Remy – Nightbreed
I tend to not often plug older horror, and I often forget why. I love it so much, and it helped pave the way for the horror we have today, so here I am, giving it more love. Truth is, I had a Clive Barker obsession when I was younger, and this Clive Barker film may actually be the most easily accessible. It is, for all intents and purposes, a sort of spin on Alice in Wonderland, only instead of Alice going to Wonderland, we have a young man who goes to stay among a group of wild mutants called Nightbreed who live under a cemetery.
I know, it sounds super nineties, and it was, but my God, it is awesome. A proverbial Where The Wild Things Are, the most feral part of me reacts to these creatures, and the war they eventually have with the humans when they are discovered.
There are characters from this film that I still truly believe are some of the coolest character designs for creatures, ever. All I need to say is Peloquin, and fans of the film know what I am talking about. Also, Nightbreed‘s main villain, Dr. Decker, is played by the BRILLIANT horror director David Cronenberg, who was a huge inspiration to Clive Barker early on in his career. Also, I wrote to Clive Barker when I was younger, and he wrote me back, by hand. I never, ever forget that, and was essential to why I am still writing today.
