30 Days of Undead on a Plane...

I meant to talk about this shortly after I saw it. A couple of weeks ago I saw 30 Days of Night. The adaptation of the graphic novel is a worthy addition to the horror lexicon.

The movie was thoroughly entertaining from beginning to end - and this is coming from somebody who is not really a Josh Hartnett fan.

Outside of Hartnett, the film is largely filled with character actors of the "I recognize that guy, but I don't know from where,"-type. Unless you're a serious film fanatic, you won't place anyone of them, but you will recognize them.

The vampires themselves were, as my wife said, truly frightening, and completely lacking of humanity. This wasn't one of those tales of tragic love like Dracula, or even Fright Night, in which the vampire encounters one who looks like the long lost lover. This is a tale about predator, prey, and survival - and we're no longer the top of the food chain.

While I enjoyed the first two Blade films, those were really action films. This might have been the best vampire horror film that has come out of American cinema since Near Dark in 1987 (but still not quite on par with Russia's Nightwatch).

Flight of the Living Dead...

From Snakes on a Plane to Zombies on a Plane. Surprisingly well acted, and decently written, this latest entrant into the zombie genre is good fun for fans of the undead. The movie feels a little long in the set-up, as a 747 heading to Paris runs into a major storm front while carrying some questionable cargo.

Of course, that cargo gets loose and starts eating passengers.

Once the zombies are on the loose, look for the stewardesses carrying body parts in their mouths. Some of the best scenes ever.

Personally, I feel that this was more deserving of a theatrical release than Snakes on a Plane. C'est la mort.