Near Dark

Near Dark
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKathryn Bigelow
Written by
Produced bySteven-Charles Jaffe
Starring
CinematographyAdam Greenberg
Edited byHoward E. Smith
Music byTangerine Dream
Production
company
F/M Entertainment
Distributed byDe Laurentiis Entertainment Group
Release dates
  • September 1987 (1987-09) (TIFF)
  • October 2, 1987 (1987-10-02)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million[1]
Box office$3.4 million[1]

Near Dark is a 1987 American neo-Western horror film co-written and directed by Kathryn Bigelow (in her solo directorial debut), and starring Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen and Jenette Goldstein. The plot follows a young man in a small Oklahoma town who becomes involved with a family of nomadic American vampires.

Despite performing poorly at the box office, critic reviews were generally positive. Over the years, the film has gained a cult following.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b "Near Dark". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
  2. ^ Tobias, Scott (November 5, 2008). "The New Cult Canon: Near Dark". A.V. Club. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  3. ^ Mathijs, Ernest; Mendik, Xavier (October 14, 2011). 100 Cult Films. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 147–. ISBN 978-1-84457-571-8. Shatteringly romantic and tough as nails, Near Dark is the cult film that embodies brilliantly the ambivalence and hybridity that was a trademark of the 1980s.