Nightbreed

about as messy as a film can get. i'd heard of this film and, i think, seen it sitting in the video shop when i was a little film viewer. it's quite a mess but there's something promising in there. having now read a bit about this film it seems there's exist something called the cabal cut which replaces a lot of footage the studio cut out. i can't say i enjoyed this enough to try and watch the extended cut but i'll have to see what other people say about the extended one. read more

first time seeing nightbreed in any form so i can't compare with the theatrical version; but this was really good. narratively maybe not super tight, but it's unpredictable enough and wildly imaginative. if not in structure definitely visually. i also loved that the monsters weren't portrayed as antagonists. special shoutouts to david cronenberg who (in his own, special, soft spoken way) portrays a very memorable character; and danny elfman elevating this even more with a fantastic score. read more

hooptober 5 #25 watched on shout factory blu-ray. only has the director's cut. ok, i'm not sure if i got a bad blu-ray or something, or if it's supposed to be this way, but the first 40 minutes were really hard to watch. like it was way, way too dark. shout factory is the not the best blu-ray authoring company anyway. because the a good chunk of the movie was tough to watch, it was difficult for me to get into this. i love the casting of david cronenberg as the villain. the makeup work and special effects were really great. hopefully i can get a better copy of this in the future. read more