Rent Near Dark (1987)
3.4 of 5 from 179 ratings
1h 34min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- In the dusty heat of the American southwest, innocent country boy Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar) is seduced by a beautiful girl (Jenny Wright) into joining a roving pack of vicious drifters, lead by the enigmatic Jesse (Lance Henriksen). But this is no ordinary band of outlaws. Caleb is now trapped in a nightmare of soulless evil that waits in the shadows, hellish mayhem that thrives on blood; the horror that begins Near Dark.
- Actors:
- Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein, Tim Thomerson, Joshua John Miller, Marcie Leeds, Kenny Call, Ed Corbett, Troy Evans, Bill Cross, Roger Aaron Brown, Thomas Wagner, Robert Winley, James Le Gros, Jan King, Danny Kopel, Billy Beck, S.A. Griffin
- Directors:
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Producers:
- Steven-Charles Jaffe
- Writers:
- Kathryn Bigelow, Eric Red
- Aka:
- Cuando cae la oscuridad
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Horror, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Films by Genre, The Best American Road Movies
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 17/08/2009
- Run Time:
- 94 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
- Subtitles:
- None
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
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Reviews (2) of Near Dark
Stylish Modern Horror - Near Dark review by GI
Director Kathryn Bigelow's first directorial effort and a great little horror film it is too. Set in the American mid west it's the story of bored rancher's son Caleb (Adrian Pasdar) who meets the mysterious and sexy Mae (Jenny Wright) who seduces him after which he is forced into the company of a vicious gang of drifters led by Jesse (Lance Henricksen). They turn out to be killers who shun sunlight, feed by drinking blood and apparently have lived long lives. So this falls into the vampire sub-genre although the word 'vampire' is never used. Many of the tropes of vampire films are absent here so there's no fangs, wooden stakes, garlic, issues with mirrors etc and the reason these people are as they are is never explained. They do have huge strength, can't be killed in normal ways and definitely avoid sunlight which becomes a major plot point. A contemporary road/horror film with the influence of John Carpenter all over it, it's bloody, great fun and has the great Bill Paxton on fine form as one of the very nasty baddies. This is a little gem of a film and highly recommended if you've never seen it.
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Dad! I wanna hang out with the cool vampires! - Near Dark review by HW
Like a Neo-western version of ‘Lost Boys’, which bizarrely came out the same year. The same story of a young man being initiated into a vampire clan is here, except the vampires are road-tripping outlaws in a blacked-out camper van who are happy to engage in shootouts with the cops. The relationship between the young man and the vampires is interesting, as he swings from seeking their approval to despising them, resisting his own bloodlust while they wreak havoc on a bar in the most memorable scene. I guess the movie could be an extreme metaphor for adolescence, as the young man is torn between his family and hanging out with the cool bloodsucking kids so he can be close to his babe, who made him into a vampire in the first place. He still finds the ethereal, mysterious blond attractive even after she starts draining other men. The coolest thing about this movie is the cast, including three actors from ‘Aliens’! Bill Paxton shines as the most psychotic, leather-jacketed vampire taking maniacal glee in murder. I also wonder if the writer of the ‘Preacher’ comics got some visual inspiration from this movie for his Cassidy character, what with outlaw vampires in pick-ups trying not to burst into flame in the desert sun: by hiding under flimsy blankets. Overall a great example of ‘pulp’ 80s horror. For fans of the 80s, vampire-romance and the Wild West. Stephen King could have written this.
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