They're Coming!

The thought of not seeing sunlight for 30 days really freaks me out, not in a scary way, just a lack of faith for lighting. Imagining that in Alaska; isolated and slowly being picked off by vampires in the most grapihc of ways. Using the veins and other major sources of bloodflow as straws while surrounded by darkness really gave me an interest to see this movie, but i waited til it came out on video because of a great deal of mixed reviews. Upon seeing it, i formed my own opinion and it was a good one; seeing how i myself am not into vampire movies. Along with the movie "Near Dark", I appriciated the gore in this flick, not so much the sucking of the blood and the vampire languaege; but the blood itself. Including quite a few swings of that axe Sheriff Eben Oleson had glued to his hand, the conflicts of human survival from these bloodsuckers of the night really made me think... Could I kill someone that close to me if they happened to turn and want to drain my blood? Absofreakinglutley. I could see how there were mixed reviews for this movie; some more of a fan of the graphic novel, and some people just are not a fan of newer movies. Form your own opinion, I myself thought it had the shock potential to keep your attention and the bloodshed like a horror movie should.

[upon finding a bag of pot at the sheriff's station]
Sheriff Eben Oleson: What the hell is that?
Jake Oleson: It's pot. It helps her with her cancer.
Helen Munson: Didn't tell you I got a little greenhouse at home. Didn't want you arresting me.
Sheriff Eben Oleson: Now I know why you wanted to go live with grandma.