30 Days of Night

Sam Raimi (serving as producer here) returns to his bloodthirsty roots with this NZ-shot, Alaskan-set vampire movie starring Josh Hartnett and directed by David Slade who made the attention-grabbing 'Hard Candy'.

Based on a series of graphic novels, the story centers around the height of winter in northern Alaska when the sun doesn’t rise for a month. ‘Tis a bitter time and most locals split town. This winter a gang of pale faced vampires show their hideous selves, making the most of the darkness. They slaughter the community leaving only a handful of folk alive including the Sheriff and his wife (George). They try to deal with the rather large issue, and try to stay alive until the sun comes up. More