Weekend of the Living Dead

Q: What happens when a hoard of feral-looking yet surprisingly well-dressed vampires crash a town that stays totally dark for thirty days?

A: The same thing that happens when the most prolific passing attack the NFL has ever seen faces a Dolphins secondary that, in all honesty, couldn't start for the LSU Tigers: carnage.

Such is life in Barrow, Alaska (and Miami, FL) where asthmatic local sheriff, Josh Harnett tries to outwit a band of ancient vampires - who speak a subtitled ancient vampire language which I suspect to be either Gaelic, Ancient Vampire, or a regional Mexican dialect - so that he and a small group of survivors can stay alive until the sun comes up again...in 30 days. This isn't your typical vampire movie...its unique in several ways: first of all, the protagonists stand no chance of fighting back and figure this out very early on at the cost of roughly 100 lives and an entire team of sled dogs. This in and of itself makes the theme survival, rather than a typical war on the undead. Furthermore, these vampires don't exactly look like Brad Pitt in Interview With The Vampire. In fact, they look a lot more like Seal with a blood-stained lapel.

I STRONGLY urge you to check this one out...the setting, Barrow, Alaska (an actual Alaskan town that actually does experience a month or so of total darkness) was enough to creep me out from the get-go. The eerie silence of survivors trying to remain quiet so as not to attract unwanted blood-draining is frequently broken by the shrieking howls of a most unsavory group of undead freaks. Not a 4-star effort, but ABSOLUTELY worth seeing. Also, check out Ben Foster (Alpha Dog, 3:10 To Yuma) continue to creep us out and forever solidify himself as a character actor.

Otherwise, there isn't a lot going on this week. The job search continues, the Canes gutted one out against FSU on Saturday - thanks to a brilliant fake FG and a brilliant, ballsy fourth quarter altogether - and won a very physical ball game to raise their record to 5-3. Hey, we knew it was gonna be a 3-4 loss season...give Randy time.

There is other good stuff on the horizon - hopefully a high-paying job is among them - this week. Shooter Jennings has a third album coming out. Those who know me know that I think this is the best rock act around these days, and I urge you to check out this 3rd effort, hitting stores this week. Enjoy the brilliance of Leroy's guitar, because he recently left the band, taking a lot of the magic with him. Dwight has a Buck Owen's tribute album coming out, and rock continues its slow death with nothing else at all dropping this week. Looks like The White Stripes' Icky Thump will have to stay in the changer another week or so.

Take care, check out the movie and God bless. As for me, I'm just waiting for a zombie attack so I can kick some ass.

Parting Shots:

Another Reason for So. Fla sports fans to stay away from revolvers and Scotch:
http://www.miamiherald.com/591/story/271186.html

Fantasy Football Record for The Comeback Kids: 5-1.