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* FeralVampires: The modern TropeMaker, concerning a clan of filthy redneck vampires in backwoods Oklahoma.
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* SpiritualAntithesis: To ''Film/TheTerminator''. Both films share cast members and aesthetic, but while ''The Terminator'' dealt with threats from the future, set near the coast and [[spoiler: ended with most of the cast dead]], ''Near Dark's'' villains come from the past, the story is set in inland America and [[spoiler: only the villains die]].
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* SpiritualAntithesis: To ''Film/TheTerminator''. Both films share cast members and aesthetic, but while ''The Terminator'' dealt with threats from the future, set near the coast and [[spoiler: ended with most of the cast dead]], ''Near Dark's'' villains come from the past, the story is set in inland America and [[spoiler: among the named characters, only the villains die]].
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* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:The brooding Homer falls in love with Caleb's little sister, and goes ''ballistic'' when she's taken away from him, chasing her into the sunlight and dying as a result.]]
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* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:The brooding Homer falls in love becomes obsessed with Caleb's little sister, and goes ''ballistic'' when she's taken away from him, chasing her into the sunlight and dying as a result.]]
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: the teenage cowboy who survived the bar massacre and is brought by the police to the motel to identify the killers wisely high-tails it out of their when the gunfight starts.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: the teenage cowboy who survived the bar massacre and is brought by the police to the motel to identify the killers wisely high-tails it out of their there when the gunfight starts.
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* UndeathAlwaysEnds: At the end [[spoiler: all of the vampires are dead, except the main character and his love interest, who have been cured of vampirism through a complete blood replacement]].
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* UndeathAlwaysEnds: At the end [[spoiler: all of the vampires are dead, except the main character and his love interest, who have been cured of vampirism through a complete blood replacement]].transfusion]].
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* BodyHorror: Severen gets burned to a crisp in his confrontation with Caleb, which leads to his look on the film's promotional art.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Blonde-haired Mae is the least villainous of the gang.
* HellbentForLeather: Severen wears a motorcycle jacket when he's not wearing a cowboy outfit.
* HellbentForLeather: Severen wears a motorcycle jacket when he's not wearing a cowboy outfit.
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* SpiritualAntithesis: To ''Film/TheTerminator''. Both films share cast members and aesthetic, but while ''The Terminator'' dealt with threats from the future, set near the coast and [[spoiler: ended with most of the cast dead]], ''Near Dark's'' villains come from the past, the story is set in inland America and [[spoiler: only the villains die]].
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* BystanderSyndrome: A lot of the people in the bar just gawk and stare as the vampires kill them one by one. Although this is somewhat justified given how they've seen trying to attack the vampires doesn't work and they're terrified about being next.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: the teenage cowboy who survived the bar massacre and is brought by the police to the motel to identify the killers wisely high-tails it out of their when the gunfight starts.
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''Near Dark'' is a 1987 horror movie, directed by Creator/KathrynBigelow, and written by Bigelow and Eric Red. It stars Adrian Pasdar, Creator/LanceHenriksen, Creator/BillPaxton, Jenette Goldstein and Jenny Wright. Along with ''Film/TheLostBoys'', it is credited for pretty much reinventing the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire genre]].
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''Near Dark'' is a 1987 horror movie, directed by Creator/KathrynBigelow, and written by Bigelow and Eric Red. It stars Adrian Pasdar, Creator/AdrianPasdar, Creator/LanceHenriksen, Creator/BillPaxton, Jenette Goldstein and Jenny Wright. Along with ''Film/TheLostBoys'', it is credited for pretty much reinventing the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire genre]].
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* LargeHam: Creator/BillPaxton was having a blast as the AxCrazy Severen.
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* VampiresAreRich: Inverted: these vampires are poor. See PowerAtAPrice, above, for details.
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* NewOldWest: The film is set in the back roads of Oklahoma.
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* NewOldWest: The film is set in the back roads of Oklahoma.Oklahoma and Kansas.
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* AlasPoorVillain: With the exception of [[spoiler:Severen's]], the vampires' deaths are almost tragic.
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* AxCrazy: Severen thoroughly revels in the carnage that he leaves behind.
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* VillainousBreakdown: The brooding Homer falls in love with Caleb's little sister, and goes ''ballistic'' when she's taken away from him, chasing her into the sunlight and dying as a result.
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* VillainousBreakdown: The [[spoiler:The brooding Homer falls in love with Caleb's little sister, and goes ''ballistic'' when she's taken away from him, chasing her into the sunlight and dying as a result. result.]]
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:Caleb saves the gang by running into the sunlight as the rest of them are engaged in a shootout with the cops. They sing his praises afterwards, giving him more time to prove himself, and it looks like Caleb is about to sign on with them full-time ... until his father and Sarah walk into the motel room where they're staying.]]
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-->--'''Caleb Colton'''
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-->'''Jesse:''' Let me put it this way... I fought for the South. We lost.
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-->'''Jesse:''' Let me put it this way... [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar I fought for the South. We lost.lost]].
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* CoversAlwaysLie: Behold the [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fd1FInwiL._SS500_.jpg new Blu-Ray covers]], [[CopycatCover meant to lure in]] ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' fans.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: Behold the [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fd1FInwiL._SS500_.jpg new Blu-Ray covers]], [[CopycatCover meant to lure in]] ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' fans. Boy, are they going to be in for a shock. . .
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* BigBad: Jesse Hooker, leader of the vampire gang.
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Bigelow had originally been intent on a Western, but realized that the interest in the Western genre at the time was almost non-existent. When then-future-husband James Cameron suggested that she "mix it up with something else", she decided to make a Horror Western.
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Bigelow had originally been intent on wanted to make a Western, {{Western}}, but realized that the interest in the Western genre at the time was almost non-existent. When then-future-husband James Cameron Creator/JamesCameron suggested that she "mix "[[MixAndMatch mix it up with something else", else]]", she decided to make a Horror Western.
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* ILoveYouVampireSon: Caleb falls in love with Mae before she reveals herself to be a vampire and turns him. It's also implied that this is the reason why Homer turned Mae herself, but since he's [[NotGrowingUpSucks an immortal man trapped in a 10-year old body]] nothing comes of it. It does fuel his resentment towards Caleb, later threatening to [[PuppyLove turn his little sister as well]].
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* ILoveYouVampireSon: Caleb falls in love with Mae before she reveals herself to be a vampire and turns him. It's also implied that this is the reason why Homer turned Mae herself, but since he's [[NotGrowingUpSucks an immortal man trapped in a 10-year old body]] nothing comes of it. It does fuel his resentment towards Caleb, later threatening to [[PuppyLove turn his little sister as well]]. [[spoiler:Inverted at the end, where Caleb turns Mae back into a human through a blood transfusion because despite everything he still loves her.]]
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* ILoveYouVampireSon: Caleb falls in love with Mae before she reveals herself to be a vampire and turns him. It's also implied that this is the reason why Homer turned Mae herself, but since he's an immortal man trapped in a 10-year old body nothing comes of it.
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* ILoveYouVampireSon: Caleb falls in love with Mae before she reveals herself to be a vampire and turns him. It's also implied that this is the reason why Homer turned Mae herself, but since he's [[NotGrowingUpSucks an immortal man trapped in a 10-year old body body]] nothing comes of it.it. It does fuel his resentment towards Caleb, later threatening to [[PuppyLove turn his little sister as well]].
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* ILoveYouVampireSon: Caleb falls in love with Mae before she reveals herself to be a vampire and turns him. It's also implied that this is the reason why Homer turned Mae herself, but since he's an immortal man trapped in a 10-year old body nothing comes of it.
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** Homer pretends to be a kid on a bike whose been run over by the side of the rode, only to attack anyone who helps him.
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''Near Dark'' is a 1987 horror movie, directed by Creator/KathrynBigelow, and written by Bigelow and Eric Red. It stars Adrian Pasdar, Creator/LanceHenriksen, Creator/BillPaxton, Jenette Goldstein and Jenny Wright. Along with ''TheLostBoys'', ''Film/TheLostBoys'', it is credited for pretty much reinventing the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire genre]].
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* BadSamaritan: The way they hunt is no picnic, and seems to work mostly on this and FarmerAndTheViper.
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* BadSamaritan: The way they hunt is no picnic, and seems to work mostly on this and FarmerAndTheViper.TheFarmerAndTheViper.
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Misuse. A Five Man Band has five members, and five members only.
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** BigBad / TheEvilGenius: Jesse
** TheDragon / TheBrute: Severen Van Sickle.
** DarkChick: Diamondback.
** TheBrute / TagAlongKid: Homer
** BigBad / TheEvilGenius: Jesse
** TheDragon / TheBrute: Severen Van Sickle.
** DarkChick: Diamondback.
** TheBrute / TagAlongKid: Homer
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* HumanityEnsues: Vampirization can be reversed with human blood infusion. In the end, [[spoiler:Caleb is turned back by his father and sister, and he does the same thing to Mae.]]
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''Near Dark'' is a 1987 horror movie, directed by Creator/KathrynBigelow (best known for [[strike:PointBreak]] TheHurtLocker), Creator/KathrynBigelow, and written by Bigelow and Eric Red. It stars Adrian Pasdar, Creator/LanceHenriksen, Creator/BillPaxton, Jenette Goldstein and Jenny Wright. Along with ''TheLostBoys'', it is credited for pretty much reinventing the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire genre]].
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* ChekhovsGun: The trucker explaining to Caleb how [[spoiler: to brake a truck in such a way that it will jack knife]].
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* ChekhovsGun: ChekhovsClassroom: The trucker explaining to Caleb how [[spoiler: to brake a truck in such a way that it will jack knife]].
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* WeakenedByTheLight: See MadeOfExplodium, above.
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** Bea and Caleb hitch a ride with a trucker. After Caleb fails to attack him, Bea hits him from behind.
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** Bea Mae and Caleb hitch a ride with a trucker. After Caleb fails to attack him, Bea Mae hits him from behind.
