Horror fans go wild as ‘one of the best’ vampire thrillers lands on Netflix – 15 years after its release
HORROR film fans have been delighted to discover one of their favourite films is now available on Netflix.
The film 30 Days Of Night has now been added to Netflix, and despite the film coming out 15 years ago it’s proved a huge hit with viewers.
Starring Josh Hartnett, it focuses on a lonely Sheriff named Eben Oleson who is distressed to learn vampires are real – and they have targeted the isolated Alaskan town he has been assigned to defend in the Arctic circle.
Labelled as ‘the best vampire movie’ by fans, it’s proved to be a huge hit and is winning over new viewers thanks to its violence and gore.
Film fans have shard the news the vampire classic is now on Netflix, by posting in the Netflix Bangers Facebook group.
One film fan wrote: “This is one of the best vampire movies I’ve seen, absolutely loved it!”
Another shared: “Great movie, need to watch it again…”
“”It’s one of my favourites,” said a third.
When the movie was first released in 2007 it won rave reviews and took over $75 million (£58 million) at the box office. The film was so popular it also launched two spin off sequels, including a TV mini series.
Speaking about the release at the time, lead actor Josh Harnett told BlackFilm: “I grew up watching vampire movies and don’t think that there’s been an interesting look at the vampire genre in a long time.
“But the real reason I wanted to do the film was because of director David Slade’s vision.
“He came [to me] and laid out [his vision of] what the movie wanted to be like. And it seemed completely different from anything that I’d ever heard of before. Visceral and dark but something that’s also artistic.”
He continued: “He always wanted to use very little score, but to have the score rattling and weird. Brian Rice is an amazing composer. He’s always done art film, independent films up until now.
“David comes from the independent film world. And producer Sam Raimi has a real tongue-in-cheek approach to horror which makes this one obviously different, so if you’re going to trust anybody as far as the genre of horror goes… I think he’s read the novel from cover to cover.
“I just thought it was going to be an interesting project, and there were some great actors who came on too–Ben Foster, Danny Huston, Melissa George–all great people to work with.”