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30 Days of Night: Dark Days (2010): Ratings & Plot

30 Days of Night: Dark Days (2010) movie poster

30 Days of Night: Dark Days is a 2010 horror thriller directed by Ben Ketai. It runs 1 hour 32 minutes. Critics gave it 17% on Rotten Tomatoes, and IMDb users rate it 4.3/10.

IMDb rating
4.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes
17%
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30 Days of Night: Dark Days (2010) movie poster
Released
Runtime
1h 32m (92 min)
Director
Ben Ketai
Genres
Thriller , Horror
Original language
English
After the credits
No No extra scene
The story

What Is 30 Days of Night: Dark Days About?

The premise of 30 Days of Night: Dark Days without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.

A year after the events in Barrow, Stella is consumed by vengeance against Lilith, the vampire queen responsible for the town's destruction. She joins forces with a band of unlikely allies and travels to Los Angeles, determined to exact justice. Their quest takes them into the city's hidden, dark world, where they face deadly challenges and Stella must fight to preserve her sanity and humanity.

30 Days of Night: Dark Days Themes & Keywords

· 50 tags
  • motel
  • hung by wrists
  • hung upside down
  • sex standing up
  • female rear nudity
  • sex
  • sex while wearing a bra
  • dark horse comics
  • 2010s
  • psychotronic film
  • cynical ending
  • character repeats someone else's dialogue
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  • man punches a woman
  • female frontal nudity
  • woman wears a tie
  • bare chested man
  • returning character played by a different actor
  • vampire horror
  • vampire
  • alaska
  • revenge
  • vampire hunter
  • fbi agent
  • ultraviolet light
  • grief
  • shot multiple times
  • idw comics
  • blood splatter
  • 2000s
  • idw publishing
  • severed head
  • murdered with an axe
  • stabbed in the eye
  • kicked in the face
  • wrist slitting
  • shot in the forehead
  • dripping blood
  • resurrection
  • back from the dead
  • burned body
  • long beach california
  • shot through a door
  • cut hand
  • throat ripping
  • coughing blood
  • sunlight
  • c4 explosives
  • sleeping in a car
  • corrupt agent
  • subtitled scene
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Crew

The Director of 30 Days of Night: Dark Days

Directed by Ben Ketai.

From the director

More from Ben Ketai

More films directed by Ben Ketai, best-rated first: River Wild and Beneath.

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Ratings

30 Days of Night: Dark Days Reviews & Ratings

Critics gave 30 Days of Night: Dark Days 17% on Rotten Tomatoes, and IMDb users rate it 4.3/10.

Plot

30 Days of Night: Dark Days Plot Summary

What happens in 30 Days of Night: Dark Days from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 15 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.

Spoilers ahead

It’s been over a year since the Alaskan town of Barrow suffered a devastating attack by a group of vampires during its annual month-long sunset. Stella, played by Kiele Sanchez, is haunted by the grief of losing her husband, Eben, and has been consumed by nightmares, leaving her engulfed in feelings of hate and sorrow. Her quest to prove the existence of vampires has led her around the globe, feeling continuously hunted and emotionally void since Eben’s death.

Full summary

The whole story of 30 Days of Night: Dark Days, scene by scene

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Videos

30 Days of Night: Dark Days Trailers & Videos

The trailer of 30 Days of Night: Dark Days.

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Quiz

How Well Do You Know 30 Days of Night: Dark Days?

10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.

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What is Stella haunted by after the events in Barrow?

Cars

Cars in 30 Days of Night: Dark Days

2 cars on screen: the 1995 Chevrolet Tahoe and the 1999 Ford Crown Victoria.

  • 1995 Chevrolet Tahoe in 30 Days of Night: Dark Days 1995 Chevrolet Tahoe Important role
  • 1999 Ford Crown Victoria in 30 Days of Night: Dark Days 1999 Ford Crown Victoria Background role

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FAQ

30 Days of Night: Dark Days FAQ: Runtime & Release Date

Runtime, release date, director, ratings and post-credit scenes of 30 Days of Night: Dark Days, each answered in a sentence.

How long is 30 Days of Night: Dark Days?

30 Days of Night: Dark Days runs 1 hour 32 minutes (92 minutes).

When was 30 Days of Night: Dark Days released?

30 Days of Night: Dark Days was released on October 5, 2010.

Who directed 30 Days of Night: Dark Days?

30 Days of Night: Dark Days was directed by Ben Ketai.

More films by Ben Ketai

How is 30 Days of Night: Dark Days rated?

30 Days of Night: Dark Days has 4.3/10 on IMDb, 17% on Rotten Tomatoes and 50% on TMDB.

Does 30 Days of Night: Dark Days have a post-credit scene?

No. 30 Days of Night: Dark Days has no extra scene during or after the credits.

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