30 Days of Night
Sony Pictures Releasing | Release Date: October 19, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
9
Negative:
4
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
Decent vampire movies are few and far between, and I’m having a hard time remembering a recent one that impressed me like 30 Days of Night. Read full review
80
EmpireJames Dyer
This slick and sticky horror is the most accomplished treatment of vampire lore since Near Dark. Read full review
75
USA TodayScott Bowles
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. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad Derakhshani
It's a bloodsucker's paradise. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
It's not perfect or "Shining"-level inspired, but it's solid. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
A well-paced and entertaining horror debut. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Works on its own terms, which is more than can be said of most horror films these days. If this is the kind of movie you're looking for, it delivers. Read full review
70
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Directed by David Slade ("Hard Candy"), the action scenes are artful and terrifying; these killers move so quickly and decisively, there seems to be no hope for humanity. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
These days, it's dark everywhere. Which makes Slade's wild, often exhilarating neo-Western ride into frostbit vampirism something of a respite, albeit one awash gore. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Which is more interesting: Vampires fighting over the potential long-term blowback of their Alaskan buffet, or a couple of exes bonding under duress? Seems like an easy decision, but 30 Days Of Night makes the wrong choice. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Mark Boone Jr. makes a vivid impression as eccentric loner Beau Brower, and Danny Huston is mesmerizing as the leader of the shrieking, slashing, wallowing-in-gore bloodsuckers. They effortlessly eclipse the rest of the cast. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
Like most kiddies games, this one starts out fun and then gets tired. Inevitably, that's when Slade tries to revive our interest by upping the gore quotient. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It is well-made, well-photographed and plausibly acted, and is better than it needs to be. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
A proficient, atmospheric fangfest that does nothing you haven't seen before but still does it passably well. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
Based on a graphic novel, 30 Days of Night opens with a premise so promising it seems almost impossible to screw up. Read full review
63
PremiereEric Alt
It's all pulled off with a firm sense of the fun in being scared. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
Danny Huston is screamingly funny as the alternately finicky and savage Head Ghoul--he’s like something spewed forth from the bowels of the Politburo. The problem is structural. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerAndy Spletzer
With such a good concept for a vampire movie, it's hard to believe it turned out to be this boring. Read full review
58
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
It's seductive in its buildup but overall as subtle and, alas, as humorless as a hatchet to the brain. Read full review
50
Village VoiceRobert Wilonsky
Director David Slade's stab at the story is actually rather ordinary. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis Harvey
Excels at bloodthirsty action, though dialogue and human-interest aspects are a tad anemic. Result is a mixed bag but has a catchy premise and quite enough splatter to satisfy gorehounds. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Nearly two hours long, 30 Days of Night makes you feel the cold (though it was shot in New Zealand) and feel the fangs, but it also makes you feel like 30 days is a pretty long time. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
Forget about a stake through the heart: sheriff Josh Hartnett discovers that decapitation is the best way to stop the bloodsuckers, who suggest feral, steroid-crazed gymnasts as they scale buildings and leap onto moving vehicles. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterMegan Lehmann
Dramatically, the film is a shambles, with whiplash-inducing lurches in tone and pacing that make it seem as if portions were edited out of sequence. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesJohn Anderson
The movie thus moves from truly creepy to truly inane, which is, unfortunately, all too common in films of this ilk. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Lighter on horror than it is on inadvertent humor. Read full review
30
The New York TimesMatt Zoller Seitz
The performers have little to do besides spill and drink blood in this tedious, inconsequential B picture. The sun doesn’t rise nearly fast enough. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
You can expect a lot of shredding and gurgling. 30 Days of Night is relentless, but it's also relentlessly one-note. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle Smith
The movie approaches the final scene with a straight face, but it left the audience giggling spasmodically. This script probably should have gone all the way and thrown in a few quips: If your movie is a joke, at least be intentionally funny. Read full review
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