What I've Watched: 30 Days of Night

Not for the chicken hearted, 30 Days of Night is a 'bloody good' film that is filled with blood and gore. In short the movie is about a bunch of vampires invading an Alaskan town that is swallowed in night for 30 days.

The initial part of the movie is pretty boring as it attempts to show how various means of communication and transportation was sabotaged. The introduction to the characters isn't well executed; I don't feel anything when the characters are killed or eaten by the vampires.

The real meat of the story starts when the vampires starts attacking the town. Like typical vampires, they have supernatural agility and strength and turns into dust when exposed to sunlight, a nice departure from the usual slow and brainless zombies that is overused in horror movies.

Expect the usual 'boo' tactics to scare the audience, but some of the scenes are rather scary. The vampire girl in the convenience store is downright creepy if only she didn't utter that line.

Random thoughts on the film:

- How many times did they drop the f-bomb in the initial 30 minutes of the movie? Do Alaskans have a lack of adjectives to describe things?

- The vampires here don't suck blood, they sorta rub their face in the neck of their victims.

- You will notice that the face of the vampire's leader is less bloody than the rest of the vampires. I guess being the leader means that he has to be more civilised and wipe up after consuming.

- Why didn't the survivors try to use garlic to ward off the vampires? Don't tell me Alaskans don't eat/use garlic in their cooking.

If you like horror flicks that's in your face scary, with tons of blood and gore, this movie is for you. Avoid it if you like action in your horror movie as they are almost non-existent.

3/5 - watch it only during the weekdays

Note to self: caffeine makes you awake dumb dumb!