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Overview

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Director:

Kathryn Bigelow

Writers:

Kathryn Bigelow (written by) and
Eric Red (written by)

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Release Date:

2 October 1987 (USA) more

Tagline:

Killing you would be easy, they'd rather terrify you...forever. more

Plot:

A young man reluctantly joins a travelling "family" of evil vampires, when the girl he'd tried to seduce is part of that group. full summary | full synopsis

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Awards:

1 win & 8 nominations more

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(103 articles)

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"We keep odd hours." more (173 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Adrian Pasdar ... Caleb Colton
Jenny Wright ... Mae

Lance Henriksen ... Jesse Hooker

Bill Paxton ... Severen

Jenette Goldstein ... Diamondback

Tim Thomerson ... Loy Colton

Joshua John Miller ... Homer (as Joshua Miller)
Marcie Leeds ... Sarah Colton
Kenny Call ... Deputy Sheriff
Ed Corbett ... Ticket Seller
Troy Evans ... Plainclothes Officer
Bill Cross ... Sheriff Eakers
Roger Aaron Brown ... Cajun Truck Driver
Thomas Wagner ... Bartender
Robert Winley ... Patron in Bar
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Additional Details

Runtime:

94 min | Sweden:86 min (cut version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Filming Locations:

Casa Grande, Arizona, USA more

Company:

F/M more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Unusually for a vampire movie, the word "vampire" is never mentioned. more

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Control cable visible during the car explosion. more

Quotes:

[first lines]
Caleb Colton: [crushing a mosquito] Dumb suck.
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Movie Connections:

Featured in Living in Darkness (2002) (V) more

Soundtrack:

FEVER more


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41 out of 49 people found the following comment useful.
"We keep odd hours.", 15 September 2003
Author: Backlash007 from Kentucky

Near Dark is the definitive vampire road movie. It's the most realistic and non-traditional portrayal of vampires in my mind. They're cruising the country...you know, just bored. And wouldn't they be bored? I mean if you live forever, wouldn't you run out of things to do? They spend their time getting in and out of trouble. And that's all they do. I love it. The cast (Aliens anyone?) is top-notch. Adrien Pasdar is as underrated as they come. He plays our likable hero who gets involved with our gang of vamps by accident. Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein (all from Aliens), Jenny Wright, and Joshua Miller are all perfectly cast as the nocturnal family. Miller, oddly enough, is Jason Patric's half brother and Near Dark was released just a few weeks after The Lost Boys. Henrikson is appropriately evil and Paxton's Severen character is highly quotable and memorable. Tim Thomerson and James Le Gros also put in an appearances. Eric Red's script is every bit as cool as his earlier road movie, The Hitcher. Kathryn Bigelow will go down in my book as having directed the best vampire flick that I can think of.

Note for genre buffs: The word vampire is never used in the film.

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