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Critic Mark Dinning
rated 8

At a meagre running time of 84 minutes, it's incredibly clean, with Bigelow standing firmly by the screenwriting mantra that nothing is extraneous, nothing is arbitrary, and creating a piece of sheer poetic simplicity.

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Michael Thomsen
rated 8

FED kult-vampyrfilm af Kathryn Bigelow der senere blev berømt som kvindelig Oscar vinder for bedste film... for "The Hurt Locker". Hun kan godt lave film.

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Cast & Crew

Kathryn Bigelow
Director
Lance Henriksen
As Jesse Hooker
Tim Thomerson
As Loy Colton
James Le Gros
As Teenage Cowboy
Bill Paxton
As Severen
Troy Evans
As Plainclothes Officer
Paul M. Lane
As State Trooper

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In the dusty backroads of Oklahoma, a young man named Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar) is seduced by a mysterious drifter named Mae (Jenny Wright) into joining a roving pack of vampires. Led by the enigmatic Jesse Hooker (Lance Henriksen), the group thrives on bloodlust and mayhem. As Caleb struggles to adapt to his new undead life, he finds himself at odds with the violent Severen (Bill Paxton) and the charismatic Jesse. With his father searching for him and a child vampire targeting his sister, Caleb must choose between his loyalty to Mae and his own survival. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Near Dark is a thrilling horror-western that explores themes of immortality, violence, and redemption in the American heartland.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Near Dark include Poltergeist, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Sleepaway Camp, Rawhead Rex, Cemetery of Terror, The People Across the Lake.

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Near Dark was released in theaters on October 2, 1987.