30 Days of night (2007)

Director: David Slade

Starring: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Ben Foster, Danny Huston

After an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires.

Awesome scenery.  Great atmosphere. Great premise and setting. This was really freaky! There is just so much happening within the first 20 minutes of this film alone that one doesn’t even get a chance to catch your breath. There’s no false scares here; these are all REAL scares. It was genuinely frightening at times, also thanks to incredible make-up effects. As the film progressed, it also became action-packed with nail biting suspense. This was easily one of the most interesting and exciting vampire films I’ve seen. One thing, though, why did the vampires resort to seemingly senseless killing instead of just quenching their thirst? Or did they intend killing as many as possible as food stock? But then the blood doesn’t stay fresh. Just a thought, but otherwise the film was quite a thrill-ride!

The film more than doubled its budget, earning $75 million at the box office on a $30 million budget.