Adrian Pasdar,
Jenny Wright,
Lance Henriksen,
Bill Paxton,
Jenette Goldstein
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In Kathryn Bigelow's tale of vampires in the American Southwest, the creatures of the night aren't elegant, cloaked aristocrats. They're a gun-toting gang that dresses and acts like a motorcycle gang.... read more
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Release Date: October 2, 1987
Keywords:
horror,
vampire,
road,
vampire movie,
bill paxton,
lance henriksen,
near dark,
Bill Paxton ,
Near Dark ,
Lance Henriksen ,
Adrian Pasdar
DVD Release Date: September 10, 2002
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May 29, 2012A sexually charged tale of vampirism created decades before it was considered vogue by Pattinson-worshiping pre-teens.
When young Caleb is picked up by a marauding band of night-walkers, he is forced to learn how to survive in his new skin without abandoning what he knows to be ... read more -
October 10, 2011Hell yeah, what a cast! my dream team almost, Paxton, Henriksen, Goldstein, Wright, perfect. I dont like the desert feel for the vamps but this is still an awesome bloodsucker. The classic bar scene is violent and sadistic yet you wanna join them haha Wright is cute and Henriksen... read more
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May 3, 2011Near Dark's influence is quite vast when you think about it, bizarre though too as it is so overlooked and very underrated. It's unfair that it has lived in the shadows of The Lost Boys for so long as it is a much better film. Alas, it is always going to be hovering in 'Cult' sta... read more
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February 13, 2011Technically it's a 2 star film, but Near Dark has enough cult panache to elevate it above its means.
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January 29, 2011A surprisingly fantastic vampire movie full of action and romance. This is what Twilight should have been like. Although I think Lost Boys is the best vampire flick of the decade, this one is a close second, it's got a great story and it's more serious than Lost Boys. I love t... read more
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October 1, 2010It doesn't waste your time with repetitive folklore, but jumps straight into a personal story. It's a true test of human spirit, having to decide if it is worth eternal life to kill an innocent person. This is moody, cool and basically the most believable you can get with vampire... read more
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July 8, 2010Near Dark is an underrated vampire film. Released the same year as The Lost Boys , Near Dark didn't succeed at the box office. This film got overshadowed by The Lost Boys. Near Dark is a terrific vampire film. The film blends elements of western films and it has a Bonnie & Clyde ... read more
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September 21, 2009As you might know by now, I LOVE a good vampire film / story.
While I realize this is a genre that has been "done to death" (pun intended!) I still enjoy an attempt at originality whetehr it is in the story line, the mythology or even just in the visuals.
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August 1, 2009Horror story is equal parts vampire film and western. While these vampires behave like a violent biker gang, they're also prone to falling in love. Second teen vampire story to be released in 1987 after The Lost Boys, is perhaps less well known, but still, a wholly origi... read more
Critic Reviews
October 14, 2008
TIME Magazine
September 26, 2007
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
This is on the whole a striking directorial debut, at once scary and erotic, with lots of sidelong touches in the casting, direction, and script. Full Review
September 26, 2007
Variety Staff, Variety
High-powered but pared down, slick but spare, this is a tale that introduces the unearthly into the banality of rural American existence. Full Review
August 14, 2007
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Bigelow's artful handling of the magic and menace of the night is hauntingly apparent.
May 20, 2003
Caryn James, New York Times
You might call this the scattershot school of film making. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Bigelow has cross-bred vampire legends, westerns and biker movies to arrive at a combination that's both outrageous and poetic; it has extravagant, bloody thrills plus something else -- something that... Full Review
February 6, 2010
Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
Como terror focado em vampiros, empalidece diante de Garotos Perdidos, lançado no mesmo ano; como alegoria do submundo das drogas e de uma época em que o sexo se tornou letal, é óbvio e infantil. Como...
April 16, 2008
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
One of the better vampire films. Full Review
March 5, 2008
Sean Axmaker, Seanax.com
... both ferocious and lyrical, a moody horror film with the frontier community romanticism of a John Ford Western and the violent ferocity of a Sam Peckinpah film. Full Review
October 30, 2007
Rumsey Taylor, Not Coming to a Theater Near You
As much as it is a horror film and western, it is equally and perhaps more pronouncedly a romance. Full Review
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