This punk-inflected vampire-western single-handedly restored the vampire film to the realm of critical respectability. For once, the critics were right:
Near Dark is a soulful saga of vampires as the ultimate outsider-outlaws unleashed in the American Southwest.
Adrian Pasdar stars as a cowboy recruited by a kiss and a bite from beautiful
Jenny Wright to a vampire crew that includes
Lance Henriksen,
Jenette Goldstein, and legendary bad boy
Bill Paxton.
Near Dark was the first masterpiece by
San Francisco Art Institute graduate Kathryn Bigelow, who'd go on to become the first woman to be awarded the
Oscar for Best Director. Soundtrack by
Tangerine Dream!
