30 DAYS OF NIGHT: DARK DAYS
Year: 2010
USA DVD: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
UK DVD: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Cast: Mia Kirshner, Diora Baird, Harold Perrineau, Kiele Sanchez, Monique Ganderton, Rhys Coiro, Troy Ruptash, Katie Keating
Director: Ben Ketai
Country: USA
USA: 92 mins
UK: 89 mins
USA Rated: R for bloody violence, language and some sexual content
UK Certificate: 18 contains very strong gory violence
USA Release Date: 5 October 2010
UK DVD Release Date: 11 October 2010
Synopsis
The bloodthirsty vampires are back with 30 Days of Night: Dark Days, the action-packed sequel to the globally successful franchise.
It’s been almost 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 (Sanchez) has spent the past months traveling the world, trying to convince others that vampires exist. Met with scepticism and laughter, Stella is ready to throw in the towel when a group of lost souls (Coiro, Baird and Perrineau) offers an incredible opportunity: the chance to exact revenge upon Lilith (Kirshner), the vampire queen responsible for the assault on Stella’s 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.
The cast features Kiele Sanchez (TV’s “Lost”, A Perfect Getaway), Harold Perrineau (Felon, TV’s “Lost”), Mia Kirshner (The Black Dahlia, Not Another Teen Movie), Diora Baird (My Best Friend’s Girl, Wedding Crashers) and Rhys Coiro (TV’s “24”, TV’s “Entourage”). From production company Ghost House Pictures, 30 Days of Night: Dark Days was co-written by Steve Niles, the creator of the original graphic novels, along with director Ben Ketai.
Both the Blu-ray and DVD contain special features, including filmmaker commentary and The Gritty Realism of Dark Days, a new featurette that provides an all access behind-the-scenes exploration of the production design, make-up effects and cinematography used to create the gory war on the vampires. The Blu-ray is also enhanced with an exclusive Blu-ray interactive featurette, Graphic Inspirations: From Comic to Film, which compares and contrasts the visuals of the graphic novel with the imagery from the film, with discussion by director Ben Ketai.
DVD EXTRAS
Filmmaker Commentary
Featurette: The Gritty Realism of Dark Days
BLU-RAY EXTRAS
BD exclusive: Graphic Inspirations: From Comic to Film
PS3 Wallpaper Theme
Filmmaker Commentary
The Gritty Realism of Dark Days