Danny Elfman - “Carnival Underground”

Clive Barker’s Nightbreed Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

“Rawhead Rex”

Based on a short story by Clive Barker.

A monstrous pagan god is loosed when a neolithic stone that held him prisoner is moved. The creature goes on a killing spree to reclaim that which was his.

Clive Barker has expressed a desire to make another attempt to adapt this story, as he was not happy with the final film. Mostly the look of the monster.

I saw this on television when I was about 8 or so. It scared the living hell out of me.

More “Nightbreed” comics.“Hellraiser-Nightbreed: Jihad”.

Both “Nightbreed” and “Hellraiser” were given comic series by Marvel’s Epic Comics imprint. Epic was an attempt to compete with the likes of Dark Horse Comics with more adult themed comics including creator owned projects and film adaptations. 

Since Epic had two great Clive Barker creations, they made the epic decision to cross them over. The result is an awesome confrontation between the Tribes of the Moon and the Cenobites. 

In the story, The Cenobites were a driving force for pushing the Nightbreed into hiding. Since the Cenobites want to impose their idea of order on a chaotic universe, the Nightbreed’s uniqueness made them targets. Pinhead and a force of Cenobites have decided to finished the job the humans started and destroy the Nightbreed. It also brings into conflict Baphomet, the pagan god of the Nightbreed and Leviathan, the lord of the Labyrinth and god of the Cenobites, possibly the Devil himself.

It makes for a great horror crossover.If you can, track it down and read it. It is very well written, the art is beautiful, and along with the other “Nightbreed” comics it is the closes we will get to a sequel to the film. It comes in two books. 

My “Nightbreed” comics that I have managed to track down. This is the closes thing you can get to a sequel to the film. The first four issues adapt the film. I believe that it was based off of Clive Barker’s screenplay rather than the final product that the studio meddled with and ultimately fucked up. It also has some crossovers with other Clive Barker creations. In one storyline the Nightbreed meet and battle Rawhead Rex, and in a special edition they encounter Pinhead and the Cenobites from “Hellraiser”.

I just found out that “Nightbreed: The Cabal Cut” is finally getting a DVD release Shout Factory. I saw this film at Mad Monster Party in Charlotte back last year. It was the first time I had seen the film in any cut and it changed my life. It is one of the best horror films I have ever seen. It won’t be until next year, but I am still super excited!