Near Dark
Directed by Kathryn BigelowIn het stoffige hart van het Amerikaanse zuidwesten wordt de onschuldige boerenjongen Caleb Collon (Adrian Pasdar) door een mooi meisje (Jenny Wright) verleid om zich aan te sluiten bij een losgeslagen bende van kwaadaardige zwervers onder leiding van de raadselachtige Jesse (Lance Henriksen). Maar dit is niet zomaar een bende outlaws; Caleb zit gevangen in een nachtmerrie van zielloos kwaad dat wacht in de schaduw. Een helse, door bloed en absolute gruwel gedreven chaos die begint als het donker wordt.
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- GrimeFiVideo11 juli 2025Severely underrated vampire movie. Great soundtrack and story, and just an awesome aesthetic throughout.
- Aaron Allen4 dgn geledenAmazing HBO movie
- Jacob O’Neal1 juli 2025Say what you will about Academy Award winning director Kathryn Bigalow. Sure, she made Zero Dark Thirty and The Hurt Locker to a lot of acclaim and awards. But she was never better than when she made this and Point Break. She took a simple vampire movie and turned it into a beautiful sprawling western at the same time. Adrian Pasdar stars alongside the cast of Aliens - Lance Henricksen, Bill Paxton and Jenette Goldstein. They wanted Michael Biehn as well, but he declined. I’m going to describe this movie as if it were a western with no vampire elements - a young Texas loner is restless and looking for adventure when a beautiful young woman crosses his path. But she’s not the kind of woman he should get mixed up with. She runs with a gang of nasty fellas, each one meaner than the last. But this is just what our young loner needs, adventure…until he gets it. When he sees the darkness first hand, the seduction wears off and reality sets in. Pasdar is one of those actors that never really broke through, but between this and the very short live TV series, Profit, I’d watch him in most anything. He was great in this movie, even if moments of his acting reminded me of a young Charlie Sheen. Henricksen, Paxton and Goldstein were great. Jenny Wright as the femme fatale did well. There was no weak link. Eric Red, writer of The Hitcher, and Bigalow wrote a script that worked as a drama, a western and a horror movie. This movie just works. I can’t say how they did it, but they captured lightning in a bottle with this film and no matter what happens in Bigalow’s career going forward, this Strange Days and Point Break are her best work.
- maddiechism6 december 2025vampire the masquerade bloodlines but make it a western with a stupid straight romance in the center, despite which its still the best vampire flick oat with an incredible moody soundtrack which fits into the nocturnal landscape so well and has this certain x-files je ne sais quoi to it. just immaculate vibes.
- tellum6 september 2025Criminally underrated vampire movie. Darker and grittier than Lost Boys but same level of quality.
Near Dark Trivia
Near Dark was released on 2 oktober 1987.
Near Dark was directed by Kathryn Bigelow.
Near Dark has a runtime of 1 u, 34 m.
Near Dark was produced by Steven-Charles Jaffe.
In het stoffige hart van het Amerikaanse zuidwesten wordt de onschuldige boerenjongen Caleb Collon (Adrian Pasdar) door een mooi meisje (Jenny Wright) verleid om zich aan te sluiten bij een losgeslagen bende van kwaadaardige zwervers onder leiding van de raadselachtige Jesse (Lance Henriksen). Maar dit is niet zomaar een bende outlaws; Caleb zit gevangen in een nachtmerrie van zielloos kwaad dat wacht in de schaduw. Een helse, door bloed en absolute gruwel gedreven chaos die begint als het donker wordt.
The key characters in Near Dark are Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar), Mae (Jenny Wright), Jesse Hooker (Lance Henriksen).
Near Dark is rated 16.
Near Dark is a Horror, Drama, Thriller film.
Near Dark has an audience rating of 7.4 out of 10.
Near Dark had a budget of US$ 5 mln..
Near Dark has made US$ 3,4 mln. at the box office.