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30 Days of Night

2007 ยท United States - David Slade

Barrow, Alaska is preparing for its annual "30 Days of Night", a period during the winter where there is no sun. As the town gets ready, a stranger rows ashore from a large ship. Once in Barrow, he sabotages the town's communications and transport; Barrow's sheriff, Eben Oleson, investigates. Eben learns that his ex-wife-to-be, Stella Oleson, missed the last plane and must stay the 30 days. Although they try to avoid one another, when Eben confronts the stranger in the town diner, Stella helps to subdue him and take him to the station house.

Genres:

Horror, Science Fiction, Action, Drama, Thriller

Release date:

2007-10-19

External links:

30 Days of Night at IMDB 30 Days of Night at Wikipedia

  1. Rotten Tomatoes

    20 Critic reviews

    49% 57%

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      Andrea Gronvall

      Chicago Reader

      Feels derivative of 28 Days Later.

      January 11, 2008 read full article

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      David Edelstein

      New York Magazine

      The problem is structural. After the invasion, we're marooned with the dull survivors.

      October 27, 2007 read full article

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      Megan Lehmann

      Hollywood Reporter

      A terrific horror premise goes begging in the garbled Halloween offering 30 Days of Night.

      October 24, 2007 read full article

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      Richard Roeper

      Ebert & Roeper

      It has a fairly original premise and some blood-curdling moments, but it's also predictable, repetitive and vile.

      October 22, 2007 read full article

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      James Berardinelli

      ReelViews

      If this is the kind of movie you're looking for, it delivers.

      October 20, 2007 read full article

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      Desson Thomson

      Washington Post

      30 Days of Night is the kind of gruesome but entertaining survival guide you pray you never have to follow: how to stop vampires killing you during the darkest days of Alaskan winter.

      October 19, 2007 read full article

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      Scott Bowles

      USA Today

      30 Days of Night manages to do for the vampire genre what 28 Days Later did for the zombie flick: give age-old monsters a modern-day makeover.

      October 19, 2007 read full article

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      Bruce Demara

      Toronto Star

      It's clear the film script has gone through the standard Hollywood death-of-a-thousand-rewrites wringer to emerge as shadow of its former self, drained of much of its creative synergy.

      October 19, 2007 read full article

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      Peter Hartlaub

      San Francisco Chronicle

      30 Days of Night is the well-paced and entertaining horror debut of Hard Candy director David Slade, who captures the coolest parts of Steve Niles' comic book series on the big screen.

      October 19, 2007 read full article

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      Tirdad Derakhshani

      Philadelphia Inquirer

      A truly terrifying hell-ride through darkness for grownups.

      October 19, 2007 read full article

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      Steven Boone

      Newark Star-Ledger

      Whatever power the original comic had, this film adaptation lost it in translation.

      October 19, 2007 read full article

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      Kyle Smith

      New York Post

      You could make a horror film with shocking story developments and creepy twists. Or, you could just have monsters with pointy teeth jump into the frame while making loud noises. For the latter, check out the vampire flick 30 Days of Night.

      October 19, 2007 read full article

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      Elizabeth Weitzman

      New York Daily News

      An anemic adaptation of Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith's creepy comic series, 30 Days of Night is lighter on horror than it is on inadvertent humor.

      October 19, 2007 read full article

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      Amy Biancolli

      Houston Chronicle

      Even as stage blood flows like water, this wicked-mean vampire thriller pushes ahead with effective characters, a fantastic visual schema and a terrifying plot.

      October 19, 2007 read full article

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      Rick Groen

      Globe and Mail

      Like most kiddies games, this one starts out fun and then gets tired. Inevitably, that's when Slade tries to revive our interest by upping the gore quotient.

      October 19, 2007 read full article

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      John Monaghan

      Detroit Free Press

      Even when it resorts to the hoariest cliches, 30 Days of Night still chills.

      October 19, 2007 read full article

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      Roger Ebert

      Chicago Sun-Times

      I have pretty much reached my quota for vampire movies, but I shouldn't hold that against this one. If you haven't seen too many, you might like it.

      October 19, 2007 read full article

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      Ty Burr

      Boston Globe

      30 Days is a proficient, atmospheric fangfest that does nothing you haven't seen before but still does it passably well.

      October 19, 2007 read full article

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      Matt Zoller Seitz

      New York Times

      The performers have little to do besides spill and drink blood in this tedious, inconsequential B picture. The sun doesna(TM)t rise nearly fast enough.

      October 19, 2007 read full article

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      Colin Covert

      Minneapolis Star Tribune

      30 Days of Night sparks with crackling energy. It's a symphony of shocks.

      October 18, 2007 read full article