NEAR DARK

I'm not so into vampires ... I've always been more drawn to the werewolf, that hapless mortal who can exist in polite society but knows that eventually a dark moon will plunge him into an unwanted bestial frenzy. But this is one of the great vampire films, a dry and dusty take on the legend that imagines an ad hoc family of bloodsuckers prowling the underpopulated hamlets of Texas for sustenance and kicks. Romantic, scary and more believable than most ...