why couldnt i have been born 1960 instead of 94 my dad got to go to all the drive in movies.and tells.me all about his "acid" or meskalin drug trippin shit
I'm 36 now but grew up with a divorced father who pretty much let me watch what I wanted with him. Because of this, I was introduced to Near Dark and most the other films mentioned in this video, zero regrets. I really enjoyed this, thank you!
I was lucky enough to attend a 10th anniversary screening at the WGA with Kathryn Bigelow and Joshua Miller in attendance. Thanks for the tip on the new release.
Near Dark came out when I was 10, so it holds nostalgic value. I'm now 46, and I love this film just as much now as I did 36 years ago. My #2 just behind 1985's Fright Night...Kathryn Bigelow is a fantastic director 💙
I watch these reviews to give me a bunch of 70s and 80s cult movies I've never seen. Not only do you talk about the movie in question but you also go very in depth into other movies that the cast and crew have worked on. I appreciate the time put in to these videos.
"Near Dark" is a very unusual film about vampires, although the word "vampire" is never used in it. And vampires here are very far from standard image of Dracula or Nosferatu: neither garlic, nor holy water, nor crosses, nor an aspen stake act on them, they do not sleep in coffins and do not turn into bats, and in general they are completely devoid of gothic style and presented more like night bandits. The only thing they have is a thirst for blood and fear of sunlight. The most remarkable aspect of the movie is that vampirism is interpreted here as a metaphor for drug addiction and bad company, from which you can recover. The only question is what price you will have to pay? This is quite an interesting project in which Kathryn Bigelow is experimenting with genres: so the film perfectly combines melodrama, horror, and western, accompanied by dark atmosphere and noir aesthetics.
Great review and synopsis. I loved this movie, I haven't watched it in ages but something someone said brought it up in my memory tonight and I just had to go back and watch the trailer and this. Everyone has their opinions but to the, the best vampire movie ever.
You are wrong. I saw it in the theater, own the soundtrack on LP and CD, own a VHS copy, and have a collector's edition DVD. I HAVE seen this movie a few dozen times. :)
Oooh .. Here's an oddball little channel right up my alley - now going to have to look up The Hitchers and The Loveless, thanks dude! You win a like. 35 years later and I still watch this flick once a year. This is from a time when WRITERS still wrote SCRIPTS instead of looking for a story to paste together CG montages. Now hindsight is always 20/20 .. but I honestly don't think even with such that they could have made a better movie with a better cast. Btw .. the trucker Caleb punches in the bar scene .. That's the "You forgot to say please" biker in Terminator 2. Paxton's "Didja hear the one about Buffalo Bill?" .. Priceless. Will definitely be watching more of this channel. Nice work.
My favorite, and possibly the best line of the movie was in the showdown at the end. "The last thing you'll hear, on your way to hell, are YOUR guts... snapping like a bull whip!"
The idea of vampires in the desert is a good one. It was done before in both the Fright Night remake, and The Night Stalker (1972 tv movie) using Las Vegas. There are also films like The Forsaken, which I feel like no one likes or even remembers, but I do. I watched Near Dark on Tubi a few months ago. It was ok, but just a one-time watch for me. I'm glad I didn't blind buy the out of print Blu-ray that's going for $36 on Amazon or I would've been really disappointed that I spent that much on a film that I didn't like more. Joshua Miller also co-wrote The Final Girls, one of the sweetest, funniest, meta Friday the 13th homages. I like to imagine him thinking about being able to enter the world of The Exorcist and interact with his father when writing The Final Girls, since the film is about a woman who gets sucked into a Friday the 13th like film where her actress mom played a camp counselor.
i just want to say thanks! i loved this vid. thank you for the thoughtful and hard work! i love your writing style. you would be a fantastic column writer for music and movie reviews.
One extra little fact that you failed to mention is that this is the only vampire film, ever made, where the word; "vampire" is never uttered even once. It's something that annoyed me when I was younger. But now, looking back, "who cares"? This stands as one of the finest vampire flicks ever made.
I heard on the DVD extras that the director put Aliens on the marquee of the movie theater as sort of an apology for using Cameron's cast from the movie. :)
First time I saw this was almost by accident. Stayed overnight at a friends house after a party. After everyone else had passed out I was flipping through movie channels looking for something to watch. This caught my eye and when i saw Lance Henrikson's name i new it would probably be pretty good. Loved Bill Paxton using his spurs. Not a perfect movie but very few are. Never was a fan of the "cure" for the disease, but the rest of the film made up for that.
I loved "Near Dark" and it was in my top 300 favorite movies, but has fallen off the list. It is a great vampire movie for having a vampire who refuses to kill (concept of "Interview with the Vampire) and actually ends up with a method of reversing vampirism (in the Ann Rice series of books if you read enough of them) and ending with the man saving a girl from being a vampire to be a mortal love. I have no idea where it would fall now, but certainly in the top 300 to 350 movies of all the movies I've ever seen. "Let the Right One In" is the best vampire movie and "Interview with the Vampire" is the second best vampire movie. Dracula is #3 with Bela Lugosi, who captured my imagination as a child, and was what I always wanted to be for Halloween instead of a clown, and my favorite aunt Vera made me a vampire outfit that I then wore the rest of my childhood while "trick or treating." "Near Dark" would be under all these: 5) Let the Right One In (2008) - Swedish with English caption 27) Interview with the Vampire (1994) 73) Dracula (1931) 80) Nosferatu (1922) 240) Shadow of the Vampire (2000) 290) Hunger (1983) "Near Dark" would beat the Winona Ryder movie from 1992 called "Bram Stoker's Dracula," which would fall under it, but I do love Winona Ryder as an actress.
This is an underrated movie. It's also pretty cool to see a good group of actors sharing a string of performances. A lot of faces from the Terminator movies as well as Aliens.
Good observation on Elliot blood feeding from May. While there wasn't any naked scenes with them just that oil pump scene alone was very sexual and displayed in that precise way to give that feeling. Very good ideas in this film and very memorable as well
This, terminator, aliens, evil dead and return of the living dead were my favorite movies as a kid and an adult. Could you do a review of The Divide thanks love the video
another link to Terminator films...the bearded guy at the bar is the one Arnie takes clothes from in Terminator 2. And where do I know the bartender from?
Good catch. And Bill Paxton was one of the punks killed in the beginning of the first Terminator. Also, if we include some other James Cameron films, he was in True Lies and Titanic as well. And Jeanette Goldstein, not looking at all like Vasquez, also had a bit part in Titanic. Bigelow was briefly married to Cameron, so I guess it isn't too surprising they knew the same crowd.
I remember being 17 and one day while skipping class watching Near Dark in the theater ( which i actually did more than once). I was blown away by the movie and just how beautiful Jenny Wright was ( my teenage heart belonged to Ms. Wright lol). One of the best movies I've ever watched and the soundtrack by Tangerine Dream is amazing. Great review and subbed.
Had a very similar experience in my teen years. Saw this movie with zero knowledge of what it was or who was in it. And I adore it (and Jenny Wright) to this day. Thanks for watching
Great summary, whilst I do think the end is 'too easy' in a way, throughout the imagery and in particular the Bar Scene meant that this fan of Aliens, was more than satisfied when it's cast turned up as Vampires. Great movie, great dialogue and really well done. Yet everyone loves the Lost Boys more, I don't get it!
I think the lost boys was a more 'family friendly' fun film and it was aimed at the masses. Near Dark, however, is the polar opposite. Understated and lacking all the crap that the masses demand when they insist on being told what to like. Understated and beautifully done, atmospheric and deliciously dark enough to sink in to. I love this film!
I recall reading somewhere that Bill Paxton tried convincing fellow Aliens actor Michael Biehn to take the role of Jesse Hooker, but Biehn felt that doing a cheesy vampire movie after Aliens would be a step backwards. So the role ultimately went to Lance Henriksen. How wrong Biehn was.
You should show Near Dark footage whilst saying "Greatest Vampire film of all time". Otherwise its a bit too much like Kanye West at Taylor Swift's Grammy ceremony :)
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Needs the FULL 4K treatment! Probably the Greatest Modern Vampire Action flick of the late 80's
I've always loved the music of Near Dark by Tangerine Dream. It perfectly captured the atmosphere of a warm, cool night or dusk
Saw it in the theater on ACID,when it came out.sooooo yeah I remember it vividly
why couldnt i have been born 1960 instead of 94 my dad got to go to all the drive in movies.and tells.me all about his "acid" or meskalin drug trippin shit
What a fucking movie to see on acid...no way...THX1138, Pink Floyd's The Wall, & Fritz Lang's Metropolis were bad enough.
The best way, my guy.
I'm 36 now but grew up with a divorced father who pretty much let me watch what I wanted with him. Because of this, I was introduced to Near Dark and most the other films mentioned in this video, zero regrets.
I really enjoyed this, thank you!
“You’ve never seen Near Dark.”
But.. but yes I have tho. Multiple times.
zoomers are gonna zoomer.
Anniversary DVD worth getting. Great interviews.
My favorite vampire movie.
"Finger lickin good!"
I was lucky enough to attend a 10th anniversary screening at the WGA with Kathryn Bigelow and Joshua Miller in attendance. Thanks for the tip on the new release.
Really good film, underrated and underappreciated. Great job showcasing it here.
Near Dark came out when I was 10, so it holds nostalgic value. I'm now 46, and I love this film just as much now as I did 36 years ago. My #2 just behind 1985's Fright Night...Kathryn Bigelow is a fantastic director 💙
I watch these reviews to give me a bunch of 70s and 80s cult movies I've never seen. Not only do you talk about the movie in question but you also go very in depth into other movies that the cast and crew have worked on. I appreciate the time put in to these videos.
Thank you so much. Finishing another right now.
Joshua Miller was also in The River's Edge...another underrated gem
great flick
"Near Dark" is a very unusual film about vampires, although the word "vampire" is never used in it. And vampires here are very far from standard image of Dracula or Nosferatu: neither garlic, nor holy water, nor crosses, nor an aspen stake act on them, they do not sleep in coffins and do not turn into bats, and in general they are completely devoid of gothic style and presented more like night bandits. The only thing they have is a thirst for blood and fear of sunlight. The most remarkable aspect of the movie is that vampirism is interpreted here as a metaphor for drug addiction and bad company, from which you can recover. The only question is what price you will have to pay? This is quite an interesting project in which Kathryn Bigelow is experimenting with genres: so the film perfectly combines melodrama, horror, and western, accompanied by dark atmosphere and noir aesthetics.
I've always thought of it as a more realistic depiction of vampires and how suffering with it as an ordinary person would work
Loved this movie... Most don't know about it
Yes I have, when it was released in 1987. Great movie.
Thanks for watching
The Lost boys ,and Near dark two of the best Yeah and Frightnight Great Vampire flicks!!
Lost Boys 😎
Yeah!
Great movie, hard as hell to find a place to watch it.
Tell me about it... 😓 I'm dying to see this movie, but I can't find it for rent anywhere (or at least for a low price).
@@teiyusteki i found it on pubfilm.one
U can literally find this on any free movie site ad free geezz u ppl make things overly dramatic for nothing.
One of my favorites. Definitely seen this one. :)
Great review and synopsis. I loved this movie, I haven't watched it in ages but something someone said brought it up in my memory tonight and I just had to go back and watch the trailer and this. Everyone has their opinions but to the, the best vampire movie ever.
Great Video! Hadn't heard of Near Dark until recently...
Hell, and even John Carpenters Vampires Blade , Blade 2
You are wrong. I saw it in the theater, own the soundtrack on LP and CD, own a VHS copy, and have a collector's edition DVD. I HAVE seen this movie a few dozen times. :)
That was a lot of fun! Well done!
Thanks for watching!
I must’ve been living under a rock because I just found out about this great vampire movie and I’m 41 year’s old.
I envy you getting to watch it for the first time
This was a great vampire movie?
@@DensilGrant No. I made this video ironically.
Oooh .. Here's an oddball little channel right up my alley - now going to have to look up The Hitchers and The Loveless, thanks dude! You win a like.
35 years later and I still watch this flick once a year. This is from a time when WRITERS still wrote SCRIPTS instead of looking for a story to paste together CG montages.
Now hindsight is always 20/20 .. but I honestly don't think even with such that they could have made a better movie with a better cast.
Btw .. the trucker Caleb punches in the bar scene .. That's the "You forgot to say please" biker in Terminator 2.
Paxton's "Didja hear the one about Buffalo Bill?" .. Priceless.
Will definitely be watching more of this channel. Nice work.
Thank you so very much. Glad you enjoyed it. Hope you like the other vids
My favorite, and possibly the best line of the movie was in the showdown at the end.
"The last thing you'll hear, on your way to hell, are YOUR guts... snapping like a bull whip!"
The idea of vampires in the desert is a good one. It was done before in both the Fright Night remake, and The Night Stalker (1972 tv movie) using Las Vegas.
There are also films like The Forsaken, which I feel like no one likes or even remembers, but I do.
I watched Near Dark on Tubi a few months ago. It was ok, but just a one-time watch for me. I'm glad I didn't blind buy the out of print Blu-ray that's going for $36 on Amazon or I would've been really disappointed that I spent that much on a film that I didn't like more.
Joshua Miller also co-wrote The Final Girls, one of the sweetest, funniest, meta Friday the 13th homages. I like to imagine him thinking about being able to enter the world of The Exorcist and interact with his father when writing The Final Girls, since the film is about a woman who gets sucked into a Friday the 13th like film where her actress mom played a camp counselor.
i just want to say thanks! i loved this vid. thank you for the thoughtful and hard work! i love your writing style. you would be a fantastic column writer for music and movie reviews.
Thnak you so very much. It's nice to know the work is appreciated
@@FatherMalone keep it rolling. i hope you enjoy the work process as much as we enjoy watching.
@@thekevinwrightshow7032 i do indeed. Working on another as we speak
One extra little fact that you failed to mention is
that this is the only vampire film, ever made, where
the word; "vampire" is never uttered even once.
It's something that annoyed me when I was younger.
But now, looking back, "who cares"? This stands as
one of the finest vampire flicks ever made.
The Last Man on Earth (with Vincent Price) also doesn't mention the word "vampire."
Awesome channel!
Just got done watching all your vids. You make some great content. You should do more.
A BRILLIANT FILM!!!!! ManyThanx From Costa Mesa Ca!!!
I really like how informative this video was. Great job.
Thànk you for watching. And thank you for the kind words.
Ooooohhh what a GREAT film!
My other favorite movie, that Jenny Wright was in, was
“I, Madman.”
Really trippy movie, with an odd plot device.
That was so good, thanks. Subbed!
Thank YOU
Yes i did see this movie its finger licking good
So cool ! thank you !
I've seen it, but i've only seen it twice because it's too hard to find.
Thank you. This is probably the best video I've seen talking about Near Dark. Just subscribed
Thank you for the kind words and subscription. Happy you enjoyed the video
Saw it when it came out
this video is like a conversation about a movie with me lol
I heard on the DVD extras that the director put Aliens on the marquee of the movie theater as sort of an apology for using Cameron's cast from the movie. :)
First time I saw this was almost by accident. Stayed overnight at a friends house after a party. After everyone else had passed out I was flipping through movie channels looking for something to watch. This caught my eye and when i saw Lance Henrikson's name i new it would probably be pretty good. Loved Bill Paxton using his spurs. Not a perfect movie but very few are. Never was a fan of the "cure" for the disease, but the rest of the film made up for that.
First time I heard about this was in a book about making the Alien films because it had some of the same cast as Aliens
not a huge fan of the movie ending but apart from that one of my favourite vampire movies
I loved "Near Dark" and it was in my top 300 favorite movies, but has fallen off the list.
It is a great vampire movie for having a vampire who refuses to kill (concept of "Interview with the Vampire) and actually ends up with a method of reversing vampirism (in the Ann Rice series of books if you read enough of them) and ending with the man saving a girl from being a vampire to be a mortal love.
I have no idea where it would fall now, but certainly in the top 300 to 350 movies of all the movies I've ever seen. "Let the Right One In" is the best vampire movie and "Interview with the Vampire" is the second best vampire movie. Dracula is #3 with Bela Lugosi, who captured my imagination as a child, and was what I always wanted to be for Halloween instead of a clown, and my favorite aunt Vera made me a vampire outfit that I then wore the rest of my childhood while "trick or treating."
"Near Dark" would be under all these:
5) Let the Right One In (2008) - Swedish with English caption
27) Interview with the Vampire (1994)
73) Dracula (1931)
80) Nosferatu (1922)
240) Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
290) Hunger (1983)
"Near Dark" would beat the Winona Ryder movie from 1992 called "Bram Stoker's Dracula," which would fall under it, but I do love Winona Ryder as an actress.
the ending was Great. but at the same time felt to rushed and shitty.
I know. the last scene is less than cool.
Awesome !!!
This is an underrated movie. It's also pretty cool to see a good group of actors sharing a string of performances. A lot of faces from the Terminator movies as well as Aliens.
Please keep making these
Thank you! I am
Seen it many times. It's one of the best, minus that last 4 mins. lol
Good observation on Elliot blood feeding from May. While there wasn't any naked scenes with them just that oil pump scene alone was very sexual and displayed in that precise way to give that feeling. Very good ideas in this film and very memorable as well
I've seen full blown nude sex scenes that can't match a moment of this sequence''s animal sexuality
Curious why it hasn’t made the rotation on cable in years.
It's a curiosity, no doubt.
This, terminator, aliens, evil dead and return of the living dead were my favorite movies as a kid and an adult. Could you do a review of The Divide thanks love the video
I've never seen that. I'll check it out.
another link to Terminator films...the bearded guy at the bar is the one Arnie takes clothes from in Terminator 2. And where do I know the bartender from?
Character actor. Lots of flick's.
Good catch. And Bill Paxton was one of the punks killed in the beginning of the first Terminator. Also, if we include some other James Cameron films, he was in True Lies and Titanic as well. And Jeanette Goldstein, not looking at all like Vasquez, also had a bit part in Titanic. Bigelow was briefly married to Cameron, so I guess it isn't too surprising they knew the same crowd.
I remember being 17 and one day while skipping class watching Near Dark in the theater ( which i actually did more than once). I was blown away by the movie and just how beautiful Jenny Wright was ( my teenage heart belonged to Ms. Wright lol). One of the best movies I've ever watched and the soundtrack by Tangerine Dream is amazing.
Great review and subbed.
Had a very similar experience in my teen years. Saw this movie with zero knowledge of what it was or who was in it. And I adore it (and Jenny Wright) to this day. Thanks for watching
Loudly agree....she was so beautiful it was surreal.
@@rebekahbarry3013 none more ethereal
I own a few copies, DVD and VHS.
Does this movie make anyone else think of the comic American Vampire by scott snyder. If that ever gets a movie it should feel somewhat like this
Missed out Tangerine Dream! Almost the perfect choice, used in the majority of scenes.
I covered them extensively in my video for Miracle Mile.
Actually Fright Night was the best vampire movie of the 80's...and in the top 3 ever I'd say :)
Thom 2
Your so cool Brewster!
Great summary, whilst I do think the end is 'too easy' in a way, throughout the imagery and in particular the Bar Scene meant that this fan of Aliens, was more than satisfied when it's cast turned up as Vampires. Great movie, great dialogue and really well done. Yet everyone loves the Lost Boys more, I don't get it!
It's because they grew up on the Lost boys.
I think the lost boys was a more 'family friendly' fun film and it was aimed at the masses. Near Dark, however, is the polar opposite. Understated and lacking all the crap that the masses demand when they insist on being told what to like. Understated and beautifully done, atmospheric and deliciously dark enough to sink in to. I love this film!
much better then the lost boys
100%
SO STOKED FOR THIS
Man, I can't believe nobody made a Bram Stoker joke here.
loved the end of this movie, love watching vamps perish
...have this on vhs...
Saw it in the theater... TWICE! I wonder if I am the only paying theater goer to make this true claim. Anyone else?
A Vampire Western! Like John Carpenters Vampires! I hope you have seen Ginger Snaps and Keoma!
Of course!
do a you never seen street trash :)
btw i watch all your vids , great channel , better than the bigger ones out there...
Many times
Was the main actor in top gun too?
He was Chipper in Top Gun. Good eye.
“Hey, Did I ever tell you the one about Buffalo Bill”…….
Welcome back.
I thought this was set in Kansas
Nope. Oklahoma.
My son is named Severen after this movie.
That is genuinely awesome
Thank you!
in short, they are the Sabbat.
“I hate it when they ain’t shaved!”
I recall reading somewhere that Bill Paxton tried convincing fellow Aliens actor Michael Biehn to take the role of Jesse Hooker, but Biehn felt that doing a cheesy vampire movie after Aliens would be a step backwards. So the role ultimately went to Lance Henriksen. How wrong Biehn was.
And thank God he was.
@@FatherMalone Agreed.
would have ruined the story and film entirely!! the cast were made for those roles.imho
@@dr.jones.3832 True that.
They should have remade this movie in 1998 when Stephen Dorff looks like Deacon Frost
Thanks for watching
I have some ideas I'd like to talk to you about...
fright night. near dark. the lost boys. vampires.. in that order.
You're wrong. I'm 56. I assure you, I have seen in often.
You should show Near Dark footage whilst saying "Greatest Vampire film of all time". Otherwise its a bit too much like Kanye West at Taylor Swift's Grammy ceremony :)
This film epitomised how badass the 80s were. Aliens was badass Near Dark was badass & Bill Paxton was BADASS!
near dark was way under rated. and Over looked.
if you like cinema, do your fucking research and respect the art.....
Thanks for watching!
its a shitty 80s movie but bill paxton made it watchable
Lost Boys is a lot Better Than Near Dark...
Incorrect
@@FatherMalone awh come on yes near dark is a great movie dont get me wrong but lost boys is better better story line and characters
@@dwightshrute3709 better production value. But I'll put near Dark against the best vampire films.
Lost boys is the greatest vampire movie EVER
@@andrewjoyce9038 yes definitely