30 days of night

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Movie
German title 30 days of night
Original title 30 days of night
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Country of production United States , New Zealand
original language English
Publishing year 2007
length 113 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director David Slade
script Stuart Beattie ,
Brian Nelson ,
Steve Niles
production Sam Raimi ,
Robert G. Tapert
music Brian Reitzell
camera Jo Willems
cut Art Jones
occupation

30 Days of Night is an American - New Zealand horror film released in 2007 . Directed by David Slade and written by Stuart Beattie , Brian Nelson and Steve Niles .

action

The film is set in the small, snowy town of Barrow , Alaska , a settlement across the Arctic Circle that is continuously dark for 30 days every year during winter. During this time, Barrow loses a significant number of residents who flee the polar night to more southerly parts of the country, while the remaining residents remain in the dark in the isolated village.

The city's sheriff, Eben Oleson, is investigating a number of mysterious acts of sabotage on the last day before the upcoming dark season, which includes satellite telephones and the city's only helicopter . All of the town's sled dogs are also brutally killed. Mrs. Stella, who has become more and more estranged from Eben, also wants to leave Barrow on the last plane, which is prevented by a traffic accident. She has to spend the 30 days in Barrow.

In the evening, a neglected stranger becomes conspicuous in a restaurant when he emphatically orders “fresh meat”. The sheriff who happens to be present takes the nerd into police custody when he turns against him. In the prison cell, the stranger - who turns out to be a collaborator of the vampire group in the further course of the plot - predicts the imminent death of the police couple as well as Eben's younger brother Jake and his grandmother Helen. Meanwhile, the city is attacked by the vampires in the dark and the first deaths occur. The goal of the beings is initially to paralyze telecommunications and power supply in order to finally cut off the settlement from the outside world, which is also successful. In the next phase the croaking creatures overrun the city - only their leader Marlow and a possibly infected girl can understandably articulate themselves - bloodthirstily and ruthlessly killing the majority of the inhabitants, including Eben's grandmother. The vampires have superhuman powers and cannot be stopped by firearms. However, they can be killed by chopping off their heads.

Together with a group of survivors, Eben and Stella hide in the hope of being able to hold out until the end of the darkness. In their search for food, the group comes across vampires again and again and is further decimated. It has just been noticed that the people who transform into vampires are still masters of their senses shortly before the transformation. Shortly before the end of the 30 nights, the vampires destroy a pipeline and set the city on fire with oil. They want the destruction of the city to look like an accident and, presumably, attack neighboring towns next year. In order to save his wife Stella and a child, Oleson infects himself with vampire blood to transform himself into a vampire so that he can fight Marlow with his own powers. The rescue succeeds too, Oleson kills Marlow, and the remaining vampires flee before daybreak. Oleson, who has already turned into a vampire but can still keep his bloodlust in check, watches the sunrise with his wife Stella. He crumbles to ashes in her arms.

Reviews

Megan Lehmann wrote in the journal The Hollywood Reporter of 18 October 2007, the film was " particularly bloodthirsty " ( " love especially gory "). The pictures would appear " confusing ".

Prairie Miller wrote on the WBAI Radio website on October 12, 2007 that the film was oddly funny. The pictures of the snow-covered dark streets would appear " quite impressive " artistically .

The film magazine Cinema rated the film as " hearty, humorless and quite superficial "; he has " nothing really new (...) to offer ".

The lexicon of the international film judges: “ The initially coherent, original and eerie vampire film runs out of staging air in the second half and it degenerates into conventional horror without surprises. After all, the atmospheric look continues until the showdown. "

backgrounds

The plot is based on the comic book series by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith ; the film right was acquired for one million US dollars . In Germany, the comic book template for 30 Days of Night as well as sequels to the comics are initially published by Infinity-Verlag, later an anthology was published by Cross Cult , which also contains Return to Barrow and Dark Day .

The film was shot in Auckland and other locations in New Zealand . Its production cost was an estimated $ 32 million. The film opened in US cinemas on October 19, 2007; the German theatrical release followed on November 8, 2007.

The film grossed over $ 75 million worldwide.

The language of the vampires was supposed to sound like a real Eastern European one, but was developed especially for the film by a New Zealand linguistics professor.

Novels about film

A sequel, which is more closely related to the comic series, appeared under the title:

Continuation / web series

On October 5, 2010, a second part entitled 30 Days of Night: Dark Days was released in the US as a direct-to-DVD release. The German publication date was November 25, 2010. There are also two web series . One is 30 Days of Night: Blood Trails (2007), consisting of 7 episodes, and 30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust (2008).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for 30 Days of Night . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2007 (PDF; test number: 111 830 K).
  2. ↑ Megan Lehmann : 30 Days of Night - Bottom Line: A slack narrative drives a stake through the heart of this vampire frightfest. . THR.Com film , October 18, 2007, archived from the original on April 3, 2009 ; Retrieved on August 5, 2014 (English, original website no longer available, link to WaybackMachine from April 3, 2009).
  3. ↑ Prairie Miller : This screeching pack of ancient Euro vampires migrates across the Atlantic to Alaska without benefit of green cards, and with the malevolent intent to party hearty 24/7 and enjoy the open bar, so to speak. . Rotten Tomatoes , October 12, 2007; archived from the original on November 12, 2007 ; Retrieved on August 5, 2014 (English, original website no longer available, link to WaybackMachine from November 12, 2007).
  4. ↑ Cinema, accessed December 3, 2007
  5. ^ Journal film-dienst and Catholic Film Commission for Germany (eds.), Horst Peter Koll and Hans Messias (ed.): Lexikon des Internationale Films - Filmjahr 2007 . Schüren Verlag, Marburg 2008. ISBN 978-3-89472-624-9
  6. ↑ Filming locations for 30 Days of Night , accessed October 16, 2007
  7. ↑ Box office / business for 30 Days of Night, accessed October 16, 2007
  8. ↑ Opening dates for 30 Days of Night, accessed October 16, 2007
  9. ↑ Box office results, accessed on February 23, 2010
  10. ^ Trivia for 30 Days of Night. Internet Movie Database , accessed May 22, 2015 .
  11. ↑ 30 Days of Night: Dark Days Home Video Specs and Release Date , Dread Central . July 9, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2010. 
  12. ↑ http://www.ofdb.de/film/137583,30-Days-of-Night-Blood-Trails OFDb
  13. ↑ http://www.ofdb.de/film/190256,30-Days-of-Night-Dust-to-Dust OFDb