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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)

Terror from Under the House, a review by Jimmy

Title: Terror from Under the House 
Year: 1971
Director: Sidney Hayers     
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h29
Video:  Full Frame 
Audio:  English (Mono)
Subtitles: None

Stars:Plot:
A familly's youngest daughter is brutally is brutally raped and murdered. They try to put the tragedy behind them but this prove to be almost impossible.

When the familly learns that the prime suspect of the crime have been released by the police due to lack of evidence, they decide to take matters into their own hands. With the help of a friend whose daughter was also murdered, they go after himself to "teach the guy a lesson". Unfortunally things go from bad to worse.


Extras:
Filmographies

. One last thing, I didn't know that Joan Collins was that beautifull at 38 years old, she was more natural looking than what I remember from Dynasty (I was force to watch that).   

Rating : 3,0/5


(From My review - unseen and unwatched january marathon on January 25th, 2008)

Wonderfalls Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

1. WAX LION
Jaye thinks she's going insane after a defective wax lion and a brass monkey begin telling her to do thing--and she actually finds herself doing them!

My Thoughts:
This is a really good introduction to the characters. I like how they don't make it clear what it is talking to her through these inanimate objects. Whether is is God, The Devil or if she is just crazy. And talk about a date going wrong.

My Rating:

(From Wonderfalls Marathon on January 20th, 2010)