How many jump scares are in Near Dark?

Near Dark has 3 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Near Dark?

Films similar to Near Dark on Watch Darkly include Abigail (2024), Vampyr (1932), What We Do in the Shadows (2014) — selected by cosine similarity on the curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

Metadata and artwork from TMDB. Not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

vampire

Near Dark

Name: Near Dark
Genre: horror
Released: 1987-10-02
Duration: 1 h 34 min

1987 · R · 1h 34m

...pray for daylight.

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.

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

No Curator Score yet for Near Dark. A Curator Score appears once one of our curators has rated it.

Jump scares

Near Dark has 3 jump scares. Compare counts

Genres

horror

Rate this film

Details

Budget$5M

Box office$3.4M

Directed by

Kathryn Bigelow

Written by

Kathryn Bigelow, Eric Red

Cinematography

Adam Greenberg

Music

Christopher Franke, Edgar Froese, Paul Haslinger

Starring

Adrian Pasdar as Caleb Colton · Jenny Wright as Mae · Lance Henriksen as Jesse Hooker · Bill Paxton as Severen · Jenette Goldstein as Diamondback · Tim Thomerson as Loy Colton · Joshua John Miller as Homer · Marcie Leeds as Sarah Colton

Production

DEG, F/M, Near Dark Joint Venture

Reviews