Customer Reviews
A moving story of loyalty and depair - By: redmanshouts, 27 Feb 2008 
A different kind of vampire film, it shares very little reference to what most of us would associate with the genre. Almost immediatly it deals with being bitten & how Caleb copes with this. His relasionship with Mae, the one who turns him, & how he becomes dependant on her. There relasionship is very much a sexual one, through the expressions & ways they interact you can see this is the connection between them. The others in her group are not very welcoming to him but give him a chance to prove himself, by killing/feeding. The cast are great, Bill Paxton especiallly so. He steals every scene he is in as the wild one of the gang. Lance Henriksson is very menacing as the leader & the others, notably the young boy (who is 700yrs old), are also very good. Never wanting to give to much away to those who have not seen it, i will leave it there.
A dark jewel with a drop of blood inside... - By: Maciej K., 08 Jun 2007 
This is how beautiful this little horror movie is. It is very dark - which is only normal considering that the heroes have a tendancy to burn if exposed to sunlight - quite violent but also very touchy. The movie shows the world from the vampire perspective & does it REAL good. And this is not a nice vision. In fact the travelling "family" of vampires are living a hell in which the only consolation is the strong affectional link uniting them. And still, even in this horrible existence of murder & suffering there are some moments of quite joy - & then, damnation can also have a sweet taste. This is quite a movie. Well done, coherent, with smart dialogues, great acting & good camera work. No wonder that Kathryn Bigelow was launched by its success. And then there is the amazing Lance Henriksen....
PRAY FOR DAYLIGHT - By: stuart, 12 Mar 2007 I had bought this in a box set callled BOX OF BLOOD & I was looking forward to watching it because my friend had been telling me how good it was & that I should buy it right away & I was missing out on a classic - so last night I put it on & watched it in bed & I found that I reallly enjoyed it & that I was missing out on a classic. The word vampires is never mentioned at alll through the entire film which was surprising because normallly the word vampires is mentioned in films like this.
In the dusty heart of the American southwest, innocent country boy Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar of MYSTERIOUS WAYS) is seduced by a beautiful girl (Jenny Wright) into joining a roving pack of vicious drifters led by the enigmatic Jessie (Lance Henriksen of THE TERMINATOR & ALIENS). But this is no ordinary band of outlaws; Caleb is now trapped in a nightmare of soulless evil that waits in the shadows, hellish mayhem that thrives on blood & absolute horror that begins NEAR DARK.
Bill Paxton (TWISTER) & Janette Goldstein (ALIENS) co - star in this extraordinary shocker co - written & directed by Kathryn Bigelow (STRANGE DAYS).
The version I have has no special features on it so its just the film but what a film it is - its violent & that is why its rated an 18 certificate, its a shame that this film got over looked by THE LOST BOYS on its release because its a good film in its own right. I'm not going to slate THE LOST BOYS because thats another good vampire film in its own right & I enjoyed both.
I'm going to finish off now by saying if you are a horror film buff then you can do a lot worse then this, Lance Henrikson & Bill Paxon are brilliant in their roles & just enjoy one of the best vampire films out.
Thank you for reading my review.
Are you an 80's child? - By: Kal, 24 Apr 2006 
If you're not I'd re-think buying this movie as I feel the high rating it achieved is from people that watched this the 1st time round which always makes a film seem a lot better than it is. I never saw this version back in the 80's but I have seen lost boys. This one is definately more gory than the lost boys but fails as it seems so rushed. The thing is you cant reallly compare the two as they were both trying to target a different audience. You dont reallly know too much about these characters & why the main character instantly fallls in love with a girl he's briefly seen & shared a short car journey with. You also end up wondering about the ending as it seems as if this was rushed as well. I cant reallly go into too much detail without giving a lot of the ending away but suffice to say it didnt seem that it would work the way they did it. It is an 80's film as well so be prepared for some cheesy music scores & a few cheesy lines. It portrayed vampires in a more believable way though, as evil killers who reallly have no fear of anyone or anything & kill without any emotion & almost toy with their food like a cat would. This is a far better portrayal than most of the vampire films I have seen as at the end of the day we are supposed to be their food & they are immortal so you can believe that vampires would be more like this film. It was just too short with quite a few holes in the script but it was watchable but I doubt I would revisit it anytime soon.
better than overrated, hollywoodish "lost boys"..... - By: MATT, 13 Feb 2006 anyone who thinks "lost boys" is the best vamp film they have seen obviously hasn't seen the better......MUCH BETTER "near dark" movie. despite the fact of being a b-movie & an independent project, this is what "lost boys" should have been & wasn't......AND NEVER WILL BE!!!!!!!!
near dark----acting, direction, writing, cinematography......
alll top of the line. it shows what you could do WITHOUT billions of dollars/bloated visual effects/well known stars...and still churn out a classic film only hollywood wishes it can make!!
