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Nightbreed, a review by KinkyCyborg

Nightbreed



Title:Nightbreed
Year: 1990
Director: Clive Barker
Rating: R
Length: 101 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Craig Sheffer
Anne Bobby
David Cronenberg
Charles Haid
Hugh Quarshie

Plot:
Boone (Craig Sheffer) may be a troubled young man, but his troubles are just beginning. Set up as the fall guy in a string of slasher murders, he decides he'll hide by crossing the threshold that separates us from them and sneak into the forbidden subterranean realm of Midian. Boone will live among the monsters.

Hellraiser creator Clive Barker writes (adapting his novel Cabal) and directs this vivid leap into horror that asks: in the battle of man vs. monster, who's really the monster? The answer supplies flesh-crawling suspense, sudden fear, a colorful Danny Elfman score and a creepy array of shape-shifting beings. They are the Nightbreed, denizens of a world beyond death, beyond the imagination, perhaps beyond anything you've seen.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Production Notes
Closed Captioned


A Clive Barker movie starring David Cronenberg.... oh boy...   

I've actually seen this before and it still holds up after many years as being fresh and unique. Fantastic artistry in the makeup, countless boogeymen all with their own unique personalities and a surprising amount of pyrotechnics for what must have been a low budget film. The unimaginable horrors you witness are straight out of Barker's twisted mind and they are truly a site to behold.

Sandwiched in between Barker's first few Hellraiser movies and based on his novel Cabal, it chronicles a society of horrid outcasts who are freaks, unable to exist in society but also unable to remain in the shadows, out of the reach of those too curious, or too hateful to leave them alone. The book is part of my 'to read' pile.

This macabre world is definitely right up Cronenberg's alley as he has creations of his own to rival this but he demonstrates quite pointedly that he should remain on the creative end of films as, while quite creepy in appearance in Nightbreed, he's better off leaving the acting to others.

I always like it when somewhere in Canada serves as the backdrop to the story and for this one it was Alberta. Honestly... how many more times do you expect to hear the Calgary Stampede mentioned in a horror film?! 

Been a while since I've seen this one but it has vaulted back up to one of my top 5 favorite horror movies. 

KC

Rating:

(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on November 18th, 2010)

Bolt, a review by Tom

Title: Bolt
Year: 2008
Director: Chris Williams, Byron Howard
Rating: PG
Length: 96 Min.
Video: Widescreen 1.78
Audio: English: DTS HD Master Audio, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital Stereo, Italian: DTS 5.1, Spanish: DTS 5.1, Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1, Swedish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Finnish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Icelandic: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, Finnish, Icelandic, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

Stars:
John Travolta
Miley Cyrus
Susie Essman
Marc Walton
Malcolm McDowell

Plot:Awards:

Academy Award	2008	Nominated	Best Animated Feature Film
Annie Awards	2008	Nominated	Best Animated Feature
Annie Awards	2008	Nominated	Individual Achievment - Animated Effects	Kevin Lee
Annie Awards	2008	Nominated	Individual Achievment - Production Design in an Animated Feature Production	Paul Felix
Annie Awards	2008	Nominated	Individual Achievment - Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production	Joe Mateo
Annie Awards	2008	Nominated	Individual Achievment - Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production	Mark Walton
ASCAP Awards	2009	Won	Top Box Office Films	John Powell
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Animated Feature
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Song	"I Thought I Lost You": Miley Cyrus, John Travolta
Golden Globe	2008	Nominated	Animated Film
Golden Globe	2008	Nominated	Original Song	"I Thought I Lost You":
Satellite Awards	2008	Nominated
Visual Effects Society Awards	2009	Nominated	Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture
Visual Effects Society Awards	2009	Nominated	Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture
Visual Effects Society Awards	2009	Nominated	Outstanding Animation in an Animated Motion Picture	Chris Williams, Byron Howard, John Murrah, Doug Bennett (For the chase)
Visual Effects Society Awards	2009	Nominated	Outstanding Effects Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture	John Murrah, Michael Kaschalk, Dale Mayeda, Adolph Lusinsky (For various sequences)

Extras:
Bonus Rhino Short
Deleted Scenes
DVD included
Featurettes
Interactive Game
Music Videos
Photo Gallery
Rhino Soft Toy
Scene Access
Trailers

A really fun movie. Loved it from the beginning. The first 15 minutes were really great. But also later on it was just fun to watch. It had some really funny moments. The hamster was great
Also the bonus short with him is worth a watch.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on December 22nd, 2009)

[Rerun Marathon] Police Squad!, a review by Tom

6/10

My favorite line: "Sorry to bother you at a time like this. We would have come earlier but your husband wasn't dead then." 

And there is the now classic: "Cigeratte?" - "Yes, I know"

The "Twice"-"Once" scene was also quite funny 

Ed: "Sergeant, take her away and book her!"
Frank: "Sergeant Takheraway." <shakes hand> "Sergeant Booker" <shakes hand>

(From [Rerun Marathon] Police Squad! on October 11th, 2007)