Episode 52: Near Dark

Fang Club

'80s Vamps #3
For this October's theme, Leah and Bri are covering some 1980's vampire classics! This week, we're chatting about Kathryn Bigelow's vampire-Western Near Dark (1987). This episode is marked explicit for a few f-bombs, as usual.
Show Notes/Supplemental Reading:
Sarah Welch-Larsen for Bright Wall/Dark Room on how the film engages with the myth of individualism and the history of settler colonialism in the American West: https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2022/08/03/youre-gonna-give-me-back-my-spur/
Scott Tobias on Near Dark for his former column "The New Cult Canon" over at the old AV Club: https://www.avclub.com/the-new-cult-canon-near-dark-1798215134
John Squires for Bloody Disgusting, writing about Bill Paxton's indelible performance in Near Dark on the occasion of the actor's death: https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3426304/near-dark-highlighted-everything-special-bill-paxton/
And a brand new one! Eric Hehr for Aquarium Drunkard's Videodrome column, on how Near Dark handles exposition: https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2022/10/19/videodrome-near-dark-1987/
Sound effects credits:

“Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum of Freesound.org (https://freesound.org/s/322377/)

"Door, Wooden, Close, A (H1).wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org (https://freesound.org/s/411791/)

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Sound effects credits:

“Creaking door.wav” by visualasylum of Freesound.org (https://freesound.org/s/322377/)

"Door, Wooden, Close, A (H1).wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org (https://freesound.org/s/411791/)