30 Days of Night goes above and beyond what is expected for supernatural horror and its genre-blending is what makes it good.
The Big Picture Based on Steve Niles's and Ben Templesmith’s graphic novel of the same name, David Slade's 2007 adaptation of 30 Days of Night is the ultimate action-horror movie, taking the vampire trope into territory bearing a closer resemblance to Die Hard than Near Dark. The action/horror mash-up borrows liberally from other genres and wears its influences on its blood-caked sleeves.
What Is ‘30 Days of Night’ About? On the last day of the sun, The Stranger arrives in a remote Alaskan town called Barrow. Destroying all satellite phones and mobiles, slaughtering the dogs, and taking down the generators ensures all escape routes and means of communication are impossible. Sheriff Eben and Stella are in the middle of an amicable breakup, and she plans to leave during the month of darkness.
Blade really ramps up the tension with a nerve-shredding showdown between the ill-equipped townsfolk and a ruthless clan of merciless vampires who have picked up the scent of blood and are hell-bent on a violent takeover. Slade keeps us in the dark for most of the time, gradually building suspense and allowing us to emotionally invest in his characters. The vamp leader Marlow and his acolytes descend on the town, killing and tearing through people’s homes.
Slade’s previous movie, the controversial Hard Candy subverted the rape-revenge subgenre, and it prepared him for tackling Niles’ vampire opus. Another frame of reference is the neo-western genre and how Niles's story is set up and brought to the screen. Does the following sound like a horror film or: a stranger arriving in town and talking of death heading your way and a sheriff who is the first and last line of defense is a plot that would sit comfortably within this framework.
'30 Days of Night' Introduce A Terrifying Clan of Vampires Steve Niles and David Slade collaborated to introduce a clan of freaky and frightening vampires. Marlow and his cabal of bloodsuckers didn't need an invitation to tear through your home, garlic and crucifixes are only a myth in this cinematic universe and the survivors are stuck in the dark with these fiends for thirty days. The human characters learn quickly how frail, weak, and mortal they seem in this terrible situation.
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