Why do you like Nightbreed?

[antipax]

For me, it's the fact that the Monsters (or the monstruous as it's not the same thing), are actually the persecuted ones, and despite their occasional breakings of the Law, they are trying their best to live in community and protect each other.

Then come the Sons of the Free, and they must begin again.

In the midst of this, Boone proves that the world of the Nightbreed is available to all who want it and deserve it, a world of the miraculous and where Death is but a fleeting sleep. A world of wonders.

Lovely site. Hope my e-mails end up being of some use.

[cobweb]

I've been procrastinating posting here because I have such difficulty finding the words to answer such a basic question.

The answer, for me anyway, is so broad that there is no easy way to address it.

I loved the movie the first time I saw it and it remains my very most favorite film. I bought Cabal to give me a deeper understanding of the story, and over the years, without really noticing it at first, it's become almost like mythology to me.

It's certainly a mythic tale. I would guess that every horror fan who feels rejected by mainstream society would like this film.

It's the only movie that I'm aware of where the undead, vampires, zombies and all manner of classical type monsters are not only sympathized with but the heroes of the story. I have always been disappointed with the endings of horror films, when the creature is finally killed.

What horror fan wouldn't wish that a place like Clive Barker's Midian actually existed?

I have a Nightbreed windbreaker that I don't think I'd sell for five hundred dollars. lol

~ Cobweb

[knockaroundguy]

I agree with what you guys have already said. This story is more on par with Frankenstein than Dracula.

Personally, I have always been a big fan of monster movies, and recentlyI've realised that this sort of fairy-tale horror is what I really really like.

Not sure what else I can say that you guys haven't already

[Aaron]

I guess I'm an old sap but I saw the film first, and then read the book so the film is now the imagery to the book in my mind. The book, to me, was an amazing story of love and redemption. Yes, I'm sure that sounds corny. I have always been able, (if well written) really experience the characters as real entities. And being the insecure gay guy feeling ever the monster it was wonderful to see the outcast gain the day!

It's funny how I took to it without realizing until later that Clive has been credited with Cabal being a "coming out" narrative. He said in an interview that he was pleased and surprised the gay community took so well to the story.

I have always hated when someone was wrongly accused or abused by "society" because he/she was different. It was a huge change, and not at all unnatural, to see the Monsters as the truly genuine and Humanity as the utterly false and corrupt.

The person to introduce Nightbreed to me just happened to be in the mental health system and looked to be the actors little brother, so yeah, I was intrigued. I can't help that Craig Sheffer is my dream guy.

Anyway I'm not a huge horror fan at all really but I love fantasy and Nightbreed , to me is more fantasy than Horror. Rachel's oratory about the Tribes and their plight was so incredibly beautiful and sad. I actually felt ashamed of my species for a moment.

[MrSawyer]

The monsters looked great, and they all had a cool look. Plus the acting was great!

[bear]

the night breed was a utopia for me, lets face it, the world sucks, monsters have a lot more compasion.

[DevilInYourBelfry]

I feel like I'd fit in there I know one day I'll end up in Midian.

[dante]

Amen to that, brother!

[zakary]

I think we all love this film because we can identify and associate ourselves with the plight of its characters.
For that matter, the truth is that the many fictional Monsters of the Breed are who, and what, ‘we’ are in reality.
It just a shame that unlike the movie…….. there is more than one Dr Decker in the world!

[Vorscythe]

I'm not sure why I like Nightbreed to be honest.

The first time I saw it is when an ex-friend and fellow Barker fan brought it over. It was recorded, and ages prior, so the picture and sound quality was shot to shit. I wasn't interested in the least at the time, but years later I had a bizarre urge to see it again - and pay attention this time.
I got the DVD for christmas one year and watched it with my girlfriend. Loved the monsters and the soundtrack, but I think what intrigued me the most was how much it COULD have been if it was better edited.
I wanted to know more about the characters - because their actions on screen did not give them justice. The breed - Peloquin, Kinski, Leroy, Belloit, Narcisse, etc. - all showed such interesting character traits but they were so unexplored that it drove me mad. I think Nightbreed could have been a good science fiction series on tv, exploring every nook and cranny of Midian in full degree.

One can dream.

[dante]

Hey Vorscythe,
If you want to know a little more about the Nightbreed you could try and hunt down The Nightbreed Chronicles book - a fantastic accompaniment to the film. REALLY reacommended.

Or even read the book Cabal, upon which the film was based.

A tv show huh?
That's actually a pretty cool idea. ....if maybe done by HBO or something - to accomodate the riskier aspects.

Still, the film is a magical experience. It does 'affect' people.