30 Days Of Night - Special Edition 2 DVD set with 48-page Graphic Novel & Slipcase [2007]

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Toothless

Excellent concept, very poorly exectued. Verdict: Boring

Above Average Gorefest

30 days of night

30 Days Of Night - Special Edition 2 DVD set with 48-page Graphic Novel & Slipcase [2007]
Starring: Manu Bennett , Josh Hartnett , Joel Tobeck , Melissa George , and Danny Huston
Director: David Slade
Manufacturer: Icon Home Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000ZK9T5W
Release Date: 2008-04-14

Amazon.co.uk Review

The problem with vampires is that, usually, they can't go out in daylight. That means that, however menacing they might be after sunset, when morning rolls around again, the heroes can just dig 'em up and stick a stake in them. 30 Days of Night sidesteps the whole daylight problem by setting its story in Barrow, Alaska, a town which is so far north that during the winter, the sun doesn't rise for a month at a stretch. It's such a perfect setting for vampires that it's almost shocking no-one's thought of it before now.

30 Days of Night has another trick up its sleeve, too. Its vampires aren't gothic hedonists who enjoy their claret out of jewelled goblets. Nope, these are vicious, nasty, brutal creatures who'd snap your neck as soon as look at you. They look terrifying, all misshapen foreheads and far too many teeth, and the creepy shrieking noise they make only makes it worse; they seem entirely inhuman. Barrow's isolated, blizzard-stricken location makes for a literally chilling atmosphere even before the monsters show up.

The plot loses its way towards the end, and the inevitable triumph of the heroes stretches logic to its limits, but the setting is original enough to make up for that. 30 Days of Night isn't a film you'll forget in a hurry. --Catherine Haskins

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PURE ENTERTAINMENT !!!!!!.......2008-03-05

I am unable to belive or fathom out what the negativitists see or expect to see from films they watch!!??? I watch films for entertainment, to take me away from the reality!!! I loved this film at the cinema....popcorn, ice blast, my soulmate in arm.....we had a real entertaining evening!! Get a grip..it's NOT REAL LIFE!!!!!! Get the dvd and enjoy for what it's meant to be......entertaining....!! SSShhhheeeeesh!!!

Toothless.......2008-02-27

For such a terrific concept, (vampires overrun an Alaskan town cloaked in darkness for a whole month) the fun bleeds out of this gory endeavour pretty quickly. Adapted from a graphic novel (is there anything that isn't nowadays?) "30 Days of Night" presents us a stock horror genre scenario; small town people cut-off from the outside world and surrounded by monsters who want to kill them horribly. You may have seen something like this before.

David Slade (director of Hard Candy) makes everything look visually lush, resembling the graphic novel of origin (a bird`s eye shot of all the carnage below on the town`s streets particularly impresses), but sumptuous imagery does not make up for an entire lack of real story to go with this impressive style on display. Plus, the lethargic pacing helps none either. For such a plot deficient movie the set-pieces are pretty contrived and slumber inducing, only few successfully capturing the expected chills and thrills.

The biggest problem lies with the villains of "30 Days." The vampires are quite frankly crap. They are not scary in the slightest nor are they convincing, merely annoying. In fact I cheered the heroes on to kill these bloodsuckers solely because I could not bare another second of their screeching, ham fisted "Look at me, I'm a vampire me!" theatrics. The film depends on its monsters to present a palpable and frightening threat to the harmony of the town but unfortunately all director Slade and his SFX team deliver are pale skinned ponces in Euro-trash attire. With bad teeth. I cannot stress the annoyance factor of these vampires. I wanted someone to stake me through the heart.

Our main characters fair no better either. Leading man Josh Harnett is a charisma void carved from the finest block of wood, Australian export Melissa George could do a lot better (and in fact did back when she was on Home and Away), while the disposable supporting cast mostly get what they deserve. Bloody, painful deaths. A secret burning desire cried out inside of me to see the entire lot of these thinly drawn, cliched townsfolk and their would-be vampire monster assailants vaporized in a nuclear blast, therefore ending this dreary horror movie with a semblance of intelligence. People say the violence was hard to stomach, I say it's hard to stomach both the innocent, painfully stupid victims and the disgusting, undead 80's rock band that eats them.

And what of this being actually scary stuff? Surely if all else fails this horror movie might produce the odd scare or two? Well, asides from the loud, blaring soundtrack and penetrating jolts of music there isn't very many frights to be served up. This is simply a case of gore is more. But I argue that gore is quite bluntly a bore. Blood sprays across walls, entrails spill to the floor, heads get impaled on sticks, people scream as they get eaten alive, someone constantly asks the question; "what the hell are these things?" before getting brutally educated with that answer ten minutes later in gloriously deserving death scenes. Yawn, next please. No it is not scary. At anytime. Well, maybe some of the performances. This is horror movie clag at its most depressingly obvious and predictable, it just happens to have an above average visual craftsman at the helm, but don't let that fool you.

Flush the toilet, this one's a turd. A big, smelly, ugly turd.

Excellent concept, very poorly exectued. Verdict: Boring.......2008-02-25

You may expect a horror film to be a number of things! Hopefully scary and disturbing, potentially cheesy and annoying at times, and sometimes so poorly executed and badly acted that it becomes a comedy and is therefore entertaining for that reason. This film is none of the aforementioned. The one thing you never expect a horror film to be is boring, and this is exactly what "30 Days of Night" was, extremely tedious.

Being a big fan of the whole Vampire genre I was quite excited when I heard about "30 Days of Night". Setting a Vampire film in a part of the world where the sun goes on vacation for a whole month seemed so perfect that I couldn't believe someone hadn't tried it before. On viewing I was not only very disappointed but also very bored by the whole film.

The acting is terrible and the Vampires are not remotely scary. The Vampires actually speak a different language but there are subtitles which run along the bottom of the screen. The subtitles are so ridiculous however, it would be better if they where not there! You would expect ancient vampires to speak a bit more eloquently and not so Americanised as they seem to in this film.

The only redeeming reason to see "30 Days of Night" would be if you still had the chance to see it on the big screen, as it is a times very well shot, and the aerial scenes of the carnage unravelling throughout the town is a perfect example of this. The films aesthetics cannot however make up for the tedious viewing. Do not waste your money buying this on DVD, just wait until it comes out on TV.

In all honesty, I was very tempted to walk out of the cinema during "30 Days of Night", this being the first time I have ever seriously thought of doing this.

Above Average Gorefest.......2008-02-15

British director David Slade's low-budget 'Hard Candy' was a favourite film of mine last year, and I was very keen to see how he'd handle this, his first big-budget, commercial project. And he's followed up nicely, delivering a slick, well-made monster movie that's clearly a notch above most of the slasher rubbish that's polluted the multiplexes this year. The action sequences are polished and fun. But just as importantly, there are decent performances from a strong cast. Josh Hartnett, who can often be flat and inexpressive, raises his game. And Melissa George, having featured in some serious turkeys lately, proves she's an engaging actress when given the chance. As with the earlier movie, David Slade relies a lot on extreme close-ups, and it's a style that works well here. That said, '30 Days' is by no means perfect. The story hardly breaks new ground. And while a certain demographic will delight in the explicit violence, the rest of us would have preferred a greater build-up of tension and suspense. 'Hard Candy', for example, played mind-games with the viewer, and was a better movie for leaving some things to the imagination. Still, this is a solid effort, certainly worth the time.

30 days of night.......2008-02-08

I must start by saying this idea is a direct rip-off of FROSTBITE by Anders Banke who places his German/Swedish vampire plot in Lapland where there is a month of darkness....30 days!!..so it is quite plain that he had the idea first...and did it very well...good effects...some good vampires with plenty of action too...I see that Sam Raimi had a hand which made the atmosphere good...and creepy as stated, but it is fairly routine and a bit like a zombie attack that likens itself to George Romero stuff. Having said that...it is better than a lot of the vampire offerings now being turned out..so I guess we had better enjoy this one for the right reasons as we are probably in for more dire films in the future.

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