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Near Dark
Near Dark | |
| Rated: | None |
| Director: | Kathryn Bigelow |
| Cast: | Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton |
| Release Date: | 1987 |
| Genre: | Horror, Suspense |
At the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution's Mountcastle Auditorium June 17 at 7:15 p.m.
By Bret McCabe | Posted 6/16/2010
The Hurt Locker earned director Kathryn Bigelow an Oscar, but her 1987 Near Dark is what will keep her name immortal. A near stunning combination of Western and vampire flicks, Dark takes place in windswept, dusty, small-town Oklahoma, where young Caleb (Adrian Pasdar) meets Mae (Jenny Wright)--who bites him, introducing Caleb to her family of vampires, which includes surrogate father-figure Jesse (Lance Henriksen) and the nearly feral Severen (Bill Paxton), who go around feeding at night. Cinematographer Adam Greenberg shoots Dark as if a classic Western, while the Tangerine Dream soundtrack imbues the movie with a genuine sense of eerie tension. Plus: includes one of the best dive bar scenes ever. Finger licking good.