Near Dark
...pray for daylight.
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A neo-noir vampire road movie that treats the undead as a nomadic outlaw family, blending seduction and dread with the tragedy of a farm boy's forced transformation.
A farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.
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