Near Dark is a great vampire flick, it is just a shame it came out the same year as the lost boys, because I felt it lost some attention. This movie is very dark, and when I think of real vampires I think of the vampires in this flick as being what real vampires in todays world would be like. It has a host of talented actors as well, Adrian Pasdar in the lead, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein and La... read more
The best thing about this film (and it Must have been intentional) is that there is no mention of the word 'Vampire' on the box, or in the movie.
The entire genre of suave, sophisticated vampires drinking blood from a wine glass while listning to Handel with their pinky fingers extended was boring by the time someone got done describing it to me. Near Dark is a more gritty, realis... read more
Description:One night, Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar), a young man in a small town, meets an attractive young drifter named Mae (Jenny Wright). Just before sunrise, she bites him on the neck then runs off. The rising sun causes Caleb's flesh to begin to burn. Mae comes with a group of roaming vampires and takes him away. The most unsociable of all One night, Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar), a young man in a small town, meets an attractive young drifter named Mae (Jenny Wright). Just before sunrise, she bites him on the neck then runs off. The rising sun causes Caleb's flesh to begin to burn. Mae comes with a group of roaming vampires and takes him away. The most unsociable of all the vampires, the callous and sociopathic Severen, wants to kill Caleb, but Mae reveals she has turned him into a vampire. Their charismatic leader, Jesse Hooker (Lance Henriksen), reluctantly agrees to allow Caleb to remain with them for a week to see if he can learn to hunt and become a trusted member of their group. Caleb is unwilling to kill to feed, which alienates him from the others. To protect him, Mae kills for him then has him drink from her wrist. After Caleb endangers himself to help them during a daylight police raid on their motel, Jesse and the others are temporarily mollified.
Meanwhile, Caleb's father (Tim Thomerson) has begun searching for the group while the police are also investigating. A child vampire in the group, Homer (Joshua John Miller), meets Caleb's sister Sarah (Marcie Leeds) and wants to transform her into his companion, but Caleb objects. While the group argues, Caleb's father arrives and holds them at gunpoint, demanding Sarah be released. Jesse taunts him into shooting, but regurgitates the bullet then wrestles the gun away. In the confusion, Sarah opens the door letting in the sunlight and forcing the vampires back. Burning, Caleb escapes with his family and suggests they try doing a blood transfusion to attempt to cure him. The transfusion successfully reverses Caleb's transformation. That night the vampires search for Caleb because he knows their identity, and Homer still wishes to have Sarah for his mate. Mae distracts Caleb by trying to persuade him to return to her while the others kidnap Sarah.
After Mae leaves, Caleb discovers the kidnapping and gives chase on horseback after finding his tires slashed. Along the way, he commandeers a tractor-trailer and encounters Severen, whom he runs over. The injured vampire manages to get into the truck's cab, so Caleb jackknifes the vehicle and jumps out as the truck explodes and kills Severen. Seeking revenge, Jesse and Diamondback (Jenette Goldstein) pursue him, but are forced to flee in their car as dawn breaks.
Not wanting Sarah to become another childlike monster, Mae breaks out of the back of the car with Sarah, getting badly burned by the sun as she runs with Sarah into Caleb's arms, taking refuge from the sun under his jacket. Homer attempts to follow but dies from exposure. Jesse and Diamondback, their sun-proofing ruined, also begin to burn. They attempt to run Caleb and Sarah over with the car but fail, also dying in the process.
Mae awakens later, her burns now healed; she has been given a transfusion and is also cured. Together, she and Caleb watch the sunrise. ... (more)(less)
I'll have to look for that interview; I'd love to see it. IMO these three actors are among those I consider under-rated. Paxton and Henriksen have had much more storied careers but all three are fanta
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There is a interview that the actors did talking about being reunited and how much they liked working on Near Dark, I don't know if it is on youtube but it is an interesting intervie
You're absolutely right; about this film and Lost Boys. Both will go down in history as two of the all-time great vampire movies! The reunion of Paxton, Henriksen and Goldstein immediately on the heel
“Near Dark is a great vampire flick, it is just a shame it came out the same year as the lost boys, because I felt it lost some attention. This movie i”
“Near Dark is a great vampire flick, it is just a shame it came out the same year as the lost boys, because I felt it lost some attention. This movie is very dark, and when I think of real vampires I think of the vampires in this flick as being what real vampires in todays world would be like. It has a host of talented actors as well, Adrian Pasdar in the lead, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein and Lance Henriksen. Near Dark is dark in it's atmospher, and in the story telling as well. If your a vampire fan, then Near Dark is a great one to add to your collection.” read more
"Half the cast that portrayed the soldiers in Aliens reunite as a gang of vegabonding vampires..
This biker band of bloodsuckers (count how many times I use the term bloodsuckers on this list) (get it...? ......"count"?....) are hardcore.
Unlike many of the wimpy vamps of today, these guys lived up to the descriptions "bloodthirsty", "throat-ripping", "stonecold" & whatever other adjectives were originally attached to their kind since the time of their folkloric ancestors.
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"Aliens wouldn't have been nearly as good as it was (and it was a-freaking-mazing!) without these three. I couldn't believe the luck when I saw that all three were in this - and a vampire flick, no less! I wasn't disappointed either. Awesome picture!
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"12.1.2013
Zero Dark Thirtyn tehdessä tuloaan ohjelmistoon päätin katsoa Kathryn Bigelowin varhaisempaa tuotantoa. Near Dark on kerrassaan hieno kauhuelokuva, jossa Adrian Pasdarin esittämä hemmo joutuu osaksi armotonta keskilännessä remuavaa vampyyrikoplaa. Koplan johdossa on karismaattinen Lance Henriksen.
Bigelow onnistuu yhdistämään tarinan raakuudet ja herkemmät tunnelmat, kuten Pasdarin ja Jenny Wrightin esittämän vampyyrin romanssin, toimivaksi paketiksi. Loppupuolella oli "
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