9 July 2009 @ 8:54Near Dark gets the “teen romance” treatment

Remember the awesome, R-rated vampire flick from the 1987 — Near Dark.
Just this week Lions Gate re-released the DVD with a new cover, and if you didn’t know any better, you might think this is a spin-off of the Twilight Saga. I’m wondering if whoever designed this new cover has even watched Near Dark. Here is the new cover:

It looks like it had a bit of Twilight influence, don’t you think?

Twilight poster

And for reference, here is the previous DVD cover of Near Dark:

Country boy Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar) whittles away the quiet rural nights hunting local girls – but when he falls prey to the mysterious and beautiful Mae (Jenny Wright), Caleb unknowingly becomes the hunted. Mae is no ordinary girl, Caleb soon learns; she is part of an outlaw band of vampires, and their love is about to lure him into a terrifying world of bloodlust, mayhem and absolute horror. Will Caleb pay the ultimate price for love and eternal life – or will he find a way to defeat the evil growing inside him each night NEAR DARK?

Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein

Click here to watch the Near Dark trailer

Twitter chatter:

JennGrover (Jenn Grover) | 39 mins ago

RT @weathermatrix: Storm timing seems to be slightly later than last one; roads locally will get bad near dark? with cold temps. School tomorrow seems unlikely
weathermatrix (Jesse Ferrell) | 1 hour ago

Storm timing seems to be slightly later than last one; roads locally will get bad near dark? with cold temps. School tomorrow seems unlikely
LaCidiana (Erin) | 5 hours ago

@linesofcircles LOL omg so cutely futile. <333 Also, re: Near Dark: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1548695/Gifs/sexy/wristc.gif :))))
tellastranger42 (Dru) | 5 hours ago

lol. I always hav plans to do shit after work, like watch this movie or that but I never do. XD Like i was gonna watch near dark, nope.
mckelvie (Jamie McKelvie) | 6 hours ago

Near Dark last night, scrambled egg and smoked salmon on brioche toast this morning. Poifect.
mckelvie (Jamie McKelvie) | 6 hours ago

@edgarwright speaking of Kathryn Bigelow, we watched Near Dark last night as my gf hadn't seen it. That bar scene!
ZDayMrJ (Jason Miler) | 9 hours ago

@PeractoVita it was wrote shortly after the original & speakin of remakes they're also remaking "Near Dark, "Red Dawn" & "Back to the future
chrispackham (chrispackham) | 10 hours ago

@TheDLC Last 5 minutes of "Near Dark" were bad, too. C. Bigelow: delivering 2 hours of awesomeness capped with 5 minutes of suck since 1987.
tubaGOODING_JR (Temi O.) | 11 hours ago

RT @KashOfTSNY: I find it funny how im brown-damn near dark skin and fucked more girls than most the light skin "pretty" boys i know #imjustsayin
KashOfTSNY (Ka$h Négro-Sanchez ) | 11 hours ago

I find it funny how im brown-damn near dark skin and fucked more girls than most the light skin "pretty" boys i know #imjustsayin