30 Days Of Night

This was a great zombie film, and I love zombie films.... Wait.. This was a vampire film? Seriously? Really? The plot line of this film is identical to just about every zombie film I've ever seen. The film makers couldn't decide whether to make a vampire film or a zombie film, so... they made both! Actually, I would give this 2 stars as a vampire film, but 7 stars as a zombie film... so... go with zombie film! When will someone convince Hollywood that shaky camera shots and split second cut scenes are disorienting, not scary. They took a premise that, in the hands of a remotely competent kindergarten teacher, could have become an incredibly horrifying terror opus. Instead, they delivered the Lost Boys meet the Dawn of the Dead. And the vampires were without a doubt the dumbest vampires I have ever seen portrayed in print, or in film. Quote: "We've spent thousands of years convincing them (humans) that we are nothing but bad a bad dream."... and this AFTER they come tearing into town with all the subtlety of a gas-fire tornado! Unbelievable. The most telling thing to me was the number of people that left our screening complaining of being cheated. But as I said earlier, as a zombie film it was pretty okay... so if you feel you must see this film, for God's sake, wait 'til it's a rental, or it's on cable!. Also I recommended Download Free Sun Valley Serenade Movie

"30 Days of Night" looks great, and has so many things going for it that it's hard to believe it ends up being so dull. It has decent actors, which is a rarity in horror movies. The setup is scary, and even though it doesn't make any sense, it's OK because, ya know, it's a horror movie and all.

The small town of Barrow, Alaska, endures 30 days of darkness, which is just perfect for the band of roving vampires that plan a visit there. The sun goes down and the vampires show up, with some real tension building up before the attacks begin.

And then the movie just kinda lays there and looks good while it's doing nothing. The vampires don't have much going for them; they dress well, and they look scary, but they're not very bright. For instance, they've already established that they've trapped everybody in the town by cutting the power and isolating them. Why kill so many people at once? Can they really eat all that much in a single day? The characters who seemed somewhat real early on begin to turn into stereotypes in movies you've seen hundreds of times. Nobody in the film has much of a plan, not even the vampires, who are inconsistent throughout the entire film. There are many when they have to kill someone, and they can move at lightning speed, yet when a character who's obviously meant to be a survivor encounters them, they suddenly seem like you could almost fight them and win. The narrative totally unspools in the third act, and the movie starts grasping at straws with a finale that offers very little in the way of excitement or terror.

I did like a few things about it, including the fact that the vampires were animalistic. They were ugly and vicious all the time, not alternately seductive and monstrous like many other vampire films. In this regard it reminded me of my favorite vampire film, "Salem's Lot". That's where the similarity ends, however. I can't imagine watching "30 Days of Night" a second time, though. It's one of the worst things that a horror movie could ever be: dull.. Also I recommended Download Free Shadowboxer Movie