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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.
Horror, Science Fiction, Action, Drama, Thriller
2007-10-19
20 Critic reviews
Andrea Gronvall
Chicago Reader
Feels derivative of 28 Days Later.
January 11, 2008 read full article
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
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
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
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
If this is the kind of movie you're looking for, it delivers.
October 20, 2007 read full article
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
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
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
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
Tirdad Derakhshani
Philadelphia Inquirer
A truly terrifying hell-ride through darkness for grownups.
October 19, 2007 read full article
Steven Boone
Newark Star-Ledger
Whatever power the original comic had, this film adaptation lost it in translation.
October 19, 2007 read full article
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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