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Full ‘Nightbreed: The Director’s Cut’ Specs, Word From Clive Barker!

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It was originally announced here that Scream Factory, Morgan Creek Productions and Clive Barker’s Seraphim, Inc. would be releasing a Director’s Cut of Clive Barker’s classic tale of terror, Nightbreed, on October 28. Barker released a statement in the announcement that has now been updated with more details, including full specs for the massive limited edition release!

New statement from Clive Barker’s Office:

The ‘Nightbreed Director’s Cut’ is an entirely different film than the one which was released in theaters. Its 20 minutes longer than the theatrical cut, but it contains over 40 minutes of new and altered footage. Clive oversaw the reconstruction and edit himself, personally ensuring that, at long last, he was able to tell the story he always wanted to tell, but until now, had never been given the chance. Once the scenes were reordered, and the original film footage restored, the entire film received a brand new sound mix and color pass. It is, in every way, a different movie. It contains more story, more monsters, and there’s even a musical umber. Ultimately, what we’ve delivered is a love story 25 years in the making.

Final details on the two retail sets are as follows:

DVD & BLU-RAY COMBO SPECIAL EDITION SET
-New “Director’s Cut” presentation of the film which contains over 40 minutes of new and altered footage
-Introduction by writer/director Clive Barker and restoration producer Mark Alan Miller
-Audio Commentary by writer/director Clive Barker and restoration producer Mark Alan Miller
-Tribes of the Moon: The Making of Nightbreed featuring interviews with Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, Doug Bradley and more… (72 minutes)
-Making Monsters – interviews with makeup effects artists Bob Keen, Martin Mercer and Paul Jones (42 minutes)
-Fire! Fights! Stunts! 2nd Unit Shooting – an interview with Andy Armstrong (20 minutes)
-Original Theatrical Trailer

(1:78 Widescreen/DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1/Dolby Digital 5.1/English Subtitles)

LIMITED EDITION 3-DISC BLU-RAY SET (10,000 Numbered Pieces)

DISC 1: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT
-New “Director’s Cut” presentation of the film which contains over 40 minutes of new and altered footage
-Introduction by writer/director Clive Barker and restoration producer Mark Alan Miller
-Audio Commentary by writer/director Clive Barker and restoration producer Mark Alan Miller
-Tribes of the Moon: The Making of Nightbreed featuring interviews with Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, Doug Bradley and more… (72 minutes)
-Making Monsters – interviews with makeup effects artists Bob Keen, Martin Mercer and Paul Jones (42 minutes)
-Fire! Fights! Stunts! 2nd Unit Shooting – an interview with Andy Armstrong (20 minutes)
-Original Theatrical Trailer

(1:78 Widescreen/DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1/Dolby Digital 5.1)

DISC 2: BONUS DISC
-Deleted and Alternate Scenes (approx. 20 minutes)
-Monster Prosthetics Master Class
-Cutting Compromise – an interview with editor Mark Goldblatt
-The Painted Landscape: The Concept Art of Ralph McQuarrie
-Matte Painting Tests
-Makeup Tests
-Stop Motion Lost Footage
-Extended Torture Scene
-Rehearsal of Boone’s dream
-Extensive Still Galleries – Early Sketches, Deleted Scene, Posters and Pre-Production art, On the Set, The Cast and Crew

DISC 3: THE THEATRICAL CUT
-New transfer from the inter-positive

(1:78 Widescreen/DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1/English Subtitles)

Boone (Craig Sheffer) may be a troubled young man, but his troubles are just beginning. Set up as the fall guy in a string of slasher murders, he decides he’ll hide by crossing the threshold that separates “us” from “them” and sneak into the forbidden subterranean realm of Midian. Boone will live among the monsters. Hellraiser creator Clive Barker writes (adapting his novel Cabal) and directs this vivid leap into horror that asks: in the battle of man vs. monster, who’s really the monster? The answer supplies flesh-crawling suspense, sudden fear, a colorful Danny Elfman score and a creepy array of shape-shifting beings. They are the Nightbreed, denizens of a world beyond death, beyond the imagination, perhaps beyond anything you’ve seen.

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Gateway Horror Classic ‘The Gate’ Returns to Life With Blu-ray SteelBook in May

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One of my personal favorite horror movies of all time, 1987’s gateway horror classic The Gate is opening back up on May 14 with a brand new Blu-ray SteelBook release from Lionsgate!

The new release will feature fresh SteelBook artwork from Vance Kelly, seen below.

Special Features, all of which were previously released, include…

  • Audio Commentaries
    • Director Tibor Takacs, Writer Michael Nankin, and Special Effects Designer & Supervisor Randall William Cook
    • Special Effects Designer & Supervisor Randall William Cook, Special Make-Up Effects Artist Craig Reardon, Special Effects Artist Frank Carere, and Matte Photographer Bill Taylor
  • Isolated Score Selections and Audio Interview
  • Featurettes:
    • The Gate: Unlocked
    • Minion Maker
    • From Hell It Came
    • The Workman Speaks!
    • Made in Canada
    • From Hell: The Creatures & Demons of The Gate
    • The Gatekeepers
    • Vintage Featurette: Making of The Gate
  • Teaser Trailer
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • TV Spot
  • Storyboard Gallery
  • Behind-the-Scenes Still Gallery

When best friends Glen (Stephen Dorff) and Terry (Louis Tripp) stumble across a mysterious crystalline rock in Glen’s backyard, they quickly dig up the newly sodden lawn searching for more precious stones. Instead, they unearth The Gate — an underground chamber of terrifying demonic evil. The teenagers soon understand what evil they’ve released as they are overcome with an assortment of horrific experiences. With fiendish followers invading suburbia, it’s now up to the kids to discover the secret that can lock The Gate forever . . . if it’s not too late.

If you’ve never seen The Gate, it’s now streaming on Prime Video and Tubi.

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