Nightbreed

Nightbreed is a 1990 movie based on Clive Barker's novella Cabal. It was directed by Clive Barker and suffered several inadequate edits. To this day, Barker expresses a disappointment with the final cut and longs for the recovery of the reels so it might be freshly edited.

Related Topics:
1990 - Movie - Clive Barker - Novella - Cabal

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The movie centres around Aaron Boone (portrayed by Craig Sheffer, a man plagued by dreams of a city called Midian, populated by monsters. Aaron is framed for several murders by his psychopathic therapist, subsequently killed by police and resurrected by the magic of Midian. Boone joins forces with the other monsters to defend themselves from the true monsters of the story: humankind.

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David Cronenberg, despite primarily being a film director, starred as Decker, the therapist who frames Boone.

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