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A farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.
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- Director
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Written by
- Eric Red, Kathryn Bigelow
- Produced by
- Steven-Charles Jaffe
- Composers
- Christopher Franke, Edgar Froese, Paul Haslinger
- Cinematographer
- Adam Greenberg
- Editor
- Howard E. Smith
- Makeup FX
- Derek Howard, Gordon J. Smith
- Sound Designer
- David Lewis Yewdall
- Studios
- DEG, F/M, Near Dark Joint Venture
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- R
- TMDB
- 6.8/10 (876 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 80% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 78/100
- IMDb
- 6.9/10 (47,913 votes)
Awards
- NominatedSaturn Award— Best Horror Film(1988)
Cast
Adrian Pasdar
Caleb Colton
Jenny Wright
Mae
Lance Henriksen
Jesse Hooker
Bill Paxton
Severen
Jenette Goldstein
Diamondback
Tim Thomerson
Loy Colton
Joshua John Miller
Homer
Marcie Leeds
Sarah Colton
Kenny Call
Deputy Sheriff
Edward Corbett
Ticket Seller
Troy Evans
Plainclothes Officer
Bill Cross
Sheriff Eakers
Roger Aaron Brown
Cajun Truck Driver
Thomas Wagner
Bartender
Robert Winley
Patron in Bar
James Le Gros
Teenage Cowboy
Jan King
Waitress
Danny Kopel
Biker in Bar
Crew
Kathryn Bigelow
Director
Eric Red
Screenplay
Steven-Charles Jaffe
Producer
Christopher Franke
Original Music Composer
Edgar Froese
Original Music Composer
Paul Haslinger
Original Music Composer
Adam Greenberg
Director of Photography
Howard E. Smith
Editor
Stephen Altman
Production Design
Charles R. Meeker
Executive Producer
Edward S. Feldman
Executive Producer
Keywords
Links
Trailer
Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — VAMPIRES: Pt 14 - The Hunger (1983) & Near Dark (1987)
Appears in
100 Favorites
BFI: The Ultimate Horror Watchlist
Carol Clover — Men, Women, and Chain Saws
Kim Newman — Nightmare Movies
Rolling Stone: 101 Best Horror Movies of All Time
Slant Magazine: 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time
Vampires - The Evolution of Horror Podcast
Variety: 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time
