30 Days of Night directed by David Slade

• Plot summary: The town of Barrow, Alaska is preparing for it's month without sunlight. While going through his routine checks of provisions, Sheriff Eben begins to receive reports of strange occurrences in his town. One townsperson's dogs have been killed. Another person's helicopter has been torn to pieces. The phones are down, the computer network is down, and then the screaming starts. Soon after sundown, the town comes under the attack of vampires, and nothing will stop them from killing to survive. They have thirty days of darkness to gorge themselves on the humans before the sun comes back, and the town must band together in hiding from these vicious vampires. Who will make it through to the next day of sunlight?
• Critical evaluation: This is a different kind of vampire movie than teens have been fawning over lately, but one that deserves attention nonetheless. In this film, vampires hide until they find their chance to feast one what they so rightly deserve. With all the lack of sun in Alaska, they can satiate their hunger on various townspeople each time the sun goes down for a long period of time. It is a truly horrifying film, in which few are left alive at the end, yet despite it's graphic nature, one can't help but keep their eyes on the events taking place in front of them.
• Reader's annotation: These vampires have a plan on how to sustain themselves on humans after so much time spent hidden.
• About the director: David Slade's previous projects include Hard Candy and music videos for various artists.
• Genre: Horror
• Curriculum ties, if any: None
• Reading level/interest age: This film is rated R and intended for people 17 or older, however I think this might appeal to people 15 and up.
• Challenge issues: Profanity, graphic violence
• Why was this item included? I wanted to represent a different kind of vampire movie that older teens would enjoy.