Description (continued...) 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. Country of Origin: USA Reviews 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] survivalist spooker....There's a stark, harsh integrity..." Total Film | 11/01/2007 | p.64 4 stars out of 5 -- "30 DAYS OF NIGHT boasts something that has long been absent from modern fiction: genuinely frightening vampires." Empire | 12/01/2007 | p.60 Full Cast and Crew Director: David Slade Starring: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Mark Boone Screenwriter: Steve Niles, Stuart Beattie, Brian Nelson Source Writer: Steve Niles, Ben Templesmith Producer: Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert Director of Photography: Jo Willems Composer: Brian Reitzell Release Information Color: Color Runtime: 113 min. Closed Captioned Language: English Dubbed Language: French Original Language: English Subtitled Language: English Subtitled Language: French Subtitled Language: Spanish © Sony Pictures Home Entertainment DVD Features 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"
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