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Near Dark has filmmaking finesse to spare, but puts its dank characters on display rather than cadging sympathy for them. It is the Blue Velvet of date-night spook shows.
This is on the whole a striking directorial debut, at once scary and erotic, with lots of sidelong touches in the casting, direction, and script.
High-powered but pared down, slick but spare, this is a tale that introduces the unearthly into the banality of rural American existence.
Bigelow's artful handling of the magic and menace of the night is hauntingly apparent.
You might call this the scattershot school of film making.
Bigelow has cross-bred vampire legends, westerns and biker movies to arrive at a combination that's both outrageous and poetic; it has extravagant, bloody thrills plus something else -- something that comes close to genuine emotion.
Como terror focado em vampiros, empalidece diante de Garotos Perdidos, lançado no mesmo ano; como alegoria do submundo das drogas e de uma época em que o sexo se tornou letal, é óbvio e infantil. Como esta bobagem virou cult, não sei explicar.
Bigelow's night shooting has a stiletto crispness to it, her daytime scenes have a foggy haze, and her sunlight sears like a laser...
One of the better vampire films.
... both ferocious and lyrical, a moody horror film with the frontier community romanticism of a John Ford Western and the violent ferocity of a Sam Peckinpah film.
As much as it is a horror film and western, it is equally and perhaps more pronouncedly a romance.
Dark, bloody and very stylish, this genre-busting western-noir-vampire hybrid is a toothsome joy and definitely one of the best horror films of the 1980s.
An auspicious solo directing debut from Kathryn Bigelow.
Still by far Bigelow's best film, this seductive vampire tale is suffused with the unique beauty of the SouthWest and eerie pacing that enrich the narrative and elevate it to a reverie about the sanctity and unity of the family.
A subtle study in the seductiveness of evil and a terrifying ride to the edge of darkness.
One of the best vampire movies ever made....if you liked "The Lost Boys", you'll love this!
Southern-fried vampire-noir romance action horror tragedy. I love this movie.
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