Are you in the mood to sit on your couch and watch a
supernatural detective story starring Scott Bakula? If the answer to that
question is yes, you’re in luck, as Clive Barker’s Lord of
Illusions just got a special edition Blu-ray release, including an
extended director’s cut, courtesy of the fine folks at Scream Factory. If
you’re familiar with their work, you know that means you get an awesome movie
and a fantastic package of extra goodies.
Clive Barker’s Nightbreed is the very
definition of a cult movie. The 1990 horror fantasy has legions of rabid fans,
a swirling mythology both inside the film and without, and is one of those
films intended to be the start of a franchise, but is destined to forever
remain as is. At least it was. Stories of studio interference, and censors
demanding that somewhere in the neighborhood of 17 scenes be cut before the
film could screen theatrically, make it readily apparent that the
Nightbreed we’ve been watching all these years is not the
version of the film Barker initially intended. Now Scream Factory has delivered
the definitive director’s cut of the film on Blu-ray, and put together one hell
of a package. This is an absolute must for every Nightbreed
fan lurking out there in the darkness.
