Part of: Shocktober 2023
WITH INTRO BY BECKY DARKE FROM DON'T POINT THAT HORROR AT ME
NEAR DARK • Kathryn Bigelow • 1987 • 1h 34m
A small-town farmer's son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter.
"As a kid, I was spellbound. As an adult, each revisit brings me new pleasures as I discover layers to Bigelow’s chilling horror masterwork I hadn’t noticed before." - moviefreak.com
"The film’s purgation of terror is as vital and energizing as can be possible. This is one hell of a movie." - Chicago Reader
"Near Dark has filmmaking finesse to spare, but puts its dank characters on display rather than cadging sympathy for them. It is the Blue Velvet of date-night spook shows." - Time
