Started: 15/02/20
Finished: 16/02/20
Spoilers: No
I really enjoyed this. I watched the movie when it first came out over a decade ago and to this day it’s still one of my favourite vampire movies. I loved how scary they were, cause vampires should be scary. I can’t believe it took me this long to read the graphic novel. The idea of this story is just fantastic. The Alaskan town and an entire month of darkness. It makes total sense that vampires would go there, and frankly, I can’t believe this concept hasn’t been done a million times before. It’s just so good. The artwork is also incredible. It’s so dark and creepy, a little messy and very gory, but all of it adds to the atmosphere of surviving in the dark for 30 days. The only reason I’m not rating this four stars is because, though a great idea, the story did feel a little rushed in places. I would’ve liked to have seen the humans try to survive for a bit longer and really try to understand their struggle and desperation. I also think it would’ve been really cool if there were dates added to the panels, so we the readers know how many days were left and how far they’d come. There was no real indication of time. For all we know, the events of this comic happened on the first day, rather than over the whole month. This is something the movie does very well. We really get a sense of just how long these people have been hiding in the dark. Another big difference between the book and movie – that I think the movie did better – was how the vampires communicate. In the comic they speak English, though their captions are in a different font, suggesting an accent. In the movie, the vamps spoke an entirely fictional and genuinely creepy language. They way they spoke still haunts me now and I think in the comic the vamps would’ve been scarier if they didn’t talk at all. There’s something terrifying about not being able to communicate or reason with the enemy. Another thing I didn’t really get was the side plot of the guy from New Orleans who helicoptered over Barrow filming them. I know this is probably set up for a sequel, but for this particular stand-alone story, it added nothing, and I can see why it wasn’t included in the movie. So with all that in mind, I really enjoyed the graphic novel, but ultimately I think the movie conveyed the vibe of this story better. I did, however, really enjoy seeing part of the original script as an extra in the back of the book. It was really cool and, I can imagine, would be a huge help for people trying to learn how graphic novels are written. I will be trying the sequel.
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