Nightbreed

Nightbreed (1990)

Timing: 2:1 (121 min)

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Release date

1990-02-16

Country

United States

Production

20th Century Fox, Morgan Creek, Seraphim Films

Genre

Horror, Fantasy, Action

Budget

$11 000 000

Revenue

$8 862 354

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Director

Clive Barker

Actors

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

Producer

Gabriella Martinelli, Mark Alan Miller, James G. Robinson, David Robinson, Michael G. Plumides Jr.

Operator

Robin Vidgeon

Composer

Danny Elfman

Artist

Tom Brown, Benjamin Stuart Thompson

Audition

Editing

Mark Goldblatt, Richard Marden, David Barron
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• The film is based on the literary work "Cabal" by Clive Barker (known as "Nightbreed" in Russia).
• The film was shot mainly in Canada, with only some interior scenes filmed in the United Kingdom.
• The maniacal character played by David Cronenberg is named “Doctor Philip K. Decker,” a reference to Philip K. Dick. Furthermore, the surname “Decker” is similar to “Deckard,” the surname of the main character in the book *Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?* which served as the basis for Ridley Scott’s film *Blade Runner* (1982).
• Rutger Hauer and Christopher Lambert were considered for the role of Boone, but Craig Sheffer ultimately landed it.
• Horror novelists John Skipp and Craig Spector “played” the corpses in the hotel.
• 20th Century Fox severely cut the film right before its release, removing the most graphic scenes of violence and completely excluding the character of rock singer Suzi Quatro. Moreover, they presented the film as a run-of-the-mill slasher in the advertising campaign.
• The film’s ending, where the priest revives David Cronenberg’s character by sticking his hand inside him, is a reference to Cronenberg’s film *Videodrome* (1982).