“...pray for daylight.”
A farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.
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Cast
32 people
Adrian Pasdar
Caleb Colton
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Jenny Wright
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Lance Henriksen
Jesse Hooker
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Bill Paxton
Severen
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Jenette Goldstein
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Tim Thomerson
Loy Colton
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Joshua John Miller
Homer
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Death Warrant
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Marcie Leeds
Sarah Colton
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Beauty and the Beast
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Kenny Call
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Lonesome Dove
Edward Corbett
Ticket Seller
Also in
Village of the Damned
Fright Night Part 2
Troy Evans
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Bill Cross
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Ed Gein
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Kathryn Bigelow Director · Eric Red Screenplay Paul Haslinger Composer
Worldwide gross $3.4M · Budget $5M · United States release October 2, 1987
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$3,400,000
Gross vs. budget
0.7×
Production
DEG
Production
F/M
Production
Near Dark Joint Venture
Production
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 2, 1987
Theatrical
United States · April 5, 2002
Physical
Australia
July 14, 1988 · Theatrical
France
November 9, 1988 · Theatrical
Germany
June 2, 1988 · Theatrical
Italy
August 10, 1988 · Limited theatrical · Turin
August 24, 1988 · Theatrical
Japan
October 29, 1988 · Theatrical
South Korea
January 15, 1991 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
January 8, 1988 · Theatrical
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