Event

Near Dark

A roving band of contemporary vampires travel across the American West in search of the human blood they crave in this violent, but well-wrought horror show. Their newest member is a young farm boy they recently kidnapped.

"High-powered but pared down, slick but spare, this is a tale that introduces the unearthly into the banality of rural American existence." VARIETY

"Bigelow's artful handling of the magic and menace of the night is hauntingly apparent." ROLLING STONE

"There's a ghastly humor in all this, and Bigelow brings it out without overindulging it. Faced with a nearly repulsive subject, she makes the blood flow inside it, stream out over the cuts." LA TIMES

"Long after the picture ends, you're left with potent half-images: strong-but-vague impressions that resemble the remains of dreams." ORLANDO SENTINEL