A small-town farmer's son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter.A small-town farmer's son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter.A small-town farmer's son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter.
- Awards
- 1 win & 9 nominations
Joshua John Miller
- Homer
- (as Joshua Miller)
Edward Corbett
- Ticket Seller
- (as Ed Corbett)
James Le Gros
- Teenage Cowboy
- (as James LeGros)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFuture husband James Cameron suggested to Bigelow that she use the ready-made ensemble cast from his recent hit Aliens (1986), and thus Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, and Jenette Goldstein all appear in Bigelow's film. Michael Biehn had also appeared in Aliens and was considered, but declined to participate.
- GoofsWhen Homer brings Sarah to the hotel room, it is night time, and Sarah makes reference to how late everyone is staying up. A minute later, Severen goes out and gets Loy, and it is still night. Two minutes later, when the Coltons flee the room, it is broad daylight out.
- Alternate versionsThe UK version released on video in 1988 was missing 14 secs of BBFC cuts:
- Diamondback opening and closing a butterfly knife repeatedly before slitting the barmaid's throat
- Jesse and Severen putting the barman's body on the bar and smashing bottles of spirits over and around him to fuel the fire while Severen quips "Hey, bartender salad".
- ConnectionsFeatured in New Order: Touched by the Hand of God (1987)
- SoundtracksNAUGHTY, NAUGHTY
Performed and written by John Parr
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
Polygram International Music B. V.
Featured review
Interesting and atmospheric little vampire film. The soundtrack was provided by Tangerine Dream and is absolutely fantastic. Some of the dialogue, especially in the beginning, seems a little cringeworthy and trite but overall the script is well done. It really shines in the way that it gives us a humanistic approach to the vampires. The whole thing has a low key, yet powerful and poetic vibe. At times the humor seems to simply detract from this atmosphere instead of providing anything akin to comic relief or real laughs and I think it would have been a stronger film without the comedic elements. Overall this is quite an offbeat but good film and the soundtrack is amazing.
- nick121235
- Feb 21, 2017
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Cuando cae la oscuridad
- Filming locations
- 6709 Pacific Boulevard, Huntington Park, California, USA(Caleb going to bus station at night)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,369,307
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $635,789
- Oct 4, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $3,369,628
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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