30 Days of Night (2007)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

David Slade

Writers (WGA):

Steve Niles (screenplay) and
Stuart Beattie (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

19 October 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

They're Coming!

Plot:

After an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires.

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Sheriff | Alaska | Small Town | Lunatic

Awards:

9 nominations

Cast

Josh Hartnett	...	Sheriff Eben Oleson
Melissa George	...	Stella Oleson
Danny Huston	...	Marlow
Ben Foster	...	The Stranger
Mark Boone Junior	...	Beau Brower
Mark Rendall	...	Jake Oleson
Amber Sainsbury	...	Denise
Manu Bennett	...	Deputy Billy Kitka
Megan Franich	...	Iris
Joel Tobeck	...	Doug Hertz
Elizabeth Hawthorne	...	Lucy Ikos
Nathaniel Lees	...	Carter Davies
Craig Hall	...	Wilson Bulosan
Chic Littlewood	...	Issac Bulosan
Peter Feeney	...	John Riis
Min Windle	...	Ally Riis
Camille Keenan	...	Kirsten Toomey
Jack Walley	...	Peter Toomey
Elizabeth McRae	...	Helen Munson
Joe Dekkers-Reihana	...	Tom Melanson
Scott Taylor	...	Paul Jayko
Grant Tilly	...	Gus Lambert
Pua Magasiva	...	Malekai Hamm
Jared Turner	...	Aaron
Kelson Henderson	...	Gabe
John Wraight	...	Adam Colletta
Dayna Porter	...	Jeannie Colletta
Kate Butler	...	Michelle Robbins (as Kate S. Butler)
Patrick Kake	...	Frank Robbins
Thomas Newman	...	Larry Robbins
Rachel Maitland-Smith	...	Gail Robbins
Abbey-May Wakefield	...	Little Girl Vampire
John Rawls	...	Zurial
Andrew Stehlin	...	Arvin
Tim McLachlan	...	Archibald
Ben Fransham	...	Heron
Kate Elliott	...	Dawn
Allan Smith	...	Khan
Jarrod Martin	...	Edgar
Sam La Hood	...	Strigoi
Jacob Tomuri	...	Seth
Kate O'Rourke	...	Inika
Melissa Billington	...	Kali
Aaron Cortesi	...	Cicero
Matt Gillanders	...	Daeron
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jay Saussey	...	Doug's Wife (uncredited)

Directed by
David Slade

Writing credits (WGA)
Steve Niles		(screenplay) and
Stuart Beattie		(screenplay) and
Brian Nelson		(screenplay)
Steve Niles		(comic) and
Ben Templesmith		(comic)

Produced by
Ted Adams	....	co-producer
Joseph Drake	....	executive producer (as Joe Drake)
Aubrey Henderson	....	executive producer
Nathan Kahane	....	executive producer
Sam Raimi	....	producer
Mike Richardson	....	executive producer
Chloe Smith	....	co-producer
Robert G. Tapert	....	producer (as Rob Tapert)

Original Music by
Brian Reitzell

Cinematography by
Jo Willems		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Art Jones

Casting by
Mary Vernieu

Production Design by
Paul D. Austerberry		(as Paul Denham Austerberry)

Art Direction by
Nigel Churcher
Mark Robins

Set Decoration by
Jaro Dick

Costume Design by
Jane Holland

Makeup Department
Gino Acevedo	....	special makeup effects supervisor
Anita Aggrey	....	hair stylist
Anita Aggrey	....	makeup artist
Michele Barber	....	on-set prosthetics technician
Jeff Flitton	....	on-set prosthetics technician
Bill Hunt	....	on-set prosthetics technician
Vanessa Hurley	....	hair supervisor: second unit
Vanessa Hurley	....	makeup supervisor: second unit
Gareth J. Jensen	....	on-set prosthetics technician
Mark Knight	....	on set prosthetics coordinator: second unit
Michael Krehl	....	hair stylist: Josh Hartnett
Michael Krehl	....	makeup artist: Josh Hartnett
Davina Lamont	....	on-set prosthetics supervising coordinator
Natasha Lees	....	on-set prosthetics technician
Jacqui Leung	....	key hair stylist: second unit
Jacqui Leung	....	key makeup artist: second unit
Maya Lewis	....	hair stylist
Maya Lewis	....	makeup artist
Samantha Lyttle	....	on-set prosthetics technician
Jane O'Kane	....	hair designer
Jane O'Kane	....	makeup designer
Hayley Oliver	....	on-set prosthetics technician
Sarah Rubano	....	on-set prosthetics technician
Vinnie Smith	....	key hair supervisor
Vinnie Smith	....	key makeup supervisor
Georgia Lockhart-Adams	....	additional hair stylist (uncredited)
Georgia Lockhart-Adams	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)
Cristina Patterson Ceret	....	contact lens coordinator/painter (uncredited)
Lauren Steward	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Annie Dodman	....	unit production manager
Rosemary Dority	....	post-production supervisor
Moira Grant	....	production manager: second unit
Ronnie Hape	....	unit manager
Wayne Hooper	....	unit manager: second unit
Carole Pagonis	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robyn Grace	....	second assistant director
Paul Grinder	....	first assistant director
Charlie Haskell	....	second unit director
Emma Hinton	....	second second assistant director
Gene Keelan	....	third assistant director
Terri Kilmartin	....	first assistant director: second unit
Jacqui Pryor	....	third assistant director: second unit
Jo Warren	....	second assistant director: second unit
Amand Weaver	....	second second assistant director: second unit
Janet Gillespie	....	third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
John Allan	....	location construction
Francis Asquith	....	labor foreman
Matt Austin	....	stand-by props
Robert Bavin	....	assistant art director (as Rob Bavin)
Zach Becroft	....	art director: second unit
Milton Candish	....	leadman
Nick Connor	....	set designer
Matt Cornelius	....	property master
Ron Denny	....	labor foreman
Simon Elsley	....	set designer
Fraser Harvey	....	construction manager
Brendan Heffernan	....	illustrator
Jimmy Kouratouras	....	head painter
Greg Long	....	stand-by carpenter
Ross McGarva	....	art director: second unit
Laurie Meleisea	....	head painter
Roger Murray	....	lead props
Birgitta Nilsson	....	art department coordinator
Anton Parsons	....	set dresser
Kate Pilot	....	on-set dresser
Paul Radford	....	key scenic
Giles Smith	....	key scenic
Nigel Tweed	....	picture car coordinator
Megan Vertelle	....	lead buyer
Darren Wilcock	....	head carpenter
Genevieve Cooper	....	stand-by painter (uncredited)
Dimitri Frost	....	model maker (uncredited)
Brendan Heffernan	....	stand-by art assistant (uncredited)
Joe Hitchcock	....	art department assistant (uncredited)
Steven Key	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Sue Mercer	....	graphic artist (uncredited)
Karin Reinink	....	props buyer (uncredited)
Aaron Sims	....	concept artist (uncredited)
Mark Stephen	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Rose Worley	....	art runner (uncredited)

Sound Department
Neil Aldridge	....	assistant dialogue editor
Ray Beentjes	....	supervising dialogue editor
Gethin Creagh	....	sound re-recording mixer
Melanie Graham	....	sound effects editor
Michael Hedges	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matthew Lambourn	....	sound effects editor
Howard London	....	adr mixer
David Madigan	....	production sound mixer
Robyn McFarlane	....	foley mixer
Polly McKinnon	....	adr editor
Carolyn McLaughlin	....	foley artist
Tim Prebble	....	sound designer
Tim Prebble	....	supervising sound editor
Jamie Roden	....	adr mixer
Morgan Samuel	....	assistant dialogue editor
Matt Stutter	....	foley editor
Matt Stutter	....	sound effects editor
Hugo Tichborne	....	boom operator
Chris Todd	....	dialogue editor
David Vranken	....	assistant sound effects editor
Neil Aldridge	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Buster Flaws	....	mix assistant (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Phil Addenbrook	....	snow workshop senior technician (as Phil Addenbrooke)
Gunner Ashford	....	armourer
Kristian Beazley	....	special effects technician (as Christian Beazley)
Shaun Bolton	....	workshop technician: Weta Workshop
Steven Boyle	....	workshop technician: Weta Workshop (as Steve Boyle)
Duncan Brown	....	workshop technician: Weta Workshop
Mike Cahill	....	special effects floor supervisor: second unit
Sourisak Chanpaseuth	....	workshop technician: Weta Workshop
Tim Christensen	....	special effects technician
Dean Clarke	....	special effects snow supervisor
Mary Connolly	....	production manager: Weta Workshop
Bryce Curtis	....	workshop technician: Weta Workshop
Marion Davey	....	production manager: Weta Workshop
Jabin Dickins	....	senior special effects technician
Joe Donnolley	....	workshop technician: Weta Workshop
Joe Dunckley	....	special effects technician
Jason Durey	....	special effects supervisor
Ryk Fortuna	....	workshop technician: Weta Workshop
Oliver Gee	....	special effects technician: second unit
Simon Gossoff	....	workshop technician: Weta Workshop
Ben Hawker	....	workshop technician: Weta Workshop
Gary Hunt	....	workshop technician: Weta Workshop
Dave Irons	....	workshop technician: Weta Workshop
Niko Kaye	....	workshop technician: Weta Workshop
Callum Linegard	....	workshop technician: Weta Workshop
Pietro Marson	....	workshop technician: Weta Workshop
Nick Mathews	....	special effects technician: second unit
Gareth McGone	....	workshop supervisor: Weta Workshop
Kevin McTurk	....	special effects makeup: Weta Workshop
David Menos	....	workshop technician: Weta Workshop
Gayle Munro	....	senior production manager: Weta Workshop
Les Nairn	....	workshop technician: Weta Workshop
Hauk Olafsson	....	special effects technician
Dan Oliver	....	special effects floor supervisor
Frances Richardson	....	workshop technician: Weta Workshop
Tania Rodger	....	workshop manager: Weta Workshop
Richard Schuler	....	special effects technician
Eden Small	....	workshop technician: Weta Workshop
Kat Stephens	....	special effects coordinator
Emily Sturrock	....	workshop technician: Weta Workshop
Richard Taylor	....	designer: Weta Workshop
Richard Taylor	....	effects supervisor: Weta Workshop
Greg Tozer	....	workshop technician: Weta Workshop
Michael Wallace	....	workshop technician: Weta Workshop
Tim Watson	....	special effects technician: second unit
Jonathan Wilson	....	special effects assistant
Steve Yardley	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Malcolm Angell	....	match mover
Malcolm Angell	....	visual effects surveyor
Dan Ashton	....	film scanning and recording technician: Weta Digital
Mia Askew	....	assistant texture painter: Weta Digital
Sindharmawan Bachtiar	....	production engineer
Peter Baustaedter	....	matte painter: Weta Digital
Stuart Bedford	....	digital vampire effects: Digipost (as Stu Bedford)
Paula Bell	....	senior digital paint artist
John-Michael Bills	....	digital compositor (as John Bills)
Lucy Bokey	....	visual effects coordinator
Nick Booth	....	scanning and recording supervisor: Weta Digital
Fernando Borges-Pacheco	....	creature technical director: Weta Digital
Adam Bradley	....	roto/paint artist: Weta Digital
Lee Bramwell	....	camera department supervisor: Weta Digital
Kristie Breslin	....	creatures department manager: Weta Digital (as Kristie Breslin Husson)
Julian Bryant	....	on-set visual effects supervisor
Sam Bui	....	senior effects technical director
Matthew Bullock	....	digital modeller: Weta Digital
Joerg W. Bungert	....	digital colourist: Weta Digital (as Joerg Bungert)
Paul Campion	....	texture painter
Cedric Canlas	....	digital modeler
Nick Cattell	....	matte artist
Lars Cawley	....	digital artist: PVPVFX
Clifford Chan	....	digital artist: PVPVFX
Peter Connelly	....	compositor
Rob Conn	....	digital effects artist: Weta Digital
J. Todd Constantine	....	matchmove artist: Weta Digital
Shane Cooper	....	visual effects software engineer
Daniel James Cox	....	digital matte artist: Weta Digital (as Daniel Cox)
Jim Croasdale	....	senior paint artist
Steve Cronin	....	digital compositor
Matt Cunningham	....	visual effects asset manager: Digipost
Paul Dickson	....	digital vampire effects: Digipost
Hugo Dominguez	....	senior roto/paint artist: Weta Digital
Rebecca Downes	....	visual effects producer
Samuel Edwards	....	render wrangler
Sam Eli	....	senior effects technical director: Weta Digital
John Ellis	....	trainee compositor: Weta Digital
Jessica Fernandes	....	digital models department manager: Weta Digital
Jochen Fitzherbert	....	visual effects editor
Kristina Flach	....	lighting department manager: Weta Digital
Greg Flannagan	....	visual effects compositor: Digipost
Kim Fogelberg	....	digital vampire effects: Digipost
Abigail Gee	....	digital artist: PVPVFX
Kenneth Gimpelson	....	digital effects artist
Kenneth Gimpelson	....	lighting technical director: Weta Digital (as Kenneth C. Gimpelson)
Christian Haley	....	matte painter: Weta Digital
Quentin Hema	....	digital paint and rotoscoping supervisor
Sean Heuston	....	digital compositor: Weta Digital
Tim Hey	....	compositor: Weta Digital (as Timothy Hey)
Richard Hopkins	....	matchmover
David Houghton-Williams	....	compositing supervisor: Weta Digital (as David Houghton)
Sandy Houston	....	paint and rotoscope supervisor: Weta Digital
Danny Jones	....	senior roto/paint artist
Stephen Karl	....	digital artist: PVPVFX
David Kenyon	....	visual effects compositor: Digipost
Melanie Langlotz	....	visual effects assist: Digipost
Gary Laurie	....	camera technical director: Weta Digital
Kim Lavery	....	effects line producer: Weta Digital
Jacob Leaf	....	digital artist: PVPVFX
David Lee	....	digital compositor
Dan Lemmon	....	visual effects supervisor
Anita Levering	....	digital vampire effects: Digipost
Nicky Liddell	....	visual effects compositor: Digipost
Garry Little	....	post production manager: Digipost
Lance Lones	....	pipeline supervisor: Weta Digital
Zoe Lord	....	roto artist
Charlie McClellan	....	visual effects supervisor
Steve McGee	....	digital compositor
Steve McGillen	....	digital compositor
Keith Miller	....	lead technical director: Weta Digital
Seth F. Miller	....	digital paint artist: Weta Digital
Saki Mitchell	....	senior compositor
Kaori Miyazawa	....	modeler: Weta Digital
Marcella Monti	....	visual effects producer: Digipost (as Marcella Massa Monti)
Eileen Moran	....	visual effects executive producer: Weta Digital
Jean-Francois Morissette	....	matchmover
Benn Morrison	....	visual effects asset manager: Digipost
Matt Mueller	....	senior camera technical director: Weta Digital
Yvonne Muinde	....	matte painter: Weta Digital
Gayle Munro	....	compositing manager
Alfred Mürrle	....	lead compositor: Weta Digital
Sergei Nevshupov	....	shader technical director: Weta Digital
Wolfgang Niedermeier	....	senior camera technical director: Weta Digital
Stephen Nixon	....	visual effects coordinator
Mark Norrie	....	technical director: Weta Digital
John Norris	....	business affairs: The Aaron Sims Company
Keven Norris	....	texture painter: Weta Digital
James Ogle	....	lead digital modeler: Weta Digital
Todd O'Sullivan	....	matte painter: Weta Digital
David Owen	....	rotoscope artist
Jesse Parkhill	....	digital vampire effects: Digipost
Dana Peters	....	CG supervisor: creatures, Weta Digital
Carol Petrie	....	digital artist: PVPVFX
George Port	....	visual effects supervisor: PRPVFX
Niklas Preston	....	modeler: Weta Digital
Lucas Putnam	....	visual effects editor
Jennah Rasmussen	....	textures coordinator: Weta Digital
Paul Redican	....	digital compositor
Eric Reynolds	....	senior animator: Weta Digital
George Ritchie	....	digital artist: PVPVFX
Stephen Roucher	....	scanning and recording technician: Weta Digital
Karim Sahai	....	compositor: Weta Digital
James Schoning	....	visual effects compositor: Digipost
Hamish Schumacher	....	digital compositor: Weta Digital LTD
Jaeil Seo	....	matte painter
Adam Shand	....	code operations manager
Amy Shand	....	visual effects coordinator
John Sheils	....	CG supervisor
Evan Shipard	....	concept artist: Weta Digital
Gershom Sissing	....	modeler: Weta Digital
Pierre Soyanna	....	texture painter: Weta Digital
Albrecht Steinmetz	....	senior camera technical director: Weta Digital
Matsune Suzuki	....	modeler: Weta Digital
Charles Tait	....	compositor: Weta Digital
Sandy Taylor	....	camera department manager: Weta Digital
Jon Thorsen	....	digital artist: PVPVFX
Denis Trutanic	....	camera technical director: Weta Digital
Phil Van Der Reyden	....	digital paint artist
Robert Vignone	....	modeler: Weta Digital
Katy Wakefield	....	visual effects compositor: Digipost
Sean Noel Walker	....	lighting technical director
Fiona Webb	....	visual effects producer: Digipost
Roger Wens	....	creature technical director: Weta Digital
Matt Westbrooke	....	visual effects compositor: Digipost
Pania Williams	....	digital artist: PVPVFX
Pete Williams	....	digital imaging manager: Weta Digital
Roger Wong	....	creature technical director: Weta Digital
Clare Woodford-Robinson	....	digital modeler: terrain, Weta Digital
Marzena Zareba	....	matchmover: Weta Digital
Rainer Zöttl	....	modeler: Weta Digital
Nicholas Gaul	....	digital modeler: Weta Digital (uncredited)

Stunts
Sean Button	....	stunts
Shaughan Campbell	....	stunts
Jonathan Costelloe	....	stunts
Tyrone Costelloe	....	stunt double
Mana Hira Davis	....	stunts (as Mana Davis)
Shane Dawson	....	stunts
Tim McLachlan	....	stunts
Hiroo Minami	....	stunts
Allan Poppleton	....	stunt coordinator
Steve Reinsfield	....	stunts
Paul Shapcott	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Bronson Steel	....	stunts
Sheree Swords	....	stunts
Erika Takacs	....	stunt production assistant
Ryan Carey	....	stunts (uncredited)
Augie Davis	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Amanda Foubister	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Isaac Hamon	....	stunts (uncredited)
Isaac Hamon	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Nooroa Poa	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dayna Porter	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mark Prowse	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joshua Randall	....	stunts (uncredited)
Andrew B. Stehlin	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Stuart Thorp	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mark Trotter	....	stunts (uncredited)
Min Windle	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Tim Wong	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Brendan Young	....	stunts (uncredited)
Robert Young	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Scott Anderson	....	production rigging supervisor
S.I. Bailey	....	camera loader
Todd Bilton	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit
Jonathan Bixley	....	second grip
Tony Blackwood	....	chief lighting technician: second unit
Steve Cook	....	assistant chief lighting technician: second unit
John Enright	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Mark Gillings	....	rigging chief lighting technician
Kirsty Griffin	....	still photographer
Iain Hamilton-Gates	....	video split operator
Simon Hawkins	....	key grip
Brenden Holster	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit
Simon Jones	....	dolly grip
Aaron Keating	....	rigging
Natacha Lee	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Michael Lougheed	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Rob Marsh	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Henare Mato	....	rigging electric
Ian McCarroll	....	camera operator: "b" camera, second unit
Andrew McGeorge	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Cameron McLean	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Aaron Morton	....	director of photography: second unit
Jay Munro	....	key grip: second unit
Sean O'Neill	....	chief lighting technician
Sean O'Neill	....	gaffer
Ulric Raymond	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Karl Richard-Worth	....	second grip: second unit
Ben Rowsell	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (as B. Rowsell)
David Sargison	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Kane Asher	....	additional grip (uncredited)
Jamie Couper	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Hayden Crowther	....	rigging grip (uncredited)
James Killen	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Luke Macready	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Rob Marsh	....	additional photographer (uncredited)
Steve Renwick	....	generator operator (uncredited)
Anthony Waterhouse	....	lighting assistant (uncredited)

Casting Department
Venus Kanani	....	casting associate
Liz Mullane	....	casting: New Zealand

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tracey Brister	....	assistant costumer
Jenette Buffett	....	pattern cutter
Carolyn M. Fenton	....	costume extras supervisor (as Carolyn Fenton)
Emma Harre	....	costume dresser
Sarah Jones	....	costumer: second unit
Melody Newton	....	costumer: second unit
Jenny Rushton	....	costumer
Jaindra Watson	....	costume supervisor
Joan Wilson	....	costumer
James Rogers	....	costume dyer/breakdown (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Patrick J. Barry	....	assistant editor
Clare Burlinson	....	digital intermediate colorist
Paul Covington	....	second editor
Marama Killen	....	editorial trainee
James Meikle	....	assistant editor
Shanon Moratti	....	digital intermediate editor
Rose-Ellen Saunders	....	dailies telecine assistant
Adam Scott	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Nicola Spencer	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Reggie Hamilton	....	score performer
Richard Jory	....	music editor
Richard Jory	....	score engineer
Abel Korzeniowski	....	musician
Stephen Krause	....	score mixer
Dave Lavita	....	musician
Justin Meldal-Johnsen	....	score performer
Brian Reitzell	....	music supervisor
Tim Rutili	....	musician

Other crew
Nic Benns	....	title designer
Rachel Chapman	....	assistant: Mr. Kahane
John Charles	....	software manager: Sony DAC
Scott Chiplin	....	production assistant
Gair Cook	....	assistant: Mr. Slade
Steven Darancette	....	production coordinator: Studio
Helen Dr. Charters	....	dialogue coach
Ruben Ferguson	....	payroll accountant
Kate Fisher	....	production assistant
Zuleika Gilbert	....	production runner
Ghazaleh Golbakhsh	....	production clerk
Phillip Gore	....	assistant accountant
Diana Goulding	....	unit publicist
Harry Harrison	....	assistant location manager
Mike Holloway	....	location manager
Rebecca Hutton	....	production coordinator: second unit
Jonny Kennerley	....	assistant production coordinator
Aaron Lam	....	assistant: Mr. Raimi
Fiona Landreth	....	production accountant
Tara Landry	....	production coordinator
Andrew Marshall	....	production runner: second unit
Jane McCurdy	....	production coordinator
Kristi McLaren	....	accounts assistant
Dianne Moffatt	....	script supervisor: second unit
Mihi Morehu	....	unit assistant
David Pollison	....	assistant: Robert Tapert
Kade Ramsey	....	production runner: weta digital
April Smith	....	assistant production coordinator
Anne-Elise Smithson	....	production assistant
Sarah Spurway	....	production coordinator
Kathleen Thomas	....	script supervisor
Fiona Wadman	....	production secretary
Amy Wallace	....	production secretary: second unit
Angela Williams	....	assistant to the co-producer
Lyn Willis	....	production coordinator
Robyn Younie	....	production coordinator: Studio

Production Companies

• 30 Days of Night
• Columbia Pictures
• Dark Horse Entertainment
• Ghost House Pictures

Distributors

• Benelux Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Blue Sky Media (2007) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Broadmedia Studios (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures Corporation (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Concorde Filmverleih (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Icon Film Distribution (2007) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Icon Film Distribution (2007) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
• LK-TEL (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Medusa Distribuzione (2008) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2007) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film (2008) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Oy Nordisk Film (2008) (Finland) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Pyramid (2007) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Senator Film (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2008) (Argentina) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2007) (USA) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Cobalt FX (visual effects)
• Digital Post Ltd. (visual effects)
• Film Effects Co. Ltd.
• PRPVFX Limited (visual effects) (as PVP VFX Limited)
• Weta Digital (visual effects)
• Weta Workshop (special make-up effects)

Other Companies

• Atlab  rushes facilities (as Atlab New Zealand)
• Cunning Stunts Limited  stunt equipment
• DeLuxe Laboratories  prints
• IDW Publishing  novel published by
• Ipecac Recordings  soundtrack
• Lifeguard & Safety  safety
• Momoco/Maguffin  main and end titles (as Momoco)
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Park Road Post  digital intermediate (as Park Road Post Production)
• Park Road Post  sound facility services (as Park Road Post Production)
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility

MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror violence and language.

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:16 | Australia:MA (re-rating on appeal) | Australia:R (original rating) | Singapore:R21 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | USA:R (certificate #42767) | Germany:18 | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:M18 (edited for re-rating) | Finland:K-18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Taiwan:R-18 | Malaysia:18SG | Philippines:R-13 (cut) | Norway:18 | South Korea:18 | France:-12 | Sweden:15 | Italy:VM14 | New Zealand:R16 | UK:15 (original rating) | UK:18 (DVD rating) | Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:16 | Brazil:18 | Chile:14 | Ireland:18 (DVD rating) | Japan:R-15

Filming Locations:

Auckland, New Zealand

Company:

30 Days of Night

Trivia:

According to David Slade, veteran director Sam Raimi was slated to direct the film when the script was in its earliest stages; then Raimi opted to produce instead.

Goofs:

Plot holes: It is rather hard to see how Eben could have hidden from the vampires when his every step would make a clear print in the snow.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Sheriff Eben Oleson: Strange.

Movie Connections:

References Dracula (1931)

One of the most effective horror movies I've seen in a long time

"30 Days of Night" is easily one of the best horror movies I've seen in a very long time mostly because everyone involved seemed to know exactly what it takes to make a decent horror movie. It's not obscene amounts of gore or monsters jumping out at the camera that make a movie scary. It's creepy atmosphere that makes a movie particularly scary, and this movie does a great job at creating the kind of atmosphere that fills the viewer with the kind of dread that so many movies fail to achieve. It's not perfect, but it's still better than just about every horror movie I've seen since "The Descent" (which also relied on a creepy atmosphere to fill the viewer with a sense of dread and hopelessness).

This movie is set in the small town of Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost town in the U.S. Because it is so far up north, there comes a time every winter where the sun doesn't rise for 30 days. The fact that this translates into a month without sunlight attracts a group of vampires who attack the town and spend the month feeding on its citizens. Eventually only a handful of humans remain in town, and they must survive the month without starving, freezing, or being killed by the vampires. It's a fairly simple concept, yet the director makes it work incredibly well. There is a sense of dread and hopelessness that permeates this entire film. Barrow is a town that appears to be cut off from the rest of the world. It seems to be surrounded by a sea of white on all sides, and the citizens seem to be stuck in a state of depression. Barrow seems to be the worst place in the world to be, and that's before the sun sets and the vampires show up. When the vampires do make themselves known, that sense of isolation and hopelessness turns into a feeling of dread that doesn't go away. One really gets the sense that there is no escape for the small group of survivors. This feeling is made all the more real by the long periods between the vampire attacks. Normally I consider long periods where not much happens a bad thing, but here it works in the film's favor. We may not always see the vampires, but their presence is always felt. At any given time in the movie one can see blood splattered onto snow and hear the distant screams and occasional gunfire of yet another one of Barrow's citizens getting killed, and it's easy to get the feeling that any of the main characters could be the next to die. The vampires themselves are also unlike any we've seen in movies for some time. They aren't the kind of seductive and charming vampires that seem to show up in every other horror movie. These vampires are feral, ruthless, and sadistic, with sharp crocodile-like teeth and bloodstained clothes. There's nothing romantic about them or their actions; they just want to kill people and drink their blood. It helps that they get far less screen time than the human characters; normally we only see them as shadows in the background stalking their prey. When they do attack, it's incredibly vicious and horrifyingly violent (the first large-scale attack on the town is a particular highlight of this film). This viciousness adds to the hopelessness and vulnerability of the humans while making the vampires seem like some of the scariest movie monsters to come along in a while.

If I can find any fault in this movie, it's that the ending seems a bit contrived and cliché. It doesn't take too much away from the movie though; to complain about it is really nitpicking more than anything. Overall it's one of the best horror movies I've seen in a long time, and easily the best vampire movie to come along in years. I would definitely recommend it, especially since it's a good alternative to the endless "torture porn" we've been seeing from this genre for the last few years.