30 Days of Night (2007)
Action, Horror, Thriller |
30 Days of Night is a American horror film based on the comic book miniseries of the same name. The film is directed by David Slade and stars Josh Hartnett and Melissa George. The story focuses on an Alaskan town beset by vampires as it enters into a thirty-day long polar night.
30 Days of Night was originally pitched as a comic, then as a film, but it was rejected. Years later, Steve Niles showed IDW Publishing the idea and it took off. The film was produced on a budget of $30 million and grossed over $75 million at the box office during its six-week run starting on October 19, 2007. Critical reviews were mixed.
The town of Barrow, Alaska is preparing for its annual “30 Days of Night”, a period during the winter when there is a month-long polar night. As the town gets ready, a stranger rows ashore from a large ship and sabotages the town’s communications and transport to the outside world. Barrow’s sheriff, Eben Oleson investigates and also learns that his estranged wife, Stella, missed the last plane and must stay the 30 days. That night, a band of vampires, led by Marlow, attack and slaughter most of the townspeople, forcing Eben, Stella, Eben’s younger brother Jake, and several other survivors to take shelter in a boarded-up house with a hidden attic. Marlow finds the stranger locked up in the station. The stranger believed Marlow was going to turn him into a vampire. Marlow thanks him for doing what he asked, and then snaps his neck. Marlow ironically comments to his fellow vampires: “The things they believe”.
Director: David Slade
Writers: Steve Niles (screenplay & comic), Stuart Beattie (screenplay), Brian Nelson (screenplay), Ben Templesmith (comic)
Stars: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Mark Boone Junior, Mark Rendall, Amber Sainsbury
Cast:
| Josh Hartnett | … | Eben Oleson |
| Melissa George | … | Stella Oleson |
| Danny Huston | … | Marlow |
| Ben Foster | … | The Stranger |
| Mark Boone Junior | … | Beau Brower |
| Mark Rendall | … | Jake Oleson |
| Amber Sainsbury | … | Denise |
| Manu Bennett | … | Billy Kitka |
| Megan Franich | … | Iris |
| Joel Tobeck | … | Doug Hertz |
| Elizabeth Hawthorne | … | Lucy Ikos |
| Nathaniel Lees | … | Carter Davies |
| Craig Hall | … | Wilson Bulosan |
| Chic Littlewood | … | Isaac Bulosan |
| Peter Feeney | … | John Riis |
| Min Windle | … | Ally Riis |
| Camille Keenan | … | Kirsten Toomey |
| Jack Walley | … | Peter Toomey |
| Elizabeth McRae | … | Helen Munson |
| Joe Dekkers-Reihana | … | Tom Melanson |
| Scott Taylor | … | Paul Jayko |
| Grant Tilly | … | Gus Lambert |
| Pua Magasiva | … | Malekai Hamm |
| Jared Turner | … | Aaron |
| Kelson Henderson | … | Gabe |
| John Wraight | … | Adam Colletta |
| Dayna Grant | … | Jeannie Colletta (as Dayna Porter) |
| Kate Butler | … | Michelle Robbins (as Kate S. Butler) |
| Patrick Kake | … | Frank Robbins |
| Thomas Newman | … | Larry Robbins |
| Rachel Maitland-Smith | … | Gail Robbins |
| Abbey-May Wakefield | … | Little Girl Vampire |
| John Rawls | … | Zurial |
| Andrew Stehlin | … | Arvin |
| Tim McLachlan | … | Archibald |
| Ben Fransham | … | Heron |
| Kate Elliott | … | Dawn |
| Allan Smith | … | Khan |
| Jarrod Martin | … | Edgar |
| Sam La Hood | … | Strigoi |
| Jacob Tomuri | … | Seth |
| Kate O’Rourke | … | Inika |
| Melissa Billington | … | Kali |
| Aaron Cortesi | … | Cicero |
| Matt Gillanders | … | Daeron |
| Emmanuel Amadeo Badal | … | Vampire #4 (uncredited) |
| Jay Saussey | … | Doug’s Wife (uncredited) |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia