30 Days of Night (2007)
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An Alaskan town is besieged by vampires during a month-long polar night.
The story
As the town of Barrow, Alaska prepares for the annual month-long polar night, a stranger arrives from a large icebreaker ship. He begins sabotaging communication and transportation, including destroying a helicopter and killing sled dogs. Sheriff Eben Oleson and his deputy, Billy Kitka, investigate the sabotage while Eben's estranged wife, Stella, arrives in town. As darkness falls, the situation escalates rapidly. Eben and Stella must navigate the escalating threat as the town is cut off from the outside world, and a band of vampires from the ship prepares to launch an attack on the unsuspecting residents.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In the town of Barrow, Alaska, a stranger arrives from a ship and sabotages communications before a 30-day polar night begins. Sheriff Eben Oleson and his wife Stella are forced to deal with the escalating threat of a vampire invasion. After the vampires emerge, they slaughter many residents. Eben and Stella find a small group of survivors, including Jake, and hide in a house. They are eventually separated and reunited after various encounters with vampires. Eben eventually faces the vampire leader, Marlow, and after a series of sacrifices and battles, he manages to defeat Marlow. As the sun rises on the 30th day, Eben and Stella are the only survivors left, and Eben's body turns to ash in her arms as the light hits them.
- First release year
- 2007
- Runtime (minutes)
- 114
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- David Slade
- Writers
- Steve Niles · screenplay; Stuart Beattie · screenplay; Brian Nelson · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Josh Hartnett · Sheriff Eben Oleson; Melissa George · Stella Oleson; Danny Huston · Marlow; Ben Foster · the Stranger; Mark Boone Junior · Beau Brower; Mark Rendall · Jake Oleson; Elizabeth McRae · Helen Munson; Amber Sainsbury · Denise
- Genres
- horror; action
- Themes
- survival; isolation
- Tone and mood
- scary; tense
- Premise and plot tags
- vampire; apocalyptic
- Source material / true-story basis
- 2002 comic book miniseries by Steve Niles
- Franchise connections
- 30 Days of Night
- Reception
- The film received mixed critical reviews and was noted for being well-made and well-photographed despite some plot issues.
- Production trivia
- The film features a fictional vampire language with click consonants.; The film was shot in Alaska and New Zealand.; A novelization by Tim Lebbon was published in 2007.
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