Scream Factory, Morgan Creek Productions and Clive Barker's Seraphim, Inc. have set an October 28th release date for its long-mooted Nightbreed: The Director's Cut.
Nightbreed will be available in two retail versions: A 5,000 Unit Limited-Edition 3-Disc Blu-ray set and a Special Edition DVD & Blu-ray Combo.
Scream Factory, in conjunction with Warner Bros., was able to find the long-thought-missing original film elements and combed through over 600 boxes to locate not only the lost scenes but a treasure trove of never-before-seen footage as well. With nearly an hour of lost footage meticulously restored, the result is not only a more faithful adaptation of Clive Barker’s book Cabal, but also what he originally intended Nightbreed to be.
Clive Barker says, "This is film history and beyond my wildest dreams of realization. When Scream Factory told me that they found the Nightbreed film footage I was gob-smacked! This is the ultimate validation of choices made by myself and Mark Miller [of Seraphim Films] all the way back in 2008. As we embarked down the road of attempting to track down the lost footage, we looked at each other and said, 'Maybe one day they'll find it.' It's my pleasure to announce that the day has come. Speaking personally, I didn't allow myself to believe that it would. Even if we did find some footage (which we did in 2009 in the form of heavily degraded VHS tapes) and even if we did find a company willing to release the film (which we did in 2013 with Scream Factory, God bless them) the prospect of finding the actual lost film materials was remoter than I'd wanted to admit out loud. If the footage could not be found by those who had worked closest on it the same year it had been released, then what were the odds we'd be able to find anything 20 years on? But Scream Factory, in their commendable determination, kept up the search and thanks to them total reconstruction has been made a possibility. There's never been a reconstruction that's had as little chance of succeeding and yet has succeeded on as many fronts as this film has. It's unprecedented. To now have a movie that we can put together in the way that I fully intended it to be seen when I first set out to make this film in 1989 is extraordinary. The project has moved inexorably to this conclusion. Fate and the hard work of individuals such as Mark Miller, Russell Cherrington, Phil and Sarah Stokes, Occupy Midian, Morgan Creek, and ultimately, Scream Factory have made this a possibility and I could not be happier."
LIMITED EDITION SET:
Only 5,000 numbered sets produced
Disc 1: Unrated Director’s Cut of the film on Blu-ray
Disc 2: The 1990 R-Rated theatrical version of the film on Blu-ray (through a special licensing agreement through Warner Bros.)
Disc 3: EXCLUSIVE-TO-THIS-SET Bonus Blu-ray disc packed with extras (details forthcoming)
Includes Collector’s Book with an essay and rare photos
Slipcase includes newly designed artwork approved by Clive Barker
SPECIAL EDITION SET:
Disc 1: Unrated Director’s Cut of the film on Blu-ray plus bonus features (details forthcoming)
Disc 2: Unrated Director’s Cut of the film on DVD (details forthcoming)
Slipcase includes artwork approved by Clive Barker
[Show spoiler][quote]Shout! Factory and Morgan Creek Productions officially announced today a strategic distribution alliance to bring Clive Barker’s classic horror film Nightbreed extended director’s cut to the home entertainment marketplace in the U.S and Canada and on digital entertainment platforms next year. The announcement was made by Shout! Factory’s founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos along with David Robinson, President of Morgan Creek Productions. The news initially broke at Comic-Con 2013; however, the agreement formally reached by both parties occurred today.
For years rumors swirled about substantial missing footage from the film. A fan-driven movement, Occupy Midian, was created to see the full version of the film restored and re-released, which was not only a more faithful adaptation of Clive Barker’s book Cabal, but is what originally he intended Nightbreed to be.
Clive Barker said, “I had a dream about the tribes of the moon. They would live in a city called Midian, and, though they were monsters of every shape and size, they would be the heroes of a movie called 'Nightbreed.' However, when I made the movie, the studio was not comfortable with this inversion of the classic structure. They wanted the monsters to be simple-minded scare machines, while I wanted them to be the dark side of all of us, mysterious and misunderstood. Finally, with this new version of 'Nightbreed,' which contains over forty-five minutes of previously unseen material, my original vision has been realized. Come with me to Midian, the city of monsters. The tribes of the moon await us.”
“We are excited by this opportunity with Morgan Creek and are huge fans of Clive Barker. His cinematic works and brilliant storytelling continue to captivate fans worldwide,” stated Shout! Factory’s founders in a joint statement. “We look forward to working closely with Clive to bring his original vision to life.”
Shout!’s SCREAM FACTORY plans an aggressive rollout of the Nightbreed extended director’s cut through physical home entertainment releases and a variety of digital entertainment distribution platforms sometimes next year.
“We’d also like to take this opportunity to thank the fans,” noted Robinson. “Without their hard work and persistence, this would have never become a reality. Clive Barker is one of the greats, and we are tremendously proud and excited to be working with him and Shout! Factory on this release.”
We learned on the Weekend of Horrors from presenter of "Nightbreed" Cabal Cut that the film is indeed not sold after the screening, but next year it will find a Blu-ray release.
Warner Home Video will release the film in 2013 at least in America in high definition on Blu-ray. The current plan includes both the theatrical version and the Cabal Cut.
Last edited by Deciazulado; 02-29-2020 at 02:06 AM.
Finally, i've never seen the director's cut of this and have always wanted to. Honestly, I never thought that they would release it on Blu. This really gives me something to look foward next year.
Holy sh@t!!!!!! Been highly anticipating some sort of blu-ray release ever since hearing about the Cabal cut a few years ago, so this is a dream come true!
Last edited by tylerdurden10; 11-02-2012 at 08:30 PM.
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