30 Days of Night

I borrowed some dvd's and one of those was 30 Days of Night.

Short story overview: northern Alaska, a village which has darkness for 30 days a year. Vampires come to snack for a 30 day buffet.

Not a bad theme, haven't seen this before, though not overly original. I was surprised to see Josh Hartnett as the lead role (the Sheriff), he is surely dropping of the Hollywood A-list apparently.

However... There are some really nice effects and make-up in the movie, which they were even nominated for with some awards I never heard of.

However some of the vampires looked like freaked up clowns, with a wide grin of spikey teeth that could not scare me. Also the feeding of vampires is not really well shot. Feeding looked like a spastic seizure instead of a real feeding I like to see with vampires. I am a large vampire fan myself and this is not how I would portray them... which is a shame.

The vampires are a bit of smart beasts, brutal and even stupid at some times, which again... is a shame.

Overall the film has a pretty nice story and the ending made me smile in the end...

Though I do not consider 30DoN a waste of time, I cannot grade it high either.

Therfor I say... 30Don: 6.5/10 on the Weirdo's Scale of Horror!