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Written
& Directed by:
Clive Barker
Starring:
Craig Sheffer .... Aaron
Boone / Cabal
Anne Bobby .... Lou
Designer
David Cronenberg .... Dr.
Philip K. Decker
Charles Haid .... Captain
Eigerman
Hugh Quarshie ....
Detective Joyce
Hugh Ross .... Narcisse
Doug Bradley .... Dirk
Lylesberg
Catherine Chevalier ....
Rachel*Images
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Release
Date: Theatrical:
February 16, 1990;
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A
troubled man named Aaron Boone
(Craig Sheffer) continuously has
nightmares about ghoulish
creatures in a cemetary and sees
his shrink named Dr. Philip K.
Decker (David Cronenberg) about
these nightmares. Decker has
shocking news for him as he
reports to him that half a dozen
families were killed in 11
months. Then Decker gives him a
new prescription.
While Boone is crossing a road
one time he is hit by a truck and
sent to the hospital where he
meets a crazed patient named
Narcisse (Hugh Ross) there as he
talks about a lost city named
Midian and tells him how to get
there.
While he drives up there he waits
till sundown for the creatures
that are considered the
nightbreed to come out since they
can't deal with sunlight. He is
nearly eaten by one of them
realising that Boone himself isnt
one of them as he is bitten in
the chest.
While he escapes he is then
cornered by the police set up by
his doctor Decker as he announces
that Boone has a gun on him and
is shot to death.
Boone's corpse is sent to a
mortuary but the bite marks on
his chest awakens Boone and he is
born again as one of the
nightbreed people and returns to
the Midian city and is welcomed
by the patient he encountered at
the hospital.
He is welcomed by the Midians
there and then him and his
girlfriend Lou Designer (Anne
Bobby) tries to put a stop to
Decker's evil deeds as he tries
to destroy the city of Midian.
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Not too bad by the
makers of Hellraiser
as there's very similar chemistry
with characters in it along with
original ideas too the story
altogether a whole new premise
and Barker is very
clever with this piece too.
Apart from the horror in it this
film would easily be considered a
fantasy too.
The effects are very well done
too.
The acting is
incredibly good as we have lots
of talented faces in this film.
This marks one of Craig
Sheffer's most successful
film to date as he does well at
playing a disturbed type of
character who can't shake off his
nightmares. He is dynamic all the
way through this film.
David
Cronenberg is very
deceibving as an understanding
shrink but does great at showing
his evil side too.
But the one who stands out the
most is supporting actor Hugh
Ross who is terrically
comedic in his part and shows
great expressions too with great
lines to top it all off.
A woman's face is
slashed
A crazed patient tears the flesh
off his head
There's a bite mark on Boone's
chest
There's a decapitated head of a
hotel employee.
There's a bloodbath of redneck
corpses in a hotel room.
A fist goes through a sergeants
chest
Eyes are plucked out of another
sergeant
Clive Barker truly
delivers his work for this film
like he does with most of his
films.
He coaches his actors and makes
them believeable for each of
their roles including the actors
who had minor roles in the film.
He showed great camera shots of Sheffer's
fighting scenes in the Midian
town plus has neat effects when
his face changes when he becomes
one of them.
There's also a terrific scene
when the lord of the Midians
confronts Sheffer's role
of rebuilding the city and what
he will be from now on
Also the battle scenes with all
the monsters looked great.
We have very
powerful classical music composed
by Danny Elfman who has
great action sequences used
throughout the film.
It sounds very realistic and he
is a true legend with his works
on this film but of course he
worksed in many top motion
pictures to add to his credit.
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