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Near Dark: Revisiting the unforgettable bar scene
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Revisiting the unforgettable bar scene / massacre from Kathryn Bigelow and Eric Red's vampire classic Near Dark
Near Dark
- Theatrical - Wide 1987-10-02
- Cast Adrian Pasdar Jenny Wright Lance Henriksen Bill Paxton
- Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
- Written by Kathryn Bigelow Eric Red
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A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars. Part of his initiation includes a bloody... See more assault on a hick bar.
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Near Dark: Revisiting the unforgettable bar scene
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