Bullseye! This week Gracie & Abbey discuss the most underrated American vampire film! Near Dark, even over 30 years later, is still eerily relevant to this day. Hatred against the "other," father's of the night and day, toxic masculinity, and women trying to survive in a patriarchal society (vampire or otherwise) are among some of the talking points.

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Resources:

Near Dark (1987). dir. Kathryn Bigelow

Auerbach, Nina. Our Vampires, Ourselves. The University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Holte, James Craig. Dracula in the Dark: The Dracula Film Adaptations. Greenwood Press, 1997.

Palmer, Louis H. Vampires in the New World. Praeger, 2013.

Rickels, Laurence A. The Vampire Lectures. Univ. of Minnesota Press, 2008.

Simpson, Philip. “Blood Read: The Vampire as Metaphor in Contemporary Culture.” Journal of American & Comparative Cultures, vol. 23, no. 2, 2002. Questia.com.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf1Fmn5zBzQ

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http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199791286/obo-9780199791286-0083.xml

http://www.gothic.stir.ac.uk/guestblog/american-independent-gothic-near-dark-kathryn-bigelow-1987/

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2017/10/looking_at_kathryn_bigelow_s_vampire_western_near_dark_30_years_later.html

http://brightlightsfilm.com/young-vampires-love-kathryn-bigelows-near-dark/#.W0uJYthKjq0

http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=862

https://film.avclub.com/the-new-cult-canon-near-dark-1798215134

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeroderma_pigmentosum

http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/491987%7C0/Near-Dark.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLtFxykg1ew

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurt_Locker