.40

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
  • Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional
  • Subtitles - English - Closed Captioned

Additional Release Materials:

  • Audio Commentary - Josh Hartnett, Melissa George - Stars; Rob Tapert - Producer
  • Featurettes - 1. "Pre-Production"
  • 2. "The Vampire"
  • 3. "Building Barrow"
  • 4. "The Look"
  • 5. "Blood, Guts & the Nasty #@$&!"
  • 6. "Night Shoots"
  • 7. "Stunts"
  • 8. "Casting"

Reviews for 30 Days of Night

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Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
03/07/08
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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jonathan Kiefer
Sacramento News & Review
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30 Days of Night aspires to be little more than a movie-movie, where you're supposed to enjoy the ride, without asking any questions.

Full Review Source: ESplatter | comment Comment
07/09/08
Steve Biodrowski
ESplatter
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... [T]he hissing foreign-language chatting vampires, with all pointy teeth, make for dull, screaming villains.

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06/18/08
Lucius Gore
ESplatter
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The action is fast and gruesome, but beyond Niles and Templesmith's unique setting, in which the typical race to daylight is stretched out to an agonizing marathon, '30 Days of Night' offers little to stir the imagination.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
04/09/08
Rossiter Drake
San Francisco Examiner
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Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
04/03/08
Boxoffice Magazine
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I was done when there was a needless scene abusing a woman. And the ending was on the verge of interesting, until it came down to one little punch.

Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | comment 1 Comment
03/04/08
Jeff Bayer
The Scorecard Review
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The coolest vampire movie since Near Dark.

Full Review Source: FEARnet | comment 2 Comments
02/28/08
Scott Weinberg
FEARnet
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30 Days of Night reinvents the vampire movie, but only with its novel premise.

Full Review Source: Washington Times | comment Comment
02/26/08
Christian Toto
Washington Times
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Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
02/08/08
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium
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Concept: excellent. Setup: intriguing. Execution: well... too many interesting ideas bungled.

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01/14/08
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Goatdog's Movies
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01/14/08
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses
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Feels derivative of 28 Days Later.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
01/11/08
Andrea Gronvall
Chicago Reader
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Os vampiros vistos aqui são pouco mais do que animais irracionais e desinteressantes.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
12/06/07
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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It would be fun to rent with friends who talk back to movies and imbibe a little ETOH to facilitate the witty comebacks. Compared to the other Halloween offerings out there this year, 30 Days of Night is really pretty decent value for your money. Great

Full Review Source: Cinerina | comment Comment
11/22/07
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina
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an okay flick

Full Review Source: sbs.is | comment Comment
11/18/07
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is
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Redeems the vampire sub-genre, yanking it from the abysmal depths...

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
11/03/07
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
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Overall, the film is freaky and gruesome enough to keep horror fans thrilled, especially as the monsters get stronger, faster, badder and nuttier.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
11/02/07
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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30 Days Of Night has a terrific premise and an intriguing setting, but it's badly let down by poor direction, dismal acting and an appalling script.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
11/02/07
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
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A real baying-at-the-moon gorefest, unusual both for its savagery and for a half-decent performance from Hartnett.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
11/02/07
Anthony Quinn
Independent
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