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Near Dark
1987
A young cowboy is seduced by a new girl in town only to find out he has been kissed by a vampire. Slowly turning into a creature of the night, he is persuaded to join up with the girl and a roaming band of ghouls. But when his own father and sister become targets in the vampires' endless search for 'food,' he is forced to .. Read more
| Starring | Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Hendriksen, Bill Paxton |
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| Director | Kathryn Bigelow |
| Genres | Horror |
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Near Dark
A young cowboy is seduced by a new girl in town only to find out he has been kissed by a vampire. Slowly turning into a creature of the night, he is persuaded to join up with the girl and a roaming band of ghouls. But when his own father and sister become targets in the vampires' endless search for 'food,' he is forced to choose between loyalty to the vampires, or loyalty his own family. NEAR DARK is a stylish and brutal mixture of horror, western, and action conventions from director Kathryn Bigelow (STRANGE DAYS) that ranks among the best vampire movies ever made.
| Starring | Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Hendriksen, Bill Paxton |
|---|---|
| Director | Kathryn Bigelow |
| Studio | ANCHOR BAY HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 35 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 38 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Horror Films |
| Genres | Horror |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 25 Aug 2003 Blu-ray: 17 Aug 2009 Production year: 1987 |
| Format | DVD |
Near Dark (1987)
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This 1980s horror landmark — an undead revamp of Bonnie and Clyde — is one of the best vampire movies ever made. Adrian Pasdar stars as the luckless farm boy inducted by seductive Jenny Wright into her itinerant family of gangster bloodsuckers, who manage to keep one step ahead of the law and daylight. Director Kathryn Bigelow blends the road movie, the western and the horror genres into one visually stunning and frightening package, spinning a genuinely scary tale that slickly examines the violent lifestyle of the outlaw gang. Along for the ride are Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton, who give standout degenerate performances.
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"...NEAR DARK achieves a new look in vampire films. High-powered but pared down, slick but spare, this is something akin to THE BADLANDS of the supernatural..."
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27 out of 33 people found this review helpful
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Gak
80's gak i'm afraid, terrible acting, unbelievably cliched plot, a waste of time. The ending is hilarious though, utterly ridiculous.......i'd rather set myself on fire.
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
rubbish
worst film ive seen for a long time
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Let the Right One In
- 06 Apr 2009
Film of the year so far! Imagine, say, My Life as a Dog, Ratcatcher, or even 400 Blows, one of those bittersweet portraits of lonely children bumping up against the hard knocks of parental neglect, abuse and poverty. Cross that kind of acute honesty and naturalism with an edgy near-the-knuckle horror movie – Near Dark, for instance, or Ringu. Now set this intriguing mutation in the suburbs of Stockholm during the depths of a Swedish winter. Let the Right One In is that movie, and it’ Read more
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