10 Snowbound Horror Movies For Christmas
3. 30 Days Of Night
Before becoming part of the Twilight saga with Eclipse, David Slade directed this full blooded (and bloody) adaptation of Steve Niles’ three-issue comic book which has a shot at being the best vampire movie of the 2000s.
It’s a simple premise, and a damn cute one: in Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost community in North America, the sun doesn’t rise between November 18th and December 17th, meaning that the town is plunged into darkness for 30 days each year. On day one, the town is attacked by a group of vampires (who’ve had the foresight to seize and destroy every phone in town) leading to a cat and mouse game between the survivors and an enemy that proves difficult to kill.
Well-paced and loads of fun, 30 Days boasts some terrific cinematography (by Jo Willems, who also shot The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2) that captures the isolation of the locale and heightens the sense of claustrophobia. What could’ve been a cheap and forgettable knock-off (see: 30 Days Of Night: Dark Days, the dismal sequel) instead gives the vampire movie a thrilling modern day makeover.