Instant Favorite.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Nightbreed (1990) ** (out of 4)Aaron Boone (Craig Sheffer) is a troubled man whose doctor (David Cronenberg) has convinced him that he could be a masked serial killer. Soon Boone is shot dead due to the doctor's lying but his body and soul are then transferred to Midian, a place where monsters are the good guys.NIGHTBREED was the first movie I ever watched in a theater by myself. I still remember the experience quite well and I always remembered that I wasn't too fond of the picture. It was several years later before I learned that director Clive Barker had all sorts of issues with the studio and that the version released was cut beyond his control. I never bothered to revisit the movie until the Director's Cut was eventually released and that's what I will be reviewing here.Did the Director's Cut help things for me? Not really. I must say that I can honestly understand why people love this film but to me it just doesn't work for a number of reasons. For starters, even with the longer running time and the more detail to plot, I still can't really make heads or tails out of what's going on. Yes, this is a movie where the monsters are good guys and the humans are the bad guys. There are countless elements thrown together here and there's a mythological idea flowing throughout. I get all of that. I really do but do we really need two hours of this? I can understand what Barker was going for but I think his direction here just doesn't pull everything off.I say that and it's really disappointing because there's some great stuff here. The serial killer and his mask is downright creepy and there are some really effective scenes with him. I thought an entire movie based on this character would have been terrific but the problem is having Cronenberg play the doctor. He's okay in small parts but he certainly can't build anything major to this character and it's really too bad. I thought Sheffer was good enough for the part and the supporting players are good. The main thing here are the special effects. In particular the make-up effects, which are downright terrific. The various monster creations aren't as memorable as those seen in HELLRAISER but these are still very creative.NIGHTBREED isn't an awful film by any stretch of the imagination but there's no question that it's a disappointment. All of the elements are here for something special but I think the film, both versions in fact, fall a bit short.

A masked serial-killer is slaughtering families. Meanwhile, the youngster Aaron Boone (Craig Sheffer) has nightmares with monsters in a place called Midian. He has therapy with the psychiatric Dr. Philip K. Decker (David Cronenberg) and his girlfriend Lori Winston (Anne Bobby) wants to travel on vacation with him. When Aaron visits Dr. Decker for a session, the doctor convinces him that he is a serial-killer and asks Aaron to turn himself in to the police. He also gives a medication to calm him down. However it is indeed a hallucinogen and Aaron is hit by a truck. He awakes in a hospital where he shares a room with the insane Narcisse (Hugh Ross). When he overhears the man talking about Midian, Aaron learns the direction to reach the place. He heads to the place and finds that Midian is a cemetery. Further, there are monsters hidden from the humans in the underground and is bitten by Peloquin (Oliver Parker). Aaron flees from the monsters and finds Dr. Decker, Detective Joyce (Hugh Quarshie) and a team of police officers waiting for him outside the cemetery. Decker lies and yells that Aaron has a gun and he is murdered by the police. However the bite revives him and he goes to Midian, where he joins a society of monsters hidden in the underground. Meanwhile Lori is seeking him out while Decker wants to destroy the ancient bred of monsters."Nightbreed" is a cult-horror-fantasy film by Clive Barker. The film is highly entertaining but screenplay has an abrupt beginning and a deceptive conclusion. The DVD I saw does not have an alternate ending in accordance with the director's cut, but the description gives a perfect conclusion to this film. Aaron says goodbye to Lori, but she suicides and resurrects as a Nightbreed. There is no resurrection of Decker and Ashberry kills Eigerman that is seeking revenge. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Raça das Trevas" ("Darkness Breed")

Clive Barker, did you know you wrote the story this movie is based on? How did you f*ck that up? It's your story, you own it you wrote it-surely surely SURELY when you wrote it you did not envision the film adaptation to be this movie. You did the same thing to your masterpiece The Last Illusion, you turned it into that mediocrity Lord Of Illusions. Clive, baby, what is going on? Do you hate movies, is that it? Do you hate your work? David Cronenberg was profoundly miscast, once again, Mr. Barker, did you even read your story? David f*cking Cronenberg is how you saw the character, Decker? Are you f*cking sure? Dude, Clive Barker, you are one of the all time greatest horror authors ever, f*cking class it up next time.

A Fantasy cult horror film from 1990 from Clive Barker creator of 'Candyman' and 'Hellraiser' and tonight's movie is 'Nightbreed' A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of monsters are hiding from humanity.One of Clive's films I never really got the chance to see Nightbreed is a part slasher part supernatural part monster movie and it works on all ends its creepy and cool and very fun to watch. It kind of has a lovecraftian feel to it, and I really like it, The acting its pretty good along with the acting. The monster and gore effects are very will done and trademark of any Barker film and that and the really good music make this film work. that and the good camera work and lighting, the sets are also really good. No real negatives here.On the gore meter from one to ten One being something like 'The Corpse Grinders' and Ten being something like 'Braindead'. Nightbreed is a 5.5 nothing too extreme but there is more gore than I expected! Nightbreed is a classic and my new favorite Clive Barker film 5/5