Nightbreed

Name: Nightbreed
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Released: February 16, 1990
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 40
Cast: Anne Bobby, Bob Sessions, Catherine Chevalier, Charles Haid, Craig Sheffer

1990

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Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: February 16, 1990 | R

Starring: Anne Bobby, Bob Sessions, Catherine Chevalier, Charles Haid, Craig Sheffer, David Cronenberg, Doug Bradley, Hugh Quarshie, Hugh Ross, Malcolm Smith

Summary: A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.

Director: Clive Barker

Genre(s): Action, Fantasy, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 102 min

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Devin Faraci

While Cronenberg works, the two other main humans - Boone and his girlfriend, are flat and boring, mostly due to uninspired performances. Still, that's like blasting Star Wars for Mark Hamill's acting. While this isn't as great as Star Wars, it's in the same vein, and if Nightbreed had made some loot, I think we would have gotten some very cool sequels with a fantastic mythology. Read full review

Noel Murray

At its best, Nightbreed is like a living version of a coffee-table book, with each page filled with tentacled, quilled, or moon-faced monsters. Read full review

Empire William Thomas

The background is more intriguing than the stumbling up-front story, and monster watchers will get full use of the freeze-frame facility. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Writer-director Clive Barker's Nightbreed is a mess. Self-indulgent horror pic [from his novel Cabal] could be the Heaven's Gate of its genre, of obvious interest to diehard monster fans but a turnoff for mainstream audiences. Read full review

Caryn James

Surrounded by Mr. Barker's visual clutter and lack of narrative energy, Mr. Cronenberg's presence only highlights the difference between a gruesome but first-rate psychological horror story like Dead Ringers and a mediocrity like Nightbreed. Read full review

Richard Harrington

Barker the filmmaker resorts to most of the horror cliches he chillingly sidesteps in his writing. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

It bombs, but not for lack of trying. It bombs for too much trying. [17 Feb 1990, p.C3]

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NoireX_08

Aug 9, 2020

oh my god such a good movie ! great story and acting.
I love the charaters and make up jobs done in this movie.