Near Dark (1987) feat. Kyle Adam Foster

Horror Queers

Film Reviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 854 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2022

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

Black out your car windows because we're driving through the American West with Jesse Hooker's gang in Kathryn Bigelow's seminal vampire Western Near Dark (1987). Joining us for the trip is Kyle Adam Foster! Join us as we dive into all the hoops Bigelow had to jump through just to get this film made (a woman doing "man movies?" Who'da thought?!) before diving into the film's bungled release, which led to its commercial failure and "flop" status. Plus: an in-your-face AIDS allegory, questionable blood transfusions, Bill Paxton worship, an uninteresting central romance, and that awesome bar fight set piece. Near Dark has it all, folks! References: James Cain. "31 Days of Horror, Day 11: Near Dark." In Their Own League John DeVore. "Blood, Sex, and Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Near Dark’." Medium Tammy Oler. "Sunlight Through Bullet Holes." Slate La Donna Pietra. "Year Of The Vampire: Near Dark Is A Western Horror That Reworks The Captivity Narrative." SlashFilm Nancy Nigrosh. "How Kathryn Bigelow & Eric Red Gamed the System to Launch Their Careers." IndieWire Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Letterboxd and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners > Trace: @tracedthurman > Joe: @bstolemyremote > Kyle: @ChibiUFO / Twitch Stream Be sure to support the boys on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning, afternoon or evening, and welcome to the bloody disgusting network.
0:10.6	The following show is just horrifying.
0:15.8	Beware.
0:20.4	The Sheriff, you're not cheating on your wife if you eat my lemon square.
0:33.4	Your lemon squares taste like ass.
0:37.4	Music Your lemon squares taste like ass.
0:45.2	And welcome back to horror queers.
0:48.4	We're talking another vampire AIDS allegory.
0:51.9	We're talking sexy, dirty Bill Paxton.
0:58.1	And we're talking fucking Catherine Bigelow. And I'm Joe. And I'm Trace,
1:04.2	and we're talking, I hate him when they ain't been shaved. Yeah, that's a pretty good one, eh? Everyone, we are talking motherfucking Catherine Bigelow's near dark this week and man I mean well it's a long time coming
1:12.8	Joe because I know that you have wanted to cover this for a long time but this film has been
1:17.6	difficult to find oh my god and even when we programmed it it was much easier to find and at the
1:24.0	moment that we're recording it it it's more challenging to find.
1:27.9	So this is the perils of Near Dark.
1:30.6	Yeah, it was on Shudder.
1:32.1	Now it's not.
1:32.9	You can find it on a couple streaming services, but you got to hunt for it.
1:35.6	But there supposedly is a 4K coming out at some point, I think, in 2022.
1:41.6	Yes, yes.
1:42.6	I believe that this film will become easier for folks to find, but bear with us. We're going to walk you through it anyway. Exactly. And well, jokes, people might know this is a first time watch for me. Not for you. This film holds a very special place in your heart and your life. But maybe we need like a tiebreaker. I'm tiebreaker as if I'm going to
2:01.2	fucking come down on you for this. So everyone, let's bring in our guest waiting in the
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