10 Greatest Sacrifices In Horror Movie History
4. 30 Days Of Night
30 Days of Night is a surprisingly excellent vampire film from 2007 based off a comic-book miniseries of the same name. The film's premise of a vampire attack during a month long period of no sun in Alaska is an excellent one and the setting and stakes really work in the films favour.
The film is even led by a, based on the majority of films he was doing around this time, surprisingly impressive performance by Josh Hartnett as Barrow town sheriff, Eben Oleson. The film of course plays into Hartnett's hands by making him the heroic lead, but it is the hard choices he is forced to make along the way that add an extra layer to the film for Hartnett.
No choice tougher than his final decision to turn himself into a vampire in order to kill the wicked head vampire, Marlow. Oleson makes the sacrifice in order to protect his estranged wife Stella and the people of Barrow town before sitting with his wife, waiting for the sun to come up- to protect them all from himself. It is an entirely selfless act from Oleson, and a fantastic end to a pretty original take on a well-mined genre.