Vampire fest '30 Days' has plenty to feast on

0 Comments | USA TODAY, October, 2007 | by Scott Bowles

30 Days of Night

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Stars: Josh Harnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston

Director: David Slade

Distributor: Columbia Pictures

Rating: R for strong horror violence and language

Running time: 1 hour, 48 minutes

Opens today nationwide

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It loses some of its bite by film's end, but 30 Days of Night manages to do for the vampire genre what 28 Days Later did for the zombie flick: give age-old monsters a modern-day makeover.

To be sure, Night is no Nosferatu. But director David Slade (Hard Candy) has given his bloodsuckers real menace; like the flesh eaters from Later, these creatures are cunning, hungry -- and fast.

More important, he has given his demons the perfect...

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