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:

moviedb (Best selling movies) | 1 hour ago

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moviedb (Best selling movies) | 7 hours ago

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moviedb (Best selling movies) | 13 hours ago

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thejoshmc (Josh McCrohan) | 14 hours ago

Kathryn Bigelow won an Oscar for The Hurt Locker, but my favorite film of hers is still Near Dark from 1987. A great vampire/western flick.
Reini_Urban (Reini Urban) | 16 hours ago

"Rammbock" hat dem Genre des Zombiefilms einiges vorgelegt. Das muss mal einer nachmachen. Wie weiland "Near Dark" #diagonale #fb
Kstar78 (Kstar78) | 17 hours ago

Rollerblading on Foxhall in the middle of the street when it's near dark is a good way to get yourself killed.
horrorfilme (Horror Filme Review) | 18 hours ago

Survival of the Dead - demnächst im Kino unter http://www.near-dark.de/2010/03/17/survival-of-the-dead-ab-mai-2010-im-kino/
horrorfilme (Horror Filme Review) | 18 hours ago

New Blog post Hatchet – Old School American Horror http://www.near-dark.de/2010/03/10/hatchet-old-school-american-horror/ ...
horrorfilme (Horror Filme Review) | 18 hours ago

Hostel unter http://www.near-dark.de/2010/02/17/hostel/ auf http://www.near-dark.de
horrorfilme (Horror Filme Review) | 18 hours ago

Doghouse unter http://www.near-dark.de/2010/02/05/doghouse/ auf http://www.near-dark.de