One thing to know about me.... I am a big fan of the vampire genre... books, movies, TV shows. There is just something about the genre that I have been drawn to, since watching Vincent Price movies on the Saturday afternoon matinees with Son of Svengoolie (if you are a Chicagoan you know what I am talking about). I also love a good horror movie, which most vampire movies fall into. I saw the original 30 Days of Night and I thought it was a good take on the genre as a whole. I kept thinking to myself, yes... why didn't anyone think of the days without sun in the lovely state of Alaska. It was a perfect scenario.
30 Days of Night: Dark Days follows where the first movie ends. Stella says goodbye to her beloved husband Eben and begins traveling around the country trying to expose what truly happened in her town of Barrow, Alaska. She is trying to expose the cover up that is apparently going on. She gives lectures and in one particular lecture, she explains how it was an invasion of vampires that devastated her town, not anything else. The audience laughs and being ever prepared, she announces that she is positive that there are vampires in the audience and she has set up strong UV lights (that are equivalent to the sun) within the auditorium. She turns them on and several vampires burn and burst to a crisp.
She is quickly met up with the authorities (the FBI) and after her release, comes into contact with three strangers whom say they were sent by Dane. Dane has been Stella's contact with the apparent location of more vampires. The threesome try to convince Stella to help them fight along with Dane this new haven of vampires.
Will Stella cooperate? Does she fight to defend the honor of her fallen husband, Eben and seek revenge for her beloved Alaskan town. There is lots of blood and mayhem, mistrust and bad decisions, questions and no answers. It was decent, but at the close of the movie there is a scene that defies logic, just stupid. I will leave it at that, especially if you are a fan of horror and vampire movies. Watch and see if you agree.
I give it a 5 out of 10.
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