OK – its been awhile since either of us has had time to write, but we’ve watched a bunch of scary movies lately – or at least I have – Toby has been busy with a new baby boy – Oliver Henry!

Anyway my latest movie is 30 Days of Night – that I watched on Netflix Instant (very cool service by the way – just wish they had more titles).  This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town’s husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction. (taken from IMDB.com – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389722/plotsummary.

30 days of night is a great movie – and some scary movie buffs will remember Josh Hartnett from movies such as The Faculty and Halloween: H20 (which I still haven’t seen).

Anyway this is a very well done vampire movie and a little different in its use of Alaska as a backdrop.  The vampires are well done, if portrayed as a little bit beastial – which suits me fine.  I have a feeling that if there really were vampires that they would be more in-line with these vampires than the vampires in The Lost Boys (also a really great movie).

I’d give 30 Days of Night a HUGE thumbs up and a 9 out of 10 stars or 4.5 out of 5 or whatever the heck ratings system we are using now.

PS Melissa George is awesome in this flick.