If you’re looking for the perfect scary movie to see this Halloween, look no further. “30 Days of Night” is a fast paced thrill ride that will leave you thirsting for more. The film is set in the northern-most town in the U.S., Barrow, Alaska, where the sun sets once a year, plunging the town into total and absolute darkness for 30 days. Each year the citizens of Barrow prepare for the long dark night and bitter cold, but this time they’re unprepared for a few unwelcome visitors. Pale invaders cut off the town’s communications with the outside world and begin their bloody feast, but in true horror film fashion, the town doesn’t go down without a fight. Led by Sheriff Eben Oleson (Josh Hartnett), the townsfolk try to fight off the bloodsuckers.Immune to the extreme cold and nearly invincible, the vampires in this movie act more like animals than humans, and have an entire mouthful of shark-like fangs instead of the classic elongated solo canines found in “Dracula” and “Interview With a Vampire.” An intense bird’s-eye shot of the vampires terrorizing townspeople through the streets with the people blasting back with shotguns provides for frighteningly interesting visual elements. Plenty of twists and turns that keep you guessing, right until the shocking end.Shot almost entirely in darkness, “30 Days of Night” is a terrifying nail-biter that pushes the audience to the edge of their seat. Well written and well acted, viewers are in for one wild ride.

“30 Days of Night Trivia”

• 30 Days of Night was originally a comic book written by Steve Niles and illustrated by Ben Templesmith.• In the town of Barrow, Alaska, where 30 Days of Night is set, the sun sets each year on November 18 and does not rise again until January 24, providing the town with more than a month of total darkness.• Barrow is not always ideal for vampires. From May 10 to August 2 the sun never sets.• The movie was actually filmed in New Zealand, far from its Alaskan setting.