Alaska or bust

"30 Days of Night" is better than your standard horror film, but that's primarily because so many God awful slasher films come out each year. The setup is a hoot -- vampires descend on a remote Alaskan town where the sun doesn't shine for a full month. Neat, eh? It's all based on a graphic novel of the same name from a few years back.
My review breaks down the good, bad and the ugly parts of the film. For those who need a better vampire fix, consider ... trying another monster on for size. There haven't been many good vampire movies of late. "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992) comes to mind, but you have to put up with Keanu Reeves' surfer dude hero. And "Fright Night" (1985) remains a personal fave, but even I can see the layer of 80s cheese coating most scenes.