Near Dark

Near Dark is an American action/horror film of the vampire subgenre. It was written and directed by Kathryn Bigelow and co-written by Eric Red. It was produced by the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) and released theatrically in the United States on October 2nd, 1987.

The premise of the movie centers around a young boy named Caleb Colton who falls for a pretty blonde-haired girl named Mae, only to discover that Mae is part of a traveling group of shit-kicking vampires. While trying to help Mae get away from these lunatics, he has the bite put on him and begins turning into a vampire and it is up to his farmer father Loy to concoct a cure for him using his farm-like wizardry.

Trivia

 * The tagline for this film is "Pray for Daylight". This was the tagline seen on most promotional material for the film. Other taglines include "Killing you would be easy, they'd rather terrify you... forever.", "In one hot hungry kiss, he gave her everlasting love. She gave him everlasting life.", and "Blood is our life, Darkness, our feeding ground and sunlight, our eternal damnation."


 * Though he may not seem immediately recognizable in this film, young Caleb Colton is played by Adrian Pasdar. Pasdar will go on to play Nathan Petrelli in the NBC television series Heroes and will also play Colonel Glenn Talbot in episodes of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on ABC.


 * If the actors playing the three main bad-ass vampires seem familiar, its because they should. Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton and Jenette Goldstein all played key roles in James Cameron's 1986 sci-fi/horror movie Aliens.


 * This movie premiered in theaters on the same day as Zombie High by director Ron Link.


 * Near Dark was released on DVD on the same day that Society was released on DVD. Both films were distributed through Starz Productions and Anchor Bay Entertainment.


 * Actor Tim Thomerson is best known for playing the role of Jack Deth in the Trancers sci-fi film series by Full Moon Entertainment.

Recommendations

 * 30 Days of Night
 * 30 Days of Night: Dark Days
 * Brotherhood of Blood
 * Dracula (1931)
 * Dracula (1958)
 * Dracula (1979)
 * Fright Night
 * From Dusk Till Dawn


 * From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
 * From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
 * House of Dracula
 * Lost Boys
 * Lost Boys: The Thirst
 * Rise: Blood Hunter
 * Subspecies
 * Subspecies II: Bloodstone