A small-town farmer's son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter.A small-town farmer's son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter.A small-town farmer's son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter.
- Awards
- 1 win & 9 nominations
Joshua John Miller
- Homer
- (as Joshua Miller)
Edward Corbett
- Ticket Seller
- (as Ed Corbett)
James Le Gros
- Teenage Cowboy
- (as James LeGros)
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- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaFuture husband James Cameron suggested to Bigelow that she use the ready-made ensemble cast from his recent hit Aliens (1986), and thus Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, and Jenette Goldstein all appear in Bigelow's film. Michael Biehn had also appeared in Aliens and was considered, but declined to participate.
- GoofsWhen Homer brings Sarah to the hotel room, it is night time, and Sarah makes reference to how late everyone is staying up. A minute later, Severen goes out and gets Loy, and it is still night. Two minutes later, when the Coltons flee the room, it is broad daylight out.
- Alternate versionsThe UK version released on video in 1988 was missing 14 secs of BBFC cuts:
- Diamondback opening and closing a butterfly knife repeatedly before slitting the barmaid's throat
- Jesse and Severen putting the barman's body on the bar and smashing bottles of spirits over and around him to fuel the fire while Severen quips "Hey, bartender salad".
- ConnectionsFeatured in New Order: Touched by the Hand of God (1987)
- SoundtracksNAUGHTY, NAUGHTY
Performed and written by John Parr
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
Polygram International Music B. V.
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"We keep odd hours."
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.
Note for genre buffs: The word vampire is never used in the film.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Near Dark - Die Nacht hat ihren Preis
- Filming locations
- 6709 Pacific Boulevard, Huntington Park, California, USA(Caleb going to bus station at night)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,369,307
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $635,789
- Oct 4, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $3,369,628
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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