Near Dark - The night has its price

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Movie
German title Near Dark - The night has its price
Original title Near Dark
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1987
length 94 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Kathryn Bigelow
script Kathryn Bigelow,
Eric Red
production Steven-Charles Jaffe ,
Eric Red
music Tangerine Dream
camera Adam Greenberg
cut Howard E. Smith
occupation

Near Dark - The night has its price is an American Independent - B-Movie - Horror with gangster, western and road movie elements from director Kathryn Bigelow from 1987, produced by F / M Entertainment. The film deals with the issues of physical and personal dependence. Although it appears to be a vampire movie, the word "vampire" is never mentioned.

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Caleb is a young farmer's son who lives on an Oklahoma ranch with his little sister and father . In the evening he drives to the neighboring town, where he meets the reserved Mae, who immediately appeals to him. After a short conversation, she asks Caleb to drive her home. He drives her to his ranch beforehand to show her his horse, which, however, shies away from her. Mae explains to him that horses don't like her that much. When she notices what time it is, she wants to be taken home immediately. On the way, however, Caleb stops to blackmail her for a kiss. Mae is very restless as dawn is already approaching. But in the end she kisses him and bites him in the neck. Instead of sucking it out, however, she suddenly runs away.

Increasingly weakened, Caleb makes his way home on foot because suddenly his truck doesn't start anymore. Just before he reaches the ranch, his father and sister witness him being kidnapped. People in a large camper with darkened windows drag him in and take him away. Inside are Mae and her friends who want to kill Caleb immediately. When Mae makes it clear to her friends that she has bitten him but not sucked him, they change their minds and want to give him a week to integrate into the group. To do this, he has to kill, every night, in order to survive and to belong. But he can not bring himself to what leads to the discovery of the group by sheriffs. Caleb saves the group and can iron out his mistake. But new difficulties arise when they stay in a motel where Caleb's family is also looking for him. The gang wants to kill Caleb's father and sister, Caleb doesn't want to let that happen and asks them not to do it. Caleb's sister opens the door to flee, the morning sun penetrates the room and saves her life. Caleb's family can escape and take him with them. A blood transfusion will save him from changing forever. But when his sister is kidnapped that night, he sets off with his horse to look for her. He first kills Severen by detonating a truck; the rest of the gang burns in sunlight at daybreak. This allows Caleb to save his sister and even Mae. He also performs a blood transfusion on her, which gives Mae her human life back. The film ends with Caleb soothing Mae in her fear of the rising sun.

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Reviews

“With her western punk variant of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula (1897), Bigelow understands the world of vampires primarily as a hostile environment. In addition to the dangerous sunlight and the fear of not getting enough food, the narrative focuses on social adjustment mechanisms. [...] Almost perfectly neo-noir, the horror film establishes a visual language that deliberately focuses on the struggle between the (bogus) human being and his indomitable nature. "

- critic.de

Awards

  • Kathryn Bigelow won the Silver Raven at the International Fantasy Film Festival for best director.
  • Further nominations included the Saturn Award for best director, best supporting actor Bill Paxton , best supporting actress Jenette Goldstein and best young actor for Joshua John Miller of the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films in the USA .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Approval certificate for Near Dark - The night has its price . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2003 (PDF; test number: 59 909 V).
  2. ↑ What the Hell Happened to Michael Biehn? - Article on Lebeau's Le Blog website (English)
  3. ↑ Stefan Jung: When the night was still dark. Kathryn Bigelow's vampire horror Near Dark is one of the most stylish works of the genre. In: critic.de , March 14, 2012.

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