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It’s been a year since the Alaskan town of Barrow’s population was decimated by vampires during its annual month long sunset. Riddled with grief over the death of her husband, bound by nightmares and void of all emotions beyond hate and sorrow, [[Stella Oleson|Stella]] ([[Kiele Sanchez]]) has spent the past months traveling the world, trying to convince others that vampires exist. |
It’s been a year since the Alaskan town of Barrow’s population was decimated by vampires during its annual month long sunset. Riddled with grief over the death of her husband, bound by nightmares and void of all emotions beyond hate and sorrow, [[Stella Oleson|Stella]] ([[Kiele Sanchez]]) has spent the past months traveling the world, trying to convince others that vampires exist. |
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Constantly feeling as though she is being hunted, Stella is unaware the impending threat on her life, the death of Eben having taken from her her ability to feel emotions, leaving her feeling cold and empty inside. Following instructions from a man named Dane, she eventually ends up in [[Los Angeles]] One night, while in the audience of people with whom she hopes to convince that vampires exist and aware that they attend when she speaks, she activates overhead [[ultraviolet]] lamps that [[incinerate]] several of the vampires in the audience before the humans. She is quickly arrested and harassed by a man named Agent Norris who she learns is one of the human followers of the vampires, placed to keep their activities covered up. After they release her from custody she returns to her hotel to find three people waiting for her; Paul ([[Rhys Coiro]]), Amber ([[Diora Baird]]) and Todd ([[Harold Perrineau]]) who had been sent by Dane to collect her in order to hunt down the vampire queen Lilith, whom they are convinced once out of the way, the vampires will fall into dormancy as she is responsible for their every move and for keeping them hidden, when Stella asks if she is responsible for the incident at Barrow and is notified that she was. She is taken to meet Dane ([[Ben Cotton]] and is shocked to discover that he too is a vampire, though due to a superficially inflicted wound he has maintained a grasp of humanity, only drinking blood from packaged hospital stocks he keeps. At first hesitant to join in on a plan to attack a vampire nest, Paul eventually convinces Stella to join them, telling her of his daughter being killed by one and his accusations of a vampire killing her resulting in a divorce with is wife. |
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Met with skepticism and laughter, Stella is ready to throw in the towel when a group of lost souls Paul, Amber and Todd ([[Rhys Coiro|Rhys]], [[Diora Baird|Diora]] and [[Harold Perrineau|Harold]]) offers an incredible opportunity: the chance to exact revenge upon [[Lilith (30 Days of Night)|Lilith]] ([[Mia Kirshner]]), the vampire queen responsible for the assault on her sleepy Alaskan town. With nothing remaining to live for, and nothing left to fear, Stella joins their mission and ventures into the uncharted underbelly of Los Angeles where she pushes herself to the most extreme limits to stop the evil from striking again. |
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The following day, the four of them find their way to a vampire's nest and they are ambushed by a group of them, in the attempt to flee, Todd is bitten and turns after they lock themselves in a cellar room. When Paul hesitates, Stella manages to kill him by smashing in his head with a cinder block. They decide to wait for night when the vampires go to feed in order to make their escape. After night falls, Dane comes and frees them, on their way out they capture a vampire and interrogate him with the ultraviolet lamps, eventually following him back to another nest. They invade the nest and rescue a human they were using as a feeding station and with her memories of Lilith's lair aboard one of the ships on the bay they are able to plan an attack on her directly. Meanwhile, Lilith ([[Mia Kirshner]]) decides that Agent Norris should prove his worth to become a vampire (in order to cure a throat or lung cancer he has been suffering from) and he bites the neck of a captive girl, drinking her blood until dead. Afterward she turns him to hunt Stella and the others. |
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Throughout the movie, the group progressively loses members, starting with Todd (who had been turned, then killed by Stella) Amber (taken during an assault on a vampire-infested cruise ship bound for another feeding in Alaska) and then Paul. However, before the final two humans are killed, they come upon a trio of vampires towering over a fallen comrade. When they spill human blood into the dead vampire's mouth, he is revived and returned to duty. |
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Dane is killed when Norris arrives, and the others flee with the survivor from the nest, they travel to a boat yard and Jennifer points out the boat that they are set to sail to Alaska in for another 30 day feeding period. They tell Jennifer to leave and the three of them stowaway on the ship and discover that they can be resurrected after death if they are fed human blood. They eventually confront the human captain who says he is doing this because they had threatened his family. Amber is suddenly pulled away by someone from behind and kills the captain when she accidentally fires her gun. She is dragged through the decks and Stella and Paul are too late to save her from being eaten. They are quickly captured by Norris and Lilith who orders that they be bled dry. Stella manages to free herself when they are alone with Norris and kills him, but they are subsequently attacked by Lilith when attempting to sabotage the ship and Paul is killed. After being outmatched in hand to hand combat, Stella hides from Lilith and when the queen comes looking for her, Stella emerges from her tub of blood and manages to decapitate her. The other vampires appear, but seeing that she killed Lilith, they quietly stand aside and let her pass without a fight, and she returns to Barrow. |
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Stella, alone and surrounded, retreats into the queen's chambers and hides in a tub of blood. |
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Stella digs up Eben's grave and recovers his body to feed him her own blood, it appears not to work and she lies down slowly dying from blood loss. After a time, she sees Eben has returned back to his former health and she stands to greet him with a hug. As they embrace, Eben pulls back her shoulder and his fangs come down on her neck before the screen goes dark. |
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Lilith follows her, but is tricked by leaking blood from above the tub. As she inspects it, Stella rises and decapitates her with her sword. Similar to the reactions from the first movie, the remaining vampires do not continue their pursuit, and allow Stella to leave. |
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At the end of the movie, Stella digs up Eben (her former husband) and begins to spill her own life into him. After several failed attempts, she is put on the verge of passing out, but not before seeing Eben stir. She rises and they hug, but Eben is still a vampire, and the movie ends with him beginning to bite his love. |
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| 30 Days of Night: Dark Days | |
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 DVD release cover | |
| Directed by | Ben Ketai |
| Written by | Steve Niles Ben Ketai Comic book: Steve Niles Ben Templesmith |
| Produced by | Vicki Sotheran |
| Starring | Kiele Sanchez Rhys Coiro Mia Kirshner Harold Perrineau Diora Baird Monique Ganderto Katharine Isabelle Troy Ruptash Jakson Berlin John De Santis Marco Sorian |
| Cinematography | Eric Maddison |
| Edited by | Ben Ketai |
| Music by | Andres Boulton |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | SPE Worldwide Acquisitions Group |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Template:Film US |
| Language | English |
30 Days of Night: Dark Days is a 2010 American horror film based on the comic book miniseries of the same name.[1] It was directed by and written by Ben Ketai, alongside co-writer Steve Niles.[2] It is a sequel to the 2007 film, 30 Days of Night.[3]
Plot
It’s been a year since the Alaskan town of Barrow’s population was decimated by vampires during its annual month long sunset. Riddled with grief over the death of her husband, bound by nightmares and void of all emotions beyond hate and sorrow, Stella (Kiele Sanchez) has spent the past months traveling the world, trying to convince others that vampires exist.
Constantly feeling as though she is being hunted, Stella is unaware the impending threat on her life, the death of Eben having taken from her her ability to feel emotions, leaving her feeling cold and empty inside. Following instructions from a man named Dane, she eventually ends up in Los Angeles One night, while in the audience of people with whom she hopes to convince that vampires exist and aware that they attend when she speaks, she activates overhead ultraviolet lamps that incinerate several of the vampires in the audience before the humans. She is quickly arrested and harassed by a man named Agent Norris who she learns is one of the human followers of the vampires, placed to keep their activities covered up. After they release her from custody she returns to her hotel to find three people waiting for her; Paul (Rhys Coiro), Amber (Diora Baird) and Todd (Harold Perrineau) who had been sent by Dane to collect her in order to hunt down the vampire queen Lilith, whom they are convinced once out of the way, the vampires will fall into dormancy as she is responsible for their every move and for keeping them hidden, when Stella asks if she is responsible for the incident at Barrow and is notified that she was. She is taken to meet Dane (Ben Cotton and is shocked to discover that he too is a vampire, though due to a superficially inflicted wound he has maintained a grasp of humanity, only drinking blood from packaged hospital stocks he keeps. At first hesitant to join in on a plan to attack a vampire nest, Paul eventually convinces Stella to join them, telling her of his daughter being killed by one and his accusations of a vampire killing her resulting in a divorce with is wife.
The following day, the four of them find their way to a vampire's nest and they are ambushed by a group of them, in the attempt to flee, Todd is bitten and turns after they lock themselves in a cellar room. When Paul hesitates, Stella manages to kill him by smashing in his head with a cinder block. They decide to wait for night when the vampires go to feed in order to make their escape. After night falls, Dane comes and frees them, on their way out they capture a vampire and interrogate him with the ultraviolet lamps, eventually following him back to another nest. They invade the nest and rescue a human they were using as a feeding station and with her memories of Lilith's lair aboard one of the ships on the bay they are able to plan an attack on her directly. Meanwhile, Lilith (Mia Kirshner) decides that Agent Norris should prove his worth to become a vampire (in order to cure a throat or lung cancer he has been suffering from) and he bites the neck of a captive girl, drinking her blood until dead. Afterward she turns him to hunt Stella and the others.
Dane is killed when Norris arrives, and the others flee with the survivor from the nest, they travel to a boat yard and Jennifer points out the boat that they are set to sail to Alaska in for another 30 day feeding period. They tell Jennifer to leave and the three of them stowaway on the ship and discover that they can be resurrected after death if they are fed human blood. They eventually confront the human captain who says he is doing this because they had threatened his family. Amber is suddenly pulled away by someone from behind and kills the captain when she accidentally fires her gun. She is dragged through the decks and Stella and Paul are too late to save her from being eaten. They are quickly captured by Norris and Lilith who orders that they be bled dry. Stella manages to free herself when they are alone with Norris and kills him, but they are subsequently attacked by Lilith when attempting to sabotage the ship and Paul is killed. After being outmatched in hand to hand combat, Stella hides from Lilith and when the queen comes looking for her, Stella emerges from her tub of blood and manages to decapitate her. The other vampires appear, but seeing that she killed Lilith, they quietly stand aside and let her pass without a fight, and she returns to Barrow.
Stella digs up Eben's grave and recovers his body to feed him her own blood, it appears not to work and she lies down slowly dying from blood loss. After a time, she sees Eben has returned back to his former health and she stands to greet him with a hug. As they embrace, Eben pulls back her shoulder and his fangs come down on her neck before the screen goes dark.
Cast
- Kiele Sanchez as Stella Oleson
- Rhys Coiro as Paul
- Diora Baird as Amber
- Mia Kirshner as Lilith
- Monique Ganderton as Betty
- Harold Perrineau as Todd
- Katharine Isabelle as Stacey
- Ben Cotton as Dane
- Troy Ruptash as Agent Norris
- Katie Keating as Jennifer
- James Pizzinato as Clyde
- Stacey Roy as Jane
- Donovan Cerminara as Harvey
- Scott Patey as Comic Book Nerd
- Stephen Huszar as Eben Oleson
- Jody Thompson as Lena[4]
Production
Ben Ketai co-wrote the script with franchise creator Steve Niles.[5] Josh Hartnett and Melissa George did not return to their roles from the previous film.[6] The new casts features Rhys Coiro, Mia Kirschner, Harold Perrineau, Kiele Sanchez and Diora Baird.[7] The film was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia.[8]
Release
It premiered on July 23, 2010 as part of the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con with the completed cast.[9] The film was released direct to DVD and Blu-ray Disc in the United States on October 5, 2010 and includes an audio commentary, a featurette on the making of the film and exclusive wallpapers for the PlayStation 3.[10]
Reception
Dreadcentral.com gave the film three out of five stating, "It's dark, disturbing and nihilistic, and one hell of a ride."[11] Fangoria gave the film one and a half stars out of four stating, "Rather than attempt to stay true to the source material... [it] departs from it as the film progresses. What follows is a generic story with flat characters set in an uninspired locale."[12] It currently holds a 20% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[13]
Soundtrack
American guitarist Andres Boulton composed the score.[14]
References
- ^ BD Horror News – '30 Days of Night Dark Days' Officially Announced
- ^ '30 Days of Night' sequel finds its vampire hunters
- ^ "San Diego Comic-Con 2010: 30 Days of Night: Dark Days Signing and Exclusive New Image".
- ^ "SD Comic-Con '10: Preview with '30 Days of Night: Dark Days' Director Ben Ketai!".
- ^ 30 Days of Night: Dark Days To Be a "War" Movie
- ^ Kiele Sanchez Takes Over For Melissa George in 30 Days of Night: Dark Days
- ^ 30 Days of Night: Dark Days Cast Revealed
- ^ Exclusive: 30 Days of Night: Dark Days Wraps Production – Director Ben Ketai Speaks!
- ^ SD Comic-Con '10: New Images, '30 Days of Night: Dark Days' Autograph Signing!
- ^ 30 Days Of Night: Dark Days To Arrive On DVD And BD October 5th
- ^ http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/30-days-night-dark-days-2010
- ^ http://www.fangoria.com/index.php?id=2205:30-days-of-night-dark-days-blu-ray-review&option=com_content&catid=58:dvd-blu-ray-reviews&Itemid=182
- ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/30-days-of-night-dark-days/
- ^ Andres Boulton – Composer
