Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
A farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.
- farm
- small town
- vampire
- motel
- sunlight
- victim
- kiss
- gang leader
- femme fatale
- redneck
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Jenette Goldstein — Diamondback
- Tim Thomerson — Loy Colton
- Joshua John Miller — Homer
- Marcie Leeds — Sarah Colton
- Kenny Call — Deputy Sheriff
- Edward Corbett — Ticket Seller
- Troy Evans — Plainclothes Officer
- Bill Cross — Sheriff Eakers
- Roger Aaron Brown — Cajun Truck Driver
- Thomas Wagner — Bartender
- Robert Winley — Patron in Bar
- Directed
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Written
- Kathryn Bigelow, Eric Red
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 902 ratings
- Studio
- DEG, F/M, Near Dark Joint Venture
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
