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Overview
A farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.
Details
- 👻Horror
Release
1987-10-02
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Original language
English
Runtime
1 hour 34 minutes
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RewindZone
"I think Near Dark has a posture unlike any other vampire film I can think of. The vampires are really like a pack of coyotes, operating as a family, and they live day to day." - Kathryn Bigelow, Director
rewindzone.com/review-near-dark-1987/
Empire
A young man reluctantly joins a travelling 'family' of evil vampires, when the girl he'd tried to seduce is part of that group. Thematically, Near Dark offers little new to the vampire sub-genre. Essentially it focuses on the idea of blood as a drug...
empireonline.com/movies/reviews/near-dark-review/
Time Out
Western iconography, noir-ish lighting, and visceral horror are fused with an affecting love story in this stylish 'Vampire Western'
timeout.com/movies/near-dark
IMDb
These aren't your standard sharp fang having, flying, cool contact wearing, red cape sporting vampires. Rather these vampires look like nomads, leftovers from a roaming biker gang.
imdb.com/title/tt0093605/reviews
IMDb
A real gem of a film which deserved a lot more credit than it ever received. In this stylish tale of modern-day vampires, gothic horror is mixed with modern-day American society.
imdb.com/title/tt0093605/
AllMovie
Despite the film's poor performance at the box office upon release, critic reviews were very positive. Over the years, the film has garnered a cult following.
allmovie.com/movie/near-dark-am26706
