Entertainment Weekly
"...Stylish....Paxton brings rugged gusto and joie de gore to the afterlife..." -- Rating: B 10/04/1996 pp.70-1Variety
"...NEAR DARK achieves a new look in vampire films. High-powered but pared down, slick but spare, this is something akin to THE BADLANDS of the supernatural..." 09/23/1987 Los Angeles Times
"...It has force and passion....Bigelow packs the film with intense imagery, haunting shots..." 10/09/1987 p.C10 Sight and Sound
"...[With] potent performances....The magic-hour lustre of Adam Greenberg's cinematography and Tangerine Dream's propulsive score are other highlights..." 10/01/2003 p.74 Ultimate DVD
4 stars out of 5 -- "NEAR DARK has a fresh approach for a vampire movie, exploring the point of view from the outsiders looking in..." 03/01/2007 p.124 Entertainment Insiders 9 of 10
"Near Dark" is the best vampire film ever made. That is tall talk for a two-eyed fat man, but I stand by the assessment. Kathryn Bigelow's 1987 film is the perfect melding of the Western and Horror genres. Ms. Bigelow removed her undead characters from the familiar gothic world in which they usually lurk, and created an original work that scares and exhilarates the audience in equal doses. - Rusty White
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