30 Days of Night Critic Reviews
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It loses some of its bite by film's end, but 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.Read the full review
A well-paced and entertaining horror debut.Read the full review
Works on its own terms, which is more than can be said of most horror films these days. If this is the kind of movie you're looking for, it delivers.Read the full review
Directed by David Slade ("Hard Candy"), the action scenes are artful and terrifying; these killers move so quickly and decisively, there seems to be no hope for humanity.Read the full review
Which is more interesting: Vampires fighting over the potential long-term blowback of their Alaskan buffet, or a couple of exes bonding under duress? Seems like an easy decision, but 30 Days Of Night makes the wrong choice.Read the full review
A proficient, atmospheric fangfest that does nothing you haven't seen before but still does it passably well.Read the full review
It is well-made, well-photographed and plausibly acted, and is better than it needs to be.Read the full review
Excels at bloodthirsty action, though dialogue and human-interest aspects are a tad anemic. Result is a mixed bag but has a catchy premise and quite enough splatter to satisfy gorehounds.Read the full review
The movie thus moves from truly creepy to truly inane, which is, unfortunately, all too common in films of this ilk.Read the full review
Dramatically, the film is a shambles, with whiplash-inducing lurches in tone and pacing that make it seem as if portions were edited out of sequence.Read the full review
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