Our vampire-fueled Summer continues with a bonafide cult classic, “Near Dark”, the dazzling debut of a future Academy Award-winning director.
The Sucky Summer continues with our latest Cult Corner selection, “Near Dark” (1987)!
FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:
Near Dark is a 1987 American neo-Western horror film co-written and directed by Kathryn Bigelow (in her solo directorial debut). The plot follows a young man in a small Oklahoma town who becomes involved with a family of nomadic American vampires.
Near Dark was part of a resurgence of American vampire films in the 1980s, along with the likes of Fright Night, The Lost Boys, and The Monster Squad.
Director and co-writer Kathryn Bigelow wanted to film a Western movie. However, when she and fellow co-writer Eric Red found financial backing for a Western difficult to obtain, they decided to mix the Western genre with the more popular vampire genre.
Bigelow knew (and later married) director James Cameron, who directed Aliens (1986), a film that shares three cast members (Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein, and Lance Henriksen) with Near Dark. A cinema seen in the background early in the film has Aliens on its marquee, and Cameron plays the man who “flips off” Severen (Bill Paxton’s character).
Despite performing poorly at the box office, critic reviews were generally positive. Over the years, the film has gained a significant and well-deserved cult following.
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