![]() ![]() ![]() "Recently we've been looking in the Far East for filmmakers and the newer visions that they can bring, but this was a homegrown picture which is very exciting. "At Ghost House we always want to find something that's new," he continues. Eben and his wife/deputy Stella (Melissa George) are the only hope for the secluded town of Barrow, Alaska, as a hoard of vampires descends during the annual period when the sun sets there and doesn't rise again for 30 days. Josh Harnett, personally selected by Raimi, plays Sheriff Eben Oleson in the film. I was struck by the originality of it, and what a great concept it was, but the thing that really connected me to it were the two characters at the center, Eben and Stella, and their love story." That you could go up to a place like Barrow, Alaska where night falls for 30 days, and you've gotta survive that time period with vampires at your throat. "It seemed like it should have been thought of before because it was so obviously great. "When I read 30 Days of Night I thought it was really gripping and powerful, both visually and in concept," Raimi told members of the press at the film's press day.
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