Josh Hartnett's Polarizing Vampire Horror Thriller Returns to Streaming in February

30 Days of Night, the vampire horror film starring Josh Hartnett in one of his best films and underrated performances, is now on a new streaming home this February, giving fans yet another opportunity to see the wildly polarizing film of 2007. As of February 1, Josh Hartnett’s fans will be able to stream 30 Days of Night on Peacock with a subscription. The film returns to streaming after being exclusively available for digital purchase or rent for some time. It’s still undetermined how long it will stay on Peacock, but films that are relatively obscure don’t spend much time on streaming services. You better hurry up.

Directed by David Slade, of Black Mirror and Hannibal fame, 30 Days of Night stars Hartnett alongside Danny Huston, Melissa George, Ben Foster and Mark Boone Junior, among others. The vampire film is based on the comic book series of the same name by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith. It follows the story of several residents in the town of Barrow, Alaska, who are preparing to spend a month in absolute darkness. The problem is that on the first night of the month-long period, something arrives in Barrow; a gang of bloodsucking monsters led by a chief vampire are hungry, and they find that pitch-dark Barrow is basically an all-you-can-eat buffet.

The box office performance of 30 Days of Night was pretty decent, pulling in $75.5 million from a $30 million production budget. The reception by critics was mixed, and today, it sits at 51% on Rotten Tomatoes. Nevertheless, it had enough impact to make producers think about turning it into a franchise. After all, the story had plenty of source material from the comics that inspired the film. 30 Days of Night resulted in a franchise that included a direct sequel and a TV miniseries that wasn’t related at all to Hartnett’s divisive horror thriller.

A Vampire Villain Who Deserves Iconic Status

Although 30 Days of Night was very polarizing at first, it remains an underrated cult vampire film that many people have missed out on. In addition to the usual vampire antics, it actually features a memorable character from the subgenre of horny bloodsuckers. No, it’s not the handsome Josh Hartnett, who plays the sheriff, but actually Danny Huston as Marlow, the leader of the bloodthirsty monsters wreaking havoc on the small town.

Huston’s performance is restrained. He always seems in control and never lets the vampire tropes take over to make Marlow an over-the-top villain. He just feels like a creeping presence whose physicality makes you imagine centuries and centuries of hunger followed by satisfaction.

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The vampire villain was one of the few things that critics salvaged back then from the comic book horror film. Roger Ebert, the famed movie critic, said that Huston was “quite convincing” in his two-and-a-half-star review of the film. Unfortunately, Huston couldn’t be convinced of returning for the sequel, 30 Days of Night: Dark Days, an even more obscure sequel that many people probably didn’t even know existed.