The journey for the perfect metaphor ends with Near Dark, a wonderfully directed film that subverts the expectations of the Western genre, but that also signals that the "Others" are vile, bloodthirsty creatures whose influence can only be overcome by blood transfusion.
Read the summary of the essay, "Vampires, Indians, and the Queer Fantastic: Kathryn Bigelow's Near Dark" from The Glorious and the Grotesque
IDMB Episode 29 - Introduction to Douglas Sirk (featuring Scott Nye of CriterionCast)
IDMB Episode 28 - Ladyhawke
IDMB Episode 27 - Conan the Destroyer
IDMB Episode 26 - Excalibur
IDMB Episode 25 - 1980s Fantasy Films (featuring Mat Bradley-Tschirgi of Sequelcast)
IDMB Episode 24 - Matador
IDMB Episode 23 - Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
IDMB Episode 22 - All About My Mother
IDMB Episode 21 - Introduction to Pedro Almodovar (featuring Daniel Walber of Nonfics)
IDMB BONUS Episode - My Blueberry Nights
IDMB Episode 20 - 2046
IDMB Episode 19 - Happy Together
IDMB Episode 18 - Fallen Angels
IDMB Episode 17 - Introduction to Wong Kar Wai (featuring Gavin Mevius of KGBcast)
IDMB Episode 16 - Looney Tunes: Back in Action
IDMB Episode 15 - Matinee
IDMB Episode 14 - The 'Burbs
IDMB Episode 13 - Introduction to Joe Dante (featuring David Bax of Hey Watch This!)
IDMB Episode 12 - Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
IDMB Episode 11 - Bedevilled
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