The Shining Prospect of having 30 Days Of Night

Steve Niles is a twisted son of a bitch. Scratch that. Ben Templesmith is a twisted SOB. Well, perhaps in unison they just creat a hybrid of twisted bitchery that devours itself and flings its excrement upon glistening white banks of snow- just to show you that it could.

Whatever your fancy, these two continously prove that they are cast aways from the norm and we're all much better off for it.

I myself tend to dislike horror- films, books, comics. It's mainly due to the same reasons I don't like comedy. There's just not enough to think about. But that's my issue...

And though Niles doesn't encapture all that I find grand in storytelling- he does a damn good job at making me worry that I'm missing something. And Templesmith makes sure I know.

The eerie images sprawled along the grotesque and bloody pages of the series 30 days of Night are proof- 10 fold. A great vampire premise (and seriously- how many times have they really been great?) about the little town of Barrow, Alaska where once a year darkness falls for 30 days. And the story picks up in due course...and the blood begins to trickle.

I won't disclose the series, because it's been out for a long time- losing some luster in recent spinoffs like - 30 days of night- IN SPACE...But, I did want to mention - and threaten- that the film adaptation of the series is in pre-production. And damn god men and women- don't fuck this one up. Anytime a revered series goes to film it's a dice roll- we've seen it countless times. Sometimes it's bankable, sometimes it's laughable. 30 days' should fall somewhere in the 'I Shit my pants it was so good' category, assuming they do it right. And appropriately...

David Slade takes the helm. And if nut grinding is something you look for in a movie- this may be the man for the job. Hard Candy, a low budget thriller, was a dark romp that can make the manliest of men cringe- and not in a good way. Let us hope he keeps the same intensity.

I'd also like to note- Ben Templesmith is currently doodling, among other projects, FELL, written by the best writer around- INTERNET FUCKING JESUS - AKA Warren Ellis. Fell is perhaps one of the best series going for the price- largely due to Templesmith's perfect imagery for the mood, and Ellis' spot on story telling. Though, FELL will likely never become a movie- it's definitely worth the reads.