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 A rather unique blend of film noirs, westerns and vampire movies, "Near Dark" is about a young rancher named Caleb who gets bit by a female vampire and then has to deal with her whole family (and his own vampirism on top of things). The family of vampires includes some very good actors. You can never go wrong with Lance Henriksen; Bill Paxton can eat up movie scenery like nobody's business, and even the normally soft-spoken Jenette Goldstein can be a badass when given the chance. Approaching the caliber of this excellent cast is the splendidly dark and desolate atmosphere. "Near Dark" is absolutely brilliant in the middle, particularly during the bar scene where Paxton uses his spurs to slit a man's throat! Unfortunately, the movie later makes a big mistake by introducing a cure to vampirism. A disease is not so scary when an easy cure is available! Also, this development makes it too easy for Caleb to turn on the vampire family because he's no longer a vampire. He no longer has the powerful dilemma on whether to make an unholy alliance with the family or face the lonely, dangerous existence of a renegade vampire. Inevitably, this cure leads to a happy, hunky-dorey ending, but even so, this is still a good horror movie which has the potential to be a real masterpiece. |
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** NOTE: The more dots, the better it is. 11 or 12 dots indicates a masterpiece worth "throwing into the VCR" while one or no dots means it's a "disasterpiece" worth "throwing against the wall." ** |
    
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