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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 (862 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 81% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 78/100
- IMDb
- 6.9/10 (47,913 votes)
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
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Links
Trailer
Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — VAMPIRES: Pt 14 - The Hunger (1983) & Near Dark (1987)
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