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Where was Near Dark filmed?

1987 film, directed by Kathryn Bigelow.

  • Arizona

The story is set in Kansas, about 812 miles (1,307 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Kansas; Oklahoma
Filmed in
Arizona
Distance
About 812 miles (1,307 km) between Kansas and the nearest filming location.
Distance
About 778 miles (1,252 km) between Oklahoma and the nearest filming location.

About Near Dark

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Released
1987
Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Cast
Adrian PasdarJenny WrightLance HenriksenJenette GoldsteinBill PaxtonJoshua John MillerRoger Aaron BrownTim ThomersonTroy EvansTheresa Randle
Genre
HorrorVampireWestern

The story

One night, Caleb Colton, a young man in a small Oklahoma town, meets an attractive young drifter named Mae.

The most psychotic of the vampires, Severen, wants to kill Caleb but Mae reveals that she has already turned him.

Meanwhile, Caleb's father has been searching for Jesse's group.

Famous lines from Near Dark

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • It's dark.Mae
  • I noticed.Caleb Colton
  • Hear what?Caleb Colton
  • Yeah. Why?Caleb Colton
  • I can't see.Caleb Colton

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