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30 Days Of Night - Special Edition 2 DVD set with 48-page Graphic Novel & Slipcase [2007]
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Suitable for 18 years and over
Icon Home Entertainment
Release date: Monday 14th of April 2008
Starring: Manu Bennett, Josh Hartnett, Joel Tobeck, Melissa George, Danny Huston, £19.99 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
Editorial
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.
A missed opportunity. A boring film.
Review date: 2010-09-02 Rating: 4 out of 10
I remember when this flick was being trailered. It looked overly reliant on loud noises and jump cuts, destined to ruin what is a fresh take on the age old vampire problem. And so it proves to be.
Someone else wrote about how good it was to see vamps that weren't camp for a change. Well, they are a bit, in the sense of being OTT. The leader looks like a disgruntled maitre'd (sic). Their society is one aspect which is underexplored to the detriment of the film. I'll admit that I stuck with it to the end, to see just how the humans would survive, but having done so, never again.
People living in the back of beyond get attacked by marauding vampires. Serves them right, I say...
30 Days Of Night - Special Edition 2 DVD set with 48-page Graphic Novel & Slipcase [2007] Reviews
Great fun
Review date: 2010-08-27 Rating: 10 out of 10
As night begins to fall for a thirty day spell over a small Alaskan outpost village, a motley crew of vampires comes waltzing in for a feast in David Slade's adaptation of the graphic novel, "30 Days of Night." Ever since "Interview with the Vampire" vampires have been depicted in films as something hip, cool, and sexy. Recently the idea of becoming a vampire is like making a fashion statement or becoming a Scientologist. In "30 Days of Night" the vampires are nameless, cunning, animal-like bloodsuckers and far from mindless zombies (which have been more popular of late). Finally, vampires are restored to film as monsters to be feared and not as some sympathetic and alluring subculture.
The film grabs you from its opening shot of a man walking through a desolate snow covered landscape away from an ominous boat docked in the ice and never lets go. Director Slade wisely avoids many of the seizure-inducing trappings of recent horror films. Sure, there are the prerequisite quick-cuts in the intimate scenes of carnage, but there are also haunting wide-angled shots and one expertly staged bird's-eye-view crane shot when the vampires first begin dragging people out of their houses into the street. While successfully adapting some of the great imagery from the graphic novel, Slade is fully aware that this is still a film and shies away from CGI and overly-stylized lighting and effects that would detract from the sense of realism necessary in a far-fetched horror film such as this.
Slade also makes good use of his cast. Danny Huston is perfectly creepy as the vampires' leader. Josh Hartnett, who is typically miscast and emotionless, actually fits well the role of a wooden Sheriff of a remote Alaskan town. Ben Foster, who always overacts, is used effectively here in a bit role as an over-the-top Reinfield-like character who ushers the vampires' arrival in town. Melissa George is pretty and sympathetic as Hartnett's estranged wife. Like many serious horror films of recent memory ("Dawn of the Dead" or "The Descent") the film attempts some character development that is often "emo" but never overplays its hand.
Aside from being better directed and better acted than your run-of-the-mill horror flick, "30 Days of Night" is also fantastically gory. Decaptation aficionados will especially rejoice. Refreshing, too, is the way it takes its gore and action dead seriously. There are no silly one-liners or graphic sight gags. The characters are deeply affected by what they witness and what they have to do to survive. This is pure horror, and it's relentless.
Yes, there are some missteps with the film's pacing and some huge leaps of logic in the amount of time that passes between events. However, for the shear originality of its central conceit, the intensity of the gore, and the haunting quality of many of its signature shots, David Slade's "30 Days of Night" is the most exhilarating horror film since Danny Boyle's original "28 Days Later" and the best vampire film since Francis Ford Coppola delivered "Bram Stoker's Dracula" back in 1992.
A superb gripping and gore filled ride.
Review date: 2010-07-04 Rating: 10 out of 10
30 Days Of Night is set in the small industrial town of Barrow, Alaska, which due to its location within the Arctic Circle is plunged into total darkness for 30 days every winter. When the town effectively shuts down for its isolated 30 days of darkness the population migrates for an enforced vacation, leaving only a few remaining families and individuals to ride out the bitter cold and darkness.
Investigating what he thinks is a simple act of vandalism, Sherriff Eban Oleson discovers a brutal murder scene, and from that point the town is plunged into a terrifying avalanche of horrific and brutal violence. The town becomes hostage to gang of vampires, set on a course of slaughter and destruction.
Davis Slade's direction and pacing of the film is fantastic. After a brief couple of opening scenes in which the story's setting and lead characters are established the film quickly gathers pace alternating between scenes of high tension and vicious gore soaked horror all the way to final credits. The vampires are fantastic and owe a lot of the zombie genre; they have a real look of death and disease about them and kill not only to feast but for the sheer pleasure of killing.
This is a film which does absolutely everything a good horror film should, it's fast paced, thrilling, brutal, gory and horrifying. There's no cheesy Hollywood ending and it finishes leaving you wanting more. If you are a horror fan then 30 Days Of Night is simply unmissable.
Original
Review date: 2010-05-31 Rating: 8 out of 10
Thankfully I had visited Barrow in Alaska a few years ago in the summer months (24 hours of daylight).So this was a welcome change from the city slicker-gothic monsters that weve seen in recent yearsThis set in an isolated town(Which looks very much like Barrow does).The town gets brutally attacked by vampires and only a handful are left to battle it out .Its fast,gory and very enjoyable because its not too long or short and an original slant on a modern vampire movie.One line that was very true was after it was announced that there was no such things as vampires in Alaska was that the US could use military force -flatten Barrow-and make up any story they want!
My only complaint was the end where the oil pipeline doesn't run through Barrow but thst's only because I didn't bump into it there-However its a good Saturday night popcorn movie.Watch it in the dark of course!
"When the sun goes down, blood will spill"
Review date: 2010-05-23 Rating: 6 out of 10
This brutal make-shift horror film stars Josh Hartnett as a cop in a small Alaskan town that is unexplainably plunged into 30 days of pitch darkness, which prompts an army of acrobatic vampires to emerge. Although its probably the eyes and teeth, Danny Huston is terrifying as the grand high vampire skulking around the small town hunting down the last known survivors and although the blood is packed on rather thickly, you can forgive the mindless gore over its superb visual play; intensifying the colours and to come up with a final formula that reeks of darkness even when its bright as can be.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Manu Bennett
To find out more about Manu Bennett click on their nameJosh Hartnett
To find out more about Josh Hartnett click on their nameJoel Tobeck
To find out more about Joel Tobeck click on their nameMelissa George
To find out more about Melissa George click on their nameDanny Huston
To find out more about Danny Huston click on their nameCreators:
Manu Bennett (Primary Contributor)
Josh Hartnett (Primary Contributor)
Recording label: Icon Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Icon Home Entertainment
EAN: 5051429101316
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 2
Format: Anamorphic, DVD-Video, Limited Edition, PAL,
Release date: 2008-04-14
Aspect ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 109 minutes
