Hello, I'm Clive Barker, the writer and director of Nightbreed.

Media Home Entertainment have kindly given me a few minutes to introduce the world of the breed to you,

and I never turned down an invitation to talk about the dark.

I've always loved monsters.

I think there's a corner of all of us that end these their powers,

but would love to live forever, or to fly, or to change shape at will.

So, when I came to make a movie about monsters,

I wanted to create a world we'd feel strangely at home in.

I've called it Midian, an underground city peopled with creatures from our darkest fantasies,

things that feed on blood, things that avoid the light of day, things repulsive and fascinating,

forbidden souls, hiding from their cruelest enemy, man. In making Midian a reality, I've had the genius of some great creators of my side.

The special effects people of image animation who designed the terrors of the Hellraiser movies

for me.

Danny Elfman, whose magnificent scores you'll remember from Beetlejuice and Batman, and a wonderful

collection of actors, one of whom may come as a surprise to you.

David Cronenberg, who plays Dr. Decker in Nightbreed, is the director of such horror classics as Scanners, The Fly, and Dead Ringers.

I asked him to join the cast, and he delighted me by agreeing, bringing his own subtle style of chill to our story.

All of us, behind the camera and in front,

had the same intention, to make Nightbreed a film like no other, flipping all the conventions of the horror movie, plunging you into a world of insanity and miracles where dead men can be

heroes and monsters beautiful, where the only place of refuge is the most forbidden place on earth.

Midian, the home of the night breed.

I hope the breed will remain with you, as they remain with me.

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