On October 28th, Scream Factory will unleash the long-awaited Nightbreed: The Director’s Cut, allowing viewers to finally experience the monsters of Midian the way writer/director Clive Barker intended. To help hold horror hounds over until the release, Scream Factory has unveiled a high-definition clip that shows Craig Sheffer's Aaron Boone getting a call from David Cronenberg's Dr. Decker:
“We begin with an official statement from Clive Barker’s team on this extraordinary project: “The Nightbreed Director’s Cut is an entirely different film than the one which was released in theaters. Its 20 minutes longer than the theatrical cut, but it contains over 40 minutes of new and altered footage. Clive oversaw the reconstruction and edit himself, personally ensuring that, at long last, he was able to tell the story he always wanted to tell, but until now, had never been given the chance. Once the scenes were reordered, and the original film footage restored, the entire film received a brand new sound mix and color pass. It is, in every way, a different movie. It contains more story, more monsters, and there’s even a musical number. Ultimately, what we’ve delivered is a love story 25 years in the making.”
The breakdown for each Blu-ray set is as follows:
"DVD & BLU-RAY COMBO SPECIAL EDITION SET
• New “Director’s Cut” presentation of the film which contains over 40 minutes of new and altered footage
• Introduction by writer/director Clive Barker and restoration producer Mark Alan Miller
• Audio Commentary by writer/director Clive Barker and restoration producer Mark Alan Miller
• Tribes of the Moon: The Making of Nightbreed featuring interviews with Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, Doug Bradley and more… (72 minutes)
• Making Monsters – interviews with makeup effects artists Bob Keen, Martin Mercer and Paul Jones (42 minutes)
• Fire! Fights! Stunts! 2nd Unit Shooting – an interview with Andy Armstrong (20 minutes)
• Original Theatrical Trailer
1:78 Widescreen/DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1/Dolby Digital 5.1/English Subtitles
LIMITED EDITION 3-DISC BLU-RAY SET (10,000 Numbered Pieces – also includes Collector’s book)
DISC 1: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT
• New “Director’s Cut” presentation of the film which contains over 40 minutes of new and altered footage
• Introduction by writer/director Clive Barker and restoration producer Mark Alan Miller
• Audio Commentary by writer/director Clive Barker and restoration producer Mark Alan Miller
• Tribes of the Moon: The Making of Nightbreed featuring interviews with Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, Doug Bradley and more… (72 minutes)
• Making Monsters – interviews with makeup effects artists Bob Keen, Martin Mercer and Paul Jones (42 minutes)
• Fire! Fights! Stunts! 2nd Unit Shooting – an interview with Andy Armstrong (20 minutes)
• Original Theatrical Trailer
1:78 Widescreen/DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1/Dolby Digital 5.1/English Subtitles
DISC 2: BONUS DISC
• Deleted and Alternate Scenes (approx. 20 minutes)
• Monster Prosthetics Master Class
• Cutting Compromise – an interview with editor Mark Goldblatt
• The Painted Landscape: The Concept Art of Ralph McQuarrie
• Matte Painting Tests
• Makeup Tests
• Stop Motion Lost Footage
• Extended Torture Scene
• Rehearsal of Boone’s dream
• Extensive Still Galleries – Early Sketches, Deleted Scene, Posters and Pre-Production art, On the Set, The Cast and Crew
DISC 3: THE THEATRICAL CUT
• New transfer from the inter-positive
1:78 Widescreen/DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1/English Subtitles
**NOTE: Those who order the Limited Edition and Special Edition sets directly from us at www.ScreamfactoryDVD.com will also receive an exclusive 18”x24” poster of the newly designed artworks (available while supplies last) plus a 2-week early ship on 10/14.”
Film Synopsis
“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.”