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Man, do I love me a good red band trailer. And when it includes Josh Hartnett slicing his way through a little vampire girl with an axe, how can you go wrong? Since this is a red band trailer (or R-rated trailer), you'll need to prove you're over 18 before watching. (Kids with older siblings know what to do.) Once you prove your age, you'll be taken to the new trailer, followed by an exclusive scene from the film. Both look outstanding, and I'm convinced director David Slade's follow-up to the very awesome Hard Candy will most likely go down as one of the best vampire flicks in a long, long time. Unlike most red band trailers, the one for 30 Days of Night doesn't feature any nudity or foul language. Lots and lots of blood? Check. Vampires feasting on human faces? Check. Yeah, this ain't your ordinary, run-of-the-mill family film.

30 Days of Night is based on a miniseries of horror comic books written by Steve Niles (who also co-wrote the screenplay for this feature version, and spoke with Cinematical's Ryan Stewart recently about the page-to-screen process). Although a number of sequels exist in comic form, there's been no word on a potential horror franchise here. Chances are folks will wait to see how this one does in theaters. If it does well, they'll most likely move onto Dark Days (the immediate follow-up to 30 Days). Summer wasn't so nice to horror, but hopefully the brisk October release date (and Sam Raimi's participation) will help 30 Days of Night rise above the rest. This first flick will revolve around a group of vampires who travel to a small town in Alaska where there's no sunlight for 30 days straight. There, they can feed on a slew of unsuspecting town folk without the threat of sunlight crashing the party. It'll be up to the town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team (played by Harnett and Melissa George) to find a way to stop these blood suckers before they destroy everything. 30 Days of Night hits theaters on October 19, right in time for Halloween.

I have to say, I feel bad for all the ladies out there this summer. Not only are the majority of major films geared toward a male audience, but some of the more talked-about female films feature girls being kidnapped, tortured and/or mutilated. What's up with that? Two weeks after director Eli Roth does some very bad things to three unsuspecting female tourists in Hostel: Part II, Elisha Cuthbert gets drugged and thrown in some sort of dungeon in Captivity. Oh, and then next month La Lohan gets kidnapped and has her legs chopped off in I Know Who Killed Me. Man, what happened to the days when a delightful girl could innocently frolic through an open field and not be viciously mangled for doing so? Where's the love?

Most of you are probably already aware of the film Captivity. Back in March, After Dark Films shoveled out a number of controversial billboards onto city streets in L..A. and New York without the approval of the MPAA. Since then, the MPAA suspended the ratings process for Captivity, bumping its release date back a month to June 22. Now, with a spiffy new 'R' rating, Captivity has a pretty nifty website and a new exclusive clip has popped up over at JoBlo. In said clip, Cuthbert crawls around on a floor, pops a VHS tape into a VCR (why are serial killers always way behind on the times?) and begins to watch video of someone watching her. It's kind of creepy, but I can't imagine it leaving too much of an impact after the girl has already been kidnapped. "Now that I have you, here's how I did it. What do you think about the edit job; not bad for a homicidal maniac, huh?"