Redneckpire
The Film: Near Dark (1987)
The Vamps: Brutal killers Severen (Bill Paxton), Diamondback (Jenette Goldstein) and the more thoughtful but no less dangerous Jesse Hooker (Lance Henriksen), who swarm into a small Oklahoma town intent on some hillbilly grub. As in, hillbillies.
Why Are They Weird? They’re Southern-fried, leather jacket-clad, hollering urban cowboys (and girls). No capes and collars for this lot.
But they do keep to the standard mythology in one way – expose ‘em to the sun and “Southern-fried” is suddenly an apt description. Crispy!
Fangs for the trivia: Director Kathryn Bigelow originally wanted to make a Western, but when no one wanted to fund it, she took a suggestion to blend it with another genre. Hello, lucrative horror…
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tarakf2006
Mar 19th 2009, 15:13
Well Henry Cavil last name has two ll's so its Henry Cavill.
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tarakf2006
Mar 19th 2009, 15:16
I think its weird that you grouped Twilight with all these weird movies.
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showingmyassets
Mar 19th 2009, 16:24
I have no problem admitting that Robert Pattison makes my nethers go tingly. That is why I love the movie. Course I fit into that 37 yr old woman demographic...
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FallenLords
Mar 19th 2009, 21:07
I don't see anything wrong with Near Dark or Twilight. The latter is not my cup of tea, a bit too sickly sweet as vampire flicks go. But Near Dark rocked, decent actors, decent director - added a different dimension to the genre at the time.
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lovlid
Jun 14th 2011, 17:37
@tarakf2006.. Pedantic attention seeking idiots like you really need to get a life.
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