Near Dark
- Director
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Release Date
- October 2, 1987
- Cast
- Jenette Goldstein , Jenny Wright , Bill Paxton , Lance Henriksen , Adrian Pasdar
- Writers
- Kathryn Bigelow , Eric Red
- Runtime
- 94 minutes
- Budget
- $5 million
- Cinematographer
- Adam Greenberg
- Producer
- Steven-Charles Jaffe
- Production Company
- F/M, Near Dark Joint Venture
- Distributor
- De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
- Assistant Director
- Guy J. Louthan
Summary
A small-town farmer's son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter.
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