Unlike other vampire films with a European background, Near Dark takes place in American western countryside, which is a quite unique setting. The camera work does a great job to show the iconic view of American West: the dawn and sunset, the dust, and a cowboy on a white horse, etc. The most interesting fact in the film is that the vampires can be transformed back to human by blood transfusion. The beginning shot, when a mosquito is sucking blood of Caleb, indicates the showing of the blood suckers later; and the action of sucking blood itself also corresponds with Mae’s words about instinct. Just like what Scott Tobias says in his article, “killing and feeding is just a sad necessity of her existence, and she's numbed herself to it.” I feel pity for Mae and Caleb, they both become vampires out of their own wills. Put myself in their position, I guess if I were a vampire, I may also have to kill people and suck their blood for survive just like they do in the film. But this vampire group travels like criminals, they steal cars, burn houses and even torture their preys, except Mae, the rest of the members seem somewhat enjoy the process. The acting of the cast is fascinating, each character has their own distinctive personality. Among all the six characters, Mae is the most complicated and conflicted one. She makes Caleb to become one of them, but she also feels bad that Caleb is suffering; that’s why she even opens her own wrist to feed Caleb, and this is one of the most moving moment to me. Some of Mae’s words are still stuck in my head, her voice is so attractive and hard to forget, “It's dark. It's so bright, it'll blind you.”
美国西部，在一间小农场，男孩和他的父亲，妹妹生活在一起。n西部的生活孤单而无聊，简直度日如年。 n某晚，卡利伯发现有个女孩在附近走动，可能是因为长期没有接触异性，他一下子就被这女孩的美丽和神秘气质吸引住了。n这一对男女互相倾诉，你侬我侬，很快坠入爱河。在亲热时，女孩咬了男孩一口，留下了一个记号。n天快亮了，女孩急着回家了，男孩也一路跌跌撞撞地走回家。但是卡利伯感觉浑身不舒服，在太阳照射之下，更是浑身焦灼如焚…n没错，其实女孩梅原来是吸血鬼，而男孩也被咬伤，正在蜕变成吸血鬼的过程中…n眼见男孩浑身冒烟，快要被太阳烤焦了，这时从远处飞奔而来一辆封闭的大卡车，这是梅和她的吸血鬼家族，他们一下把男孩拉上了车，飞奔而去…n《血尸夜》(Near Dark)，由Kathryn Bigelow执导的美国恐怖片，比尔·帕克斯顿和兰斯·亨利克森出演，1987年上映。n该片讲述了在美国西部农场，男孩卡利伯在夜晚遇到一个美丽神秘的女孩梅，两人坠入爱河，却发现梅是一个吸血鬼，从而在爱情与亲情之间发生了一系列激烈的冲突…n一部非常独特的吸血鬼西部片，片中的吸血鬼为了维持生命必须在晚上寻找猎物吸血，他们枪打不死，却极度害怕阳光。n男孩卡利伯深陷对梅的爱恋，同时吸血鬼家族还想让他杀人以证其忠心，当父亲和妹妹前来寻找他时问题来了。是做人继续与家人生活，还是做鬼游荡于黑夜？双方发生了激烈的冲突！n电影既有爱情，以及吸血鬼的恐怖元素，还有几场对峙枪战戏也非常精彩，吸血鬼在太阳下全身冒烟，着火爆炸的场面印象深刻！nnn
The beginning shot, when a mosquito is sucking blood of Caleb, indicates the showing of the blood suckers later; and the action of sucking blood itself also corresponds with Mae’s words about instinct. Just like what Scott Tobias says in his article, “killing and feeding is just a sad necessity of her existence, and she's numbed herself to it.” I feel pity for Mae and Caleb, they both become vampires out of their own wills. Put myself in their position, I guess if I were a vampire, I may also have to kill people and suck their blood for survive just like they do in the film. But this vampire group travels like criminals, they steal cars, burn houses and even torture their preys, except Mae, the rest of the members seem somewhat enjoy the process.
The acting of the cast is fascinating, each character has their own distinctive personality. Among all the six characters, Mae is the most complicated and conflicted one. She makes Caleb to become one of them, but she also feels bad that Caleb is suffering; that’s why she even opens her own wrist to feed Caleb, and this is one of the most moving moment to me. Some of Mae’s words are still stuck in my head, her voice is so attractive and hard to forget, “It's dark. It's so bright, it'll blind you.”