History Film / ThirtyDaysOfNight

* HumansAreBastards: Discussed. In the second series, the protagonist asks one of the vampires why they seem to automatically become ChaoticEvil as soon as they're turned. He asks her how many people ''she'' knows who wouldn't if they actually had the power to pull it off.

* RecycledInSpace: ''30 Days of Night: Dead Space''. [[hottip:*:No relation to '''that''' ''DeadSpace'', sadly.]]

* SoundOnlyDeath: [[Tearjerker Thunk. Thunk. Thunk.]]

When the circus comes to town, the sheriff and his estranged wife gather up a group of survivors and plan to survive the 30 days. [[strike:[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Hilarity Ensues.]]]]

* BlackSpeech: The vampires speak in an odd combination of words and animal-like sounds like hisses and screeches. When they want to signal others, they let out [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel terrifying screams]].

* InfantImmortality: [[CreepyChild One was]] (literally but temporarily). [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel The others weren't]].

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Their ashen skin, solid black eyes and [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily mouths full of small, sharp teeth]] make them look almost like sharks. This depiction is [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel far more terrifying]] than the typical metrosexual bloodsucker.

* TakingOverTheTown: Several minutes are dedicated to showing this trope in action. The sequence is either really cool (the humans put up a legitimate but doomed fight), or [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel utterly terrifying]].

* FantasyKitchenSinkk: Kitchen sink may be stretching it, but in a universe full of vampires, a recent comic has also revealed the existence of a functional [[spoiler: Golem, which posseses people by encasing them in living mud]], as well as the fact that the 30 Days vamps seem to be involved in the ''Infestation'' crossover.

** Played straight as well with [[spoiler:Eben and Stella, who by the end of their own comic, ''Eben and Stella'' have succesfully reconciled their morality with being undead monsters, and become the protectors of Barrow]].
*** [[spoiler: The term 'friendly neighborhood' can nolonger be applied to Eben, given he just slaughtered the neighborhood. To the last man.]]

** Also, one of the miniseries featuring a family of yuppies travelling to Barrow to see the original vampires instead find 'ancient vampires' who had adapted to the environment, and look insectlike and [[FoodChainOfEvil feed on regular vampires]].

* BlackEyesOfEvil: The vampires' eyes have wide, solid black, irises, covering almost the entire visible eye, which, along with their mouthful of sharp teeth, make them look really sharklike and sociopathic.

* BlackEyesOfEvil: The vampires' eyes have wide, solid black, ireses, covering almost the entire visible eye, which, along with their mouthful of sharp teeth, make them look really sharklike and sociopathic.

* CurbStompBattle: 30+ Vampires vs. Hundreds of Humans= Less than 20 Humans and 30 Vampires

** This majkes for a bit of a plot hole, as Vicente was incensed at Marlow's endangerment of TheMasquerade, and ended the raid/covered it up. In the movie, it just seems that Marlow changes his mind for no reason.

** Played straight however, in the comic 'Juarez or Lex Nova and the Case of The 400 Dead Mexican Girls,' with the titular Lex Nova, a [[CrazyAwesome Crazy Awesome]] vampire private eye who monologues to himself (aloud) and mnages his blood habit by drinking from goats.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: The film inherited a weakness from the comic. There's simply no place in Alaska that has thirty days of night, and even if there was it would be more like '30 Days of lots of night and increasingly a little more day'

* PromotionToParent: Eben and Jake's parents are never mentioned, so it can be assumed that Eben shares responsibility for Jake with their grandmother. However, once she is killed, Eben becomes this trope in full-force to his teenage brother.

** Could also apply as [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]] to Stella, who protects Jake just as fiercely as her estranged husband.

** Could also apply as [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]] to Stella, who protects Jake just as fiercely as her ex-husband.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Eben is very protective of his little brother, Jake.