Near Dark is the third film directed by Kathryn Bigelow, although the first one to gain wide attention. It's a smart, creepy, violent, funny, and mode

1 hour 39 min • 1982

NEAR DARK *** (A must-see) Directed by Kathryn Bigelow With Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, and Lance Henriksen. Well, the leaves may be turning wondrous shades...

There's usually a sexual charge to the horror in any vampire movie--and in "Near Dark," (citywide) the sex and the heat are wickedly potent.

It’s safe to say our cultural fascination with the blood-sucking undead isn’t going away anytime soon.

Near Dark achieves a new look in vampire films. High-powered but pared down, slick but spare, this is a tale that introduces the unearthly into the banality ...