Nightbreed The Cabal Cut Gets A Screening!

YEA YEA YEA! Bloody Disgusting posted a story I'm stoked about! A new cut of Clive Barker's fantastic Nightbreed! Based on Barker's novella Cabal that appeared in the sixth volume of his Books Of Blood, the film crashed and burned upon release and Barker cried foul against the studio for ruining the film, but the Nightbreed has a dedicated cult following and the news of additional footage, getting closer to Barker's original vision, is a godsend for fans. Here's the story Bloody Disgusting ran; (visit their site, by the way, they're great!)

The “director’s cut” of Clive Barker’s Nightbreed has been a highly sought-after and highly intangible experience for horror fans ever since the film’s release over two decades ago. And while those seeking it out may not have crossed the finish line quite yet, there’s now a “Cabal Cut” which may be the closest we ever get to Barker’s original vision. And it’s playing LA’s New Beverly Cinema on June 10th, hosted by Days of the Dead.

“In 2009 Seraphim’s Mark Miller contacted Morgan Creek and found out that there may well be more to the Myth than anyone had thought. Two European encoded VHS tapes were discovered and sent to Phil and Sarah Stokes, who run Clive Barker’s website, Revelations. They viewed the tapes and saw what nobody had seen in almost 2 decades; additional Nightbreed footage. Phil and Sarah transferred the footage to DVD and, with Clive’s approval, announced to the world that missing footage for Clive’s film had been found. Inspired to see Clive’s original vision come to light, filmmaker Russell Cherrington, longtime friend of Clive Barker and Seraphim, took the DVD back to England and, working with editor Jimmi Johnson and Clive Barker’s original Script, created the new cut ofNightbreed composited from two the VHS sources and the original Warner Brothers DVD. The original cinema release of Nightbreed was fused with the workprint to create The Cabal Cut.”

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Posted by EvanDickson on May 12, 2012 @ 8:14pm