Nightbreed (1990)

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• Jeff "

  
  Clive Barker has a phenomenal imagination when it comes to making a good horror yarn. Nightbreed unfortunately doesn't deliver for me. I found the plot to be quite boring and the acting was wooden. David Cronenberg though a great film director isn't that great an actor. I… More
  Clive Barker has a phenomenal imagination when it comes to making a good horror yarn. Nightbreed unfortunately doesn't deliver for me. I found the plot to be quite boring and the acting was wooden. David Cronenberg though a great film director isn't that great an actor. I still have to give him props for him being a sick twisted villain in this film, but something about his acting didn't feel quite right. I had high hopes that this film would live up to the masterwork Hellraiser (which Clive Barker also directed) but it fell flat and by the films conclusion whatever made this film good was ultimately destroyed by the somewhat rediculous ending. Watch with caution you may be disappointed

• Tim S

  
  Not a fantastic horror flick, but it is quite charming.

• Conner R

  
  Crazy Clive Barker and his freaks. It's such a Tim Burton type of movie, just way more psychotic. The effects were really good and the story was great, it just needed a little more explanation. David Cronenberg played way too good of a serial killer, it felt way too natural if… More
  Crazy Clive Barker and his freaks. It's such a Tim Burton type of movie, just way more psychotic. The effects were really good and the story was great, it just needed a little more explanation. David Cronenberg played way too good of a serial killer, it felt way too natural if you know what I mean. His zipper and button mask was great. If you like Clive Barker's other stuff, it might not be as gory as you're used to, but definitely just as bizarre.

• Phil H

  
  Weird stuff this, Barkers odd imagination in overdrive, gore, blood, freaks, monsters and the strange looking Sheffer. Different in the outlook that humans are the monsters and the monsters are under threat, neat. The classic 80's looking make up is great.

• vieras e

  
  Dr. Decker was awesome, but this film is in desperate need of a sequel.

• David L

  
  This is one of those films that I hope the director's cut gets released. The film as it stands now is a great horror/fantasy film but you can see that the film was re-edited and just almost destroyed in post production. Hopefully Barker will get his promised directors cut out one… More
  This is one of those films that I hope the director's cut gets released. The film as it stands now is a great horror/fantasy film but you can see that the film was re-edited and just almost destroyed in post production. Hopefully Barker will get his promised directors cut out one day, Anyway Nightbreed is about Boone, a troubled young man, is having some very realistic nightmares about a place called Midian, where the monsters live. The dreams used to frighten him, but now they're almost welcoming. His doctor, Philip Decker, wants to keep him doped up and under surveillance. Decker wants Boone to believe that he is dangerous, uncontrollable and homicidal, when in fact it is Decker himself who commits gruesome murders and wants Boone to take the fall. When Boone is brought to a hospital, overdosing on the powerful hallucinogenics that Decker supplied him with, he meets another man who speaks of Midian. Midian is real, and Boone knows he must find his way there. But Boone is not welcomed by the monsters who live beneath an ancient cemetery...not immediately anyway. When one of them attempts to take a bite out of him, Boone runs for his life and directly into Decker and a wall of armed policeman. Boone is shot down, but is he really dead? Both Decker and Boone's girlfriend Lori are determined to find out, and there's only one place to look....Midian. As for the cast and characters, David Cronenberg as the evil Dr. Decker is smooth and hypnotic and downright creepy in his S&M killers mask. The monsters are the good guys for a change, and they're really cool looking! My absolute favorites are the sexy but bad tempered Peloquin, the lovely quilled Shunma Sassi and the awesome god Baphomet, all created by Clive Barker's amazing imagination. Look also for Doug Bradley as Lylesburg. The underground city of Midian is an impressive set, as well as the gothically beautiful cemetery above ground. This is a film worth checking out if you can find it. A nice blend of horror and fantasy.

• _kelly .

  
  First saw this as a young kid and it was scalded into my mind (much like Return of the Living Dead or It). When I purchased the DVD in my teens, I still loved it. Reviewing it today, it's still a great horror concept awesomely executed, though my high rating is due to my high… More
  First saw this as a young kid and it was scalded into my mind (much like Return of the Living Dead or It). When I purchased the DVD in my teens, I still loved it. Reviewing it today, it's still a great horror concept awesomely executed, though my high rating is due to my high like of the characters and setting of this flick. A must-see for horror fans or Barkerites.

• Lafe F

  
  An interesting cave full of monsters and freaks living under a cemetary near Calgary, Alberta. It's has great makeup achievements, and an explosive battle with police aginst monsters. Not scary, but fascinating and fun.

• Dr Blood  

  
  Some great makeup effects and scary yet beautiful creatures make this a visual treat even if the plot is a bit thin.

• Cindy I

  
  Expected more from this. The short story (or was it a book?) had some really great scenes that I thought would look amazing on the screen, but they couldn't pull it off. Ultimately a disappointment.

• xGary X

  
  I am not a fan of Clive Barker; his ideas tend to be rather juvenile and schlocky, but this film does have it's good points. The production design is cheap and tacky, but David Cronenberg puts in a watchable performance as the psychotic shrink.

• Dean M

  
  Worst and weird tale of a young man comes across a race of shape-shifting monsters able.

• Michael G

  
  Nowhere nearly as good as I remember.

• Emily A

  
  Oh man, this movie was so bad with such enthusiasm. You have to respect that kind of boneheaded integrity.

• Doctor S

  
  I bet during filming even Cronenberg wondered "What the hell is going on here?"

• Lauren D

  
  After watching Hellraiser the other week, I was checking out his other movies and saw this one. I saw 'Craig Sheffer' so I thought 'I wonder what Keith looked like when he was young', which is why I watched it. The only good thing about it was the effects. The… More
  After watching Hellraiser the other week, I was checking out his other movies and saw this one. I saw 'Craig Sheffer' so I thought 'I wonder what Keith looked like when he was young', which is why I watched it. The only good thing about it was the effects. The monsters looked great, except for the flying things, and the exploded Midian looked lame. The story was pretty lame, as was the acting and it dragged on. It's definitely worth seeing just to see the monsters and wonder why the hell people gay CGI these days.

• Patrick D

  
  This has great aspects, and is of the better dark fantasies. The thing is, this film starts off really fast and is awesome, but kind of looses me around a middle, a bit, but has quite a climax. Plus David Cronenberg is great in it.

• Leo L

  
  Interesting.

• Anthony V

  
  Disappointing.

• Barry L

  
  Cronenberg is a genius and this shows why. Very surreal.

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