30 Days of Night Trivia
Filming took 70 days, as scheduled.
According to David Slade, veteran director Sam Raimi was slated to direct the film when the script was in its earliest stages; then Raimi opted to produce instead.
A WILHELM SCREAM, : Heard after man is thrown off metal roof by vampire during the initial attacks on Barrow. The Wilhelm scream is a stock sound effect first used in 1951 for the film Distant Drums. Actor-singer Sheb Wooley is considered to be the most likely voice actor for the scream, having appeared on a memo as a voice extra for the film. The scream has been used in the Star Wars epics and also Indiana Jones amongst notable films.
The Wilhelm scream has been featured in many films and television programs since. Alongside a certain recording of the cry of the Red-tailed Hawk, the "Universal telephone ring"[1], the Goofy holler, the Tarzan yell and "Castle thunder", it is probably one of the best-known cinematic sound clichés
Prints were shipped to some theaters under the fake title "Red Impression".
A picture of Steve Niles, who wrote the original comic book, hangs in the attic hideout.
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