And the monsters that the main character always feared kinship with, yet secretly yearned to be a part, were complex, beautiful, terrifying, and so very vital and alive. Humans reveal themselves to be the ignorant monstrosities they really are.
Madmen became his allies, and his brothers. I saw a protagonist suffering mental trauma, never really quite finding his place in the world, and getting gaslit by someone he trusted, and then slowly realizing after running from the woman he loves that his delusions about a city of monsters free in the night, hiding underground, were all true. What I will tell you is that it was only far after I watched the first Hellraiser, and before Candyman, during the height of the 2020 Quarantine that I opened up my copy of Nightbreed, put it in my portable DVD player, and saw it in its infinitely dark and glittering world-building glory. I’m not going to talk about that, except for the fact that I am glad I got this DIrector’s Cut, and watched only this version.
I know that there were a few cuts of this film, and that its initial release had been compromised by many studio decisions, and that “Occupy Midian” was all about restoring Barker’s original vision of the film to its audience.
Or maybe this is only what I remember in retrospect. All I can remember, like a half-unmade dream, is that the title, and the premise of a community of monsters against humanity stood out at me. And I had no idea what any of it was about. Seriously, I’d only watched The Midnight Meat Train, and Dread.īut I bought Nightbreed, long after I read about a contest in which fans of that world were to write stories set in Midian. As it was, I’d only read Barker’s Books of Blood, and I am almost ashamed to say that I’d not watched any of his mainline films: not Hellraiser, nor even something based on his work like Candyman. It wasn’t even because it had been directed by Clive Barker. It wasn’t the discount, at least not completely. You know, to this very day, I don’t know why I bought it. See our wiki for past AMAs.I bought the Director’s Cut of Clive Barker’s Nightbreed in the latter days of Suspect Video’s existence: a unique Toronto movie store, and cultural landmark. If you would like to mask a potential spoiler, use the following format: (/spoiler)Īll times in ET (EST/EDT) unless otherwise noted. Spoiler tags are left to user discretion. Some rule violations may result in a temporary or permanent ban on the first strike. We do ask that you help us keep a high level of discourse by avoiding image-only posts, blog spam, surveys, plugging your own unpublished or self-published fiction, and linking to fundraisers or items for sale. No book is off-limits since horror is subjective. Here is your place to share your love or loathing for horror lit, but remember to be respectful.Ībusive comments and posts will get you banned but having a dissenting opinion is acceptable.
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