Movie Media Moment: 30 Days of Night

The first I heard of this came this weekend, just minutes before I saw the teaser, actually. I have to say that I am amped to see this. It is based off of a graphic novel by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith. It is about a gang of bloodthirsty vampires laying siege to a small Alaskan town during the perpetual night which lasts for thirty days. Josh Hartnett, Ben Foster, and Melissa George star for director David Slade, who last helmed the incredible Hard Candy.

The film has a bit of a more Hardcore Underworld look, with the bluish tinge, blended with the icy paraoiac setting of John Carpenter's The Thing. The trailer begins innocently enough, a woman washng dishes, while her husband reads the paper in another room, but in the blink of an eye, she is being torn out the window and under a building, screaming all the way. The rest of it introduces us to the main players, while giving us a taste of the bloody action that is contained within.

This could prove to be the adrenaline blast that this fall will need. David Slade is stepping up to the plate with a film that is considerably larger in budget and scope than Hard Candy, which was made for less than $1 million. That last film was an incredibly taut thriller that is hard to erase from your mind, one can only hope that he can succeed near that level with this outing.

Here is a link to the trailer at IGN.