Nightbreed Uncut? Yes Please Mr Barker!

It’s fantastic to see the name of a kick-ass old film being blogged about without the words “remake” or the infuriating “reboot” tailing its ass. Even better when the flick in question is Clive Barker’s 1990 super-failure Nightbreed!

You know the one? It was Barker’s follow-up to Hellraiser, starring Brat Pack wannabe Craig Sheffer in the lead and David Croneberg as the terrifying Dekker. It revolved around a huge community of freakoid monsters living in an underground city called Midian, under a cemetery in Nowheresville U.S.A.

The studio kicked Barker’s ass over the production, cutting 55 minutes and over 2/3 of the monsters out of the final cut. Well, now the original 145 minute print has surfaced and will be playing at the Minneapolis' Horror Hound Weekend in March. Fanboy’s are pissin’ their pants and screaming for a DVD release ASAP! I’m with them.

I loved this film so much as a kid that I even bought the Commodore 64 ‘Nightbreed Version’ just to get my fix of the Midian freaks. Here’s the trailer.