Netflix horror fans go wild as 'the best vampire movie' hits streaming service
Horror fans have been delighted to notice that the 2007 film 30 Days Of Night is now available to stream - prompting lively discussion among a huge online film fan group
Netflix fans have been rejoicing as "the best vampire movie" ever made has been added to the streaming service.
Fans of the horror genre have been overjoyed to note that the modern classic 30 Days Of Night has been added to the catalogue of films available to watch from home. Released in 2007, the film stars Josh Hartnett as 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.
With the town located so high up the northern hemisphere, there is a point in the year when the sun doesn't shine - making a tempting all-you-can-eat buffet for the vampire community. The film was rated 15 in the UK due to scenes of strong bloody violence and made over $75 million (£58 million) at the box office.
Taking to social media to praise the inclusion of the film, fans in the three million strong Netflix Bangers Facebook group rejoiced, with one writing: "This is one of the best vampire movies I've seen, absolutely loved it!" Another tryped: "Great movie, need to watch it again..." While another fan revealed: "It's one of my favourites."
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Film star Josh, 46, was enthusiastic about the film when it was released - praising the story and the work of director David Slade and film producer Sam Raimi, who has made a number of horror films in his career. He told BlackFilm at the time: "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 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."
Following the success of the film, there were two spin-off sequels - the miniseries, Dust to Dust, which aired in 2008, and a straight-to-home video sequel film, titled Dark Days, which was released in 2010.
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