Near Dark
The horror film, featuring Jenny Wright and Adrian Pasdar, was released in 1987. It was a combination of the vampire and western genres. Caleb Colton is a cowboy who immediately hits it off with Mae at a bar. The disguised vampire bites him on the neck and transforms him. Caleb leaves his family to join Mae and her vampire friends. However, when they try to turn his sister, it leads to wrangles within the group.
Near Dark publicity still. Source: MovieStillsDB.com, Copyrights: Near Dark Joint Venture
The film was a failure at the box office, but it received positive reviews with some describing it as poetic and outrageous and others referring to it as gory and gorgeous. It has now earned a cult following. The Blu-ray disc was released in 2009. It included Living in Darkness, the film’s documentary.