"30 Days of Night"

By Kisha Birmingham

Have you ever wondered why people are so creeped out by scary movies? Is it because of all of the blood and guts, the ugly faces, or the music in the background that makes your heart throb? In the movie “30 Days of Night”, it was all of the above.

A small town in Alaska, for 30 days and 30 nights of winter, has no sunlight whatsoever. For a whole month, the citizens have to prepare themselves for a plunge of darkness. So what is the worst that can happen? It’s a small friendly town with hardly any crime, and everyone gets along each other. Maybe a crew full of hungry vampires can go on a lunatic feeding fest perhaps?

At first, it was the usual preparation for the dark month to come. But suddenly, weird and mysterious things slowly start to occur. Evan, the Sheriff, played by Josh Hartnett, is informed by all of the complaining people. When he notices that it is more than just people playing mind games, he decides to take actions in his own hands.

After people start to brutally die, Evan knows that there is something else out there. When everyone notices that they’re some sort of blood sucking freaks, they hide. The townsfolk slowly start to disappear, since they are the most ripened of the harvest. As they last survivors struggle for their lives, they anxiously wait for the sun to come back up so it can demolish the vampires. Hopefully, they will be alive to see it.