Clive Barker to release Nighbreed directors cut at Halloween

Clive Barker was a staple in the horror genre during the 1980’s and early 1990’s with films such as “Candyman”, the “Hellraiser” series, and “Nightbreed”. He was not thrilled, according to a report on Entertainment Weekly, that Nightbreed went to the theaters having quite a bit of the writers’ story left on the cutting room floor. Now, 14 years later fans of the film will finally get to see it as the director intended. Clive Barker will release a director’s cut of the horror film this Halloween.

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The story centers on a suspected serial killer who seeks out a community of mutant outcasts who are trying to avoid being discovered by humans in a place called Midian.  The film is a grotesque story that unfolds out of hallucinations and the rampage of a serial killer whilst hiding the monstrous outcasts. The film is based on Barker’s “Cabal” horror novel.

Barker was ecstatic to learn of the found lost footage that had been previously thought destroyed in a statement he made regarding the upcoming release.

"When Scream Factory told me that they found the Nightbreed film footage I was gob-smacked! This is the ultimate validation of choices made by myself and Mark Miller [of Seraphim Films] all the way back in 2008. As we embarked down the road of attempting to track down the lost footage, we looked at each other and said, “Maybe one day they’ll find it.” It’s my pleasure to announce that the day has come. Speaking personally, I didn’t allow myself to believe that it would. Even if we did find some footage (which we did in 2009 in the form of heavily degraded VHS tapes) and even if we did find a company willing to release the film (which we did in 2013 with Scream Factory, God bless them) the prospect of finding the actual lost film materials was remoter than I’d wanted to admit out loud. If the footage could not be found by those who had worked closest on it the same year it had been released, then what were the odds we’d be able to find anything 20 years on? But Scream Factory, in their commendable determination, kept up the search and thanks to them total reconstruction has been made a possibility. There’s never been a reconstruction that’s had as little chance of succeeding and yet has succeeded on as many fronts as this film has. It’s unprecedented. To now have a movie that we can put together in the way that I fully intended it to be seen when I first set out to make this film in 1989 is extraordinary."