"30 DAYS OF NIGHT" With Melissa George
Greg Truman Horror movies tend to keep Australian actress Melissa George up at night. She is not spooked watching them. Rather, she's wary of being haunted by her decision to act in them. That's not to say blood, guts and ghosts haven't been kind to George, the 31-year-old former Home and Away star and Logie winner. Her impressive, nearly decade-long march toward the top tier in Hollywood has been aided by a few high-profile roles in scary flicks, most notably the hit 2005 remake of The Amityville Horror. Her star was still ascending when she starred alongside Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston in the mildly successful suspense film Derailed in 2006 but flickered with the release this year of Turistas, a flabby horror movie set in Brazil. Now George is in the schlock-light again, fighting off vampires alongside Josh Hartnett in 30 Days of Night, director David Slade's take on the stunning graphic novel by Steve Niles and Perth's Ben Templesmith. Produced by Hollywood h...