Near Dark is at once a creepy vampire film, a thrilling western, and a poignant family tale, with humor and scares in abundance.
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Director -
Kathryn Bigelow -
Producer -
Steven-Charles Jaffe -
Screenwriter -
Kathryn Bigelow , Eric Red -
Distributor -
Paramount Pictures , Anchor Bay Entertainment , Image Entertainment Inc. -
Production Co -
Near Dark Joint Venture -
Rating -
R -
Genre -
Horror , Western -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Oct 2, 1987, Original -
Release Date (DVD) -
Mar 7, 2006 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$2.5M -
Runtime -
1h 35m -
Sound Mix -
Surround