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Nightbreed

starring: Craig Sheffer, David Cronenberg, Anne Bobby, Charles Haid, Hugh Quarshie
directed by: Clive Barker

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790750743
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790750740
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 01, 2004
Running Time: 102 minutes
Sales Rank: 7290
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 16, 1990



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Description:
Set in the canadian wilderness, a search is on for a serial killer and an ancient tribe of monsters called the night-breed.

Amazon.com:
Troubled twentysomething Craig Sheffer is haunted by violent dreams of serial killings and nocturnal invitations by misshapen creatures who live in a misty, mysterious land called Midia. Adapted and directed by Clive Barker (Hellraiser) from his novel Cabal, this tribute to the magical creatures of the night plays like a Jungian reinterpretation of classic myths with a modern twist. Nightbreed are the dead reborn as monsters of legend, fantasies, and nightmares who form their own outcast society in an underground city beneath an Alberta graveyard. Visionary horror director David Cronenberg steps in front of the camera to play Sheffer's unscrupulous psychiatrist, an eerie, unsettling character whose dark side is hidden under a soft-spoken manner and an eerily calm and controlled voice.

Barker has a rather unsubtle approach to this fantastical Holocaust metaphor: every human is a victim, a hick, or a bloodthirsty monster, and the climactic witch-hunt is all gore and spectacle. By contrast the bestial society of outcasts has a kind of natural, innocent savagery that turns protective when the tribe is threatened. Cool-looking beings of bright colors, latex masks, and outrageous bodysuits, they band together like some extreme mutant superhero team with anger-management issues. Barker could use more attention to details (what happened to the so-called mystic properties of his shape-shifting monster heroes when the guns were drawn?), but there's an undeniable charge to his modern take on myth and magic. --Sean Axmaker



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Disappointing
I love horror movies and good vs evil themes. However this movie was really disappointing. Not scary, ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Interesting! Bizarre?
This movie isn't bad! It's not bad at all! In fact, I'd even hazard my reputation by saying it's...good? ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - One of Clive Barker's Best Horror Tales
I love all of Clive Barker's Works.
This particular storyline follows the Kabala as well as the Christian ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Awesome
Great movie, hillarious. I love the 80's movies and they are always good for a few laughs. This one had been reccommended ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Clive Barker...need I say more?
If you like his books, you'll like this film. Holds up pretty well.
So - who are the real monsters? You figure it out. ... Read More

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