30 Days of Night (2007)

Film details

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DirectorDavid Slade
Year2007
CountryUSA
GenreVampire
TypeMovie
Runtime113m
CastJosh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Mark Boone Junior, Mark Rendall, Amber Sainsbury, Manu Bennett, Megan Franich, Joel Tobeck

Review

"Like "28 Days Later," this is a film in awe of its creations, eager to unleash them into a world that lacks the glitz and polish of a supernatural thriller and focused in the intent to expand their visage into one of remarkable believability. There are moments here when we are not just staring back at movie villains or even watching on with misplaced hope at the antics of a cluster of desperate survivors. If a good horror picture means to transport us into the fabric of its bleak narrative and imprison us there, then here is one of those rare movies that penetrates the membrane separating all those disposable "gotcha" scarefests from genuinely engrossing supernatural thrillers, and finds a resonating chord." - David Keyes, Cinemaphile

Ranking history

The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films

EDITIONS IN TOP 1,00011
HIGHEST#2222015
LOWEST#6792026
Top 1,000Outside Top 1,000Missing ranking data

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The 21st Century’s Greatest Horror Films

EDITIONS RANKED7
HIGHEST#662021
LOWEST#1892026
Published rankingNot ranked (outside published list)

The list was not updated from 2016 to 2019 or in 2022. It expanded from a Top 250 to a Top 500 in 2021. Full rankings beyond the published lists are not available. Dotted segments and hollow points indicate editions in which the film was outside the published list; their exact ranks are unknown.

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