Review of Near Dark (1987) by Scott Weinberg for eFilmCritic.com — 02 Apr 2005

Southern-fried vampire-noir romance action horror tragedy. I love this movie.

This review of Near Dark (1987) was written by Scott Weinberg and published by eFilmCritic.com on 02 Apr 2005.

Near Dark has generally received positive reviews.

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