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Near Dark

Near Dark

...pray for daylight.

Rating

5.0 (1)

Release Date

10/2/1987

Runtime

94 mins

Genres

Horror

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$3,400,000

Homepage

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A restless nocturnal descent into outlaw vampire culture through the eyes of a farm boy caught between two worlds, where seduction and threat are inseparable. Intimate and claustrophobic despite the open road, it treats vampirism as a matter of circumstance rather than gothic mystique.

Mood

Dread-soakedTenseWistfulDefiant

Themes

LoveSurvivalIdentityCorruption

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

NaturalisticNeon-drenchedHigh-contrast

Structure

Road movie

Heads up

Graphic violenceSexual content
Adrian Pasdar

Adrian Pasdar

Caleb Colton

Jenny Wright

Jenny Wright

Mae

Lance Henriksen

Lance Henriksen

Jesse Hooker

Bill Paxton

Bill Paxton

Severen

Jenette Goldstein

Jenette Goldstein

Diamondback

Tim Thomerson

Tim Thomerson

Loy Colton

Joshua John Miller

Joshua John Miller

Homer

Marcie Leeds

Sarah Colton

Kenny Call

Kenny Call

Deputy Sheriff

Ed Corbett

Ticket Seller

Troy Evans

Troy Evans

Plainclothes Officer

Bill Cross

Sheriff Eakers

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