The studio finally committed to the full restoration of the Cabal cut of Nightbreed. I am genuinely stunned that we moved them after all these years of hearing no. Thank you for keeping the faith when the footage seemed lost forever.
March 13, 2013
Final supporters
This petition's purpose is to gather signatures of anyone who would like to see & own a new release of Clive Barker's "Nightbreed" as a restored, extended cut, in DVD or Blu-Ray.
A composite cut of Nightbreed was screened recently (with Morgan Creek's permission) at the Mad Monster Party in Charlotte, North Carolina, on the 24th of March of this year. This was baptized the CABAL cut, and it ran at 2h35 minutes.
This whole process started out in 2009, when Mark Miller approached Clive Barker with the intention of helping to track down the supposed "25 minutes" of cut footage that had been mentioned since 1990. He got in touch by phone with a production executive at Morgan Creek who at first claimed they could access the footage, but later after further contacts, a higher up was gracious enough to give him a moment of his time. Mark Miller was shocked when he was told there wasn't a big enough audience for the film, and that the answer to his request was 'No. Not even worth the cost to upgrade to Blu-Ray'.
Then some unexpected discoveries by Revelations in June of 2009 unearthed a couple of VHS workprint tapes in Clive's possession, but unfortunately these were not of releasable quality, but everyone was excited at this discovery, and I quote Phil and Sarah: "We just finished watching a 145 minute version of the film's mid-1989 workprint! That's 44 minutes longer than the theatrical release!! [...] Yes, yes, yes!" The second tape with more footage was found in July: "A second VHS copy of the film has come to light - this time a 159 minute cut - another 14 minutes! Lori's performance of Johnny Get Angry is amongst the "new" footage, as is the "on the next wind..." closing scene with the breed in the barn. Fingers crossed... this feels like we might just be on a bit of a roll here..."
After talks with Morgan Creek, and as a massive Twitter and e-mail campaign was going on in early 2010 with people sending to Revelations how much they'd love to see and own a new extended edition of Nightbreed, Morgan Creek approved a one-night-only screening of the work-in-progress VHS workprint at the HorrorHound convention in Indianapolis on the evening of Saturday, 27 March 2010. Fans flocked to this screening and the cat was out of the bag, the internet exploded with blog posts, magazine articles and general fan enthusiasm about the possibility of this as yet unseen footage ever making its way into a restored Director's Cut.
Since then, there has been some news from Morgan Creek that they have searched for the footage again but haven't found it. Still you never know. Fans live on hope and we definitely hope this becomes a reality soon.
After the recent partial restoration undertaken by Seraphim films, where Russell Cherrington and Mark Miller working closely with Nightbreed’s original director of photography Robin Vidgeon, Clive Barker’s team at Seraphim Films has assembled a composite cut that will be the most complete version of the film that has ever been shown. The CABAL CUT, clocking at a whooping 155 minutes, had a Morgan Creek approved screening on March 24th, 2012 at the Mad Monster Party convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. In addition to this special rare event screening, Nightbreed stars Craig Sheffer and Anne Bobby attended a Q&A panel session following the screening along with Russell Cherrington and Mark Miller to a full room of fans.
It was actress Anne Bobby who actually came up with the name OCCUPY MIDIAN, in an interview the day before the panel discussion. The idea quickly grew into a movement of fans for the release of the extended Nightbreed cut.
There is a Facebook group page for it at:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/occupymidian
Twitter https://twitter.com/OccupyMidian
Please join us and sign the petition, sharing along with your signature a short message about how much you'd like for Morgan Creek to release an restored extended Nightbreed Cut, and how much you'd like to own it. If they see that we are here and we are MANY, they might realise that it is worth releasing this film again, and there is a definite interest. Let's make this happen!
This petition will be managed by Occupy Midian and all signatures were sent to Clive Barker personally.
DISCLAIMER: This petition and "Occupy Midian"-Facebook will NEVER ask for donations. All we want is your signature.
Update 9/13/2017: Due to the efforts of Occupy Midian on many fronts, including this petition, the Director's Cut was released in North America by Shout Factory Halloween 2014. There is still no word of an international release, so we still Occupy! Keep signing!
Updates
Reached 10,000 supporters
January 10, 2013
July 3, 2012
Watching the Cabal cut reminded me why this film deserves to be seen in its true, intended form. I am digging through every lead I can find to prove that the audience for this masterpiece has never gone anywhere.
April 11, 2012
Seeing one thousand signatures on this petition is overwhelming. I remember how quickly I was dismissed when asking about this footage years ago. You have proven that this film truly matters to so many people.
Reached 1,000 supporters
April 10, 2012
Reached 100 supporters
April 1, 2012
March 29, 2012
Watching the count climb toward one hundred signatures proves that the passion for this version of the film is real. Please reach out to fellow fans who want to see these lost tapes released so we can show the studio that this audience exists.
145 Comments
It deserves to be seen. No other story taught me to be myself the way Clive Barker's Cabal did. I even have a gay friend who claims this movie brought him out of the closet. This is important.
It's about time that Clive Barker's original vision for the Nightbreed movie was made available for all fans of both Barker AND intelligent horror. New of "The Cabal Cut" has been greeted by fans as welcome news - it needs and DESERVES a global dvd/bluray release.
Yes, this legendary cut must be made available to the masses. I always loved Nightbreed, but felt that there was something missing in it, especially with the human villains and some of their motivations. Hopefully it will be fleshed out better and the full intended vision will be restored.
Have been a clive barker fan since I was 15,Watched the original movie & noticed vast scenes were missing.I have waited over 21 years for this version as I have never bought the theatrical version.....PLEASE RELEASE THIS
One of my all time favourite movies, and can't tell you how many times I have watched this on VHS then DVD over the years. A restored extended version of how Clive Barker intended the movie to be, would be a dream come true.
I would gladly part with cash to see and own a copy of Clive Barker's Nightbreed as a restored, extended cut on Blu-Ray. I hope by signing this petition I can help by making this a reality. A fabulous film from the imagination of a real creator!
Love "IN THE HILL, THE CITIES", love "NIGHTBREED", love CLIVE BARKER.
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The studio finally committed to the full restoration of the Cabal cut of Nightbreed. I am genuinely stunned that we moved them after all these years of hearing no. Thank you for keeping the faith when the footage seemed lost forever.
March 13, 2013
Final supporters
This petition's purpose is to gather signatures of anyone who would like to see & own a new release of Clive Barker's "Nightbreed" as a restored, extended cut, in DVD or Blu-Ray.
A composite cut of Nightbreed was screened recently (with Morgan Creek's permission) at the Mad Monster Party in Charlotte, North Carolina, on the 24th of March of this year. This was baptized the CABAL cut, and it ran at 2h35 minutes.
This whole process started out in 2009, when Mark Miller approached Clive Barker with the intention of helping to track down the supposed "25 minutes" of cut footage that had been mentioned since 1990. He got in touch by phone with a production executive at Morgan Creek who at first claimed they could access the footage, but later after further contacts, a higher up was gracious enough to give him a moment of his time. Mark Miller was shocked when he was told there wasn't a big enough audience for the film, and that the answer to his request was 'No. Not even worth the cost to upgrade to Blu-Ray'.
Then some unexpected discoveries by Revelations in June of 2009 unearthed a couple of VHS workprint tapes in Clive's possession, but unfortunately these were not of releasable quality, but everyone was excited at this discovery, and I quote Phil and Sarah: "We just finished watching a 145 minute version of the film's mid-1989 workprint! That's 44 minutes longer than the theatrical release!! [...] Yes, yes, yes!" The second tape with more footage was found in July: "A second VHS copy of the film has come to light - this time a 159 minute cut - another 14 minutes! Lori's performance of Johnny Get Angry is amongst the "new" footage, as is the "on the next wind..." closing scene with the breed in the barn. Fingers crossed... this feels like we might just be on a bit of a roll here..."
After talks with Morgan Creek, and as a massive Twitter and e-mail campaign was going on in early 2010 with people sending to Revelations how much they'd love to see and own a new extended edition of Nightbreed, Morgan Creek approved a one-night-only screening of the work-in-progress VHS workprint at the HorrorHound convention in Indianapolis on the evening of Saturday, 27 March 2010. Fans flocked to this screening and the cat was out of the bag, the internet exploded with blog posts, magazine articles and general fan enthusiasm about the possibility of this as yet unseen footage ever making its way into a restored Director's Cut.
Since then, there has been some news from Morgan Creek that they have searched for the footage again but haven't found it. Still you never know. Fans live on hope and we definitely hope this becomes a reality soon.
After the recent partial restoration undertaken by Seraphim films, where Russell Cherrington and Mark Miller working closely with Nightbreed’s original director of photography Robin Vidgeon, Clive Barker’s team at Seraphim Films has assembled a composite cut that will be the most complete version of the film that has ever been shown. The CABAL CUT, clocking at a whooping 155 minutes, had a Morgan Creek approved screening on March 24th, 2012 at the Mad Monster Party convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. In addition to this special rare event screening, Nightbreed stars Craig Sheffer and Anne Bobby attended a Q&A panel session following the screening along with Russell Cherrington and Mark Miller to a full room of fans.
It was actress Anne Bobby who actually came up with the name OCCUPY MIDIAN, in an interview the day before the panel discussion. The idea quickly grew into a movement of fans for the release of the extended Nightbreed cut.
There is a Facebook group page for it at:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/occupymidian
Twitter https://twitter.com/OccupyMidian
Please join us and sign the petition, sharing along with your signature a short message about how much you'd like for Morgan Creek to release an restored extended Nightbreed Cut, and how much you'd like to own it. If they see that we are here and we are MANY, they might realise that it is worth releasing this film again, and there is a definite interest. Let's make this happen!
This petition will be managed by Occupy Midian and all signatures were sent to Clive Barker personally.
DISCLAIMER: This petition and "Occupy Midian"-Facebook will NEVER ask for donations. All we want is your signature.
Update 9/13/2017: Due to the efforts of Occupy Midian on many fronts, including this petition, the Director's Cut was released in North America by Shout Factory Halloween 2014. There is still no word of an international release, so we still Occupy! Keep signing!
Updates
Reached 10,000 supporters
January 10, 2013
July 3, 2012
Watching the Cabal cut reminded me why this film deserves to be seen in its true, intended form. I am digging through every lead I can find to prove that the audience for this masterpiece has never gone anywhere.
April 11, 2012
Seeing one thousand signatures on this petition is overwhelming. I remember how quickly I was dismissed when asking about this footage years ago. You have proven that this film truly matters to so many people.
Reached 1,000 supporters
April 10, 2012
Reached 100 supporters
April 1, 2012
March 29, 2012
Watching the count climb toward one hundred signatures proves that the passion for this version of the film is real. Please reach out to fellow fans who want to see these lost tapes released so we can show the studio that this audience exists.
145 Comments
The vision of the author, his work, work all the actors and filmmakers, the whole half of the Danny Elfman's brilliant suite - all that must be shown! Clive Barker is a genius, this film is unique, I really want this edition and for me is really important to have it in my collection.
It deserves to be seen. No other story taught me to be myself the way Clive Barker's Cabal did. I even have a gay friend who claims this movie brought him out of the closet. This is important.
It's about time that Clive Barker's original vision for the Nightbreed movie was made available for all fans of both Barker AND intelligent horror. New of "The Cabal Cut" has been greeted by fans as welcome news - it needs and DESERVES a global dvd/bluray release.
Yes, this legendary cut must be made available to the masses. I always loved Nightbreed, but felt that there was something missing in it, especially with the human villains and some of their motivations. Hopefully it will be fleshed out better and the full intended vision will be restored.
Have been a clive barker fan since I was 15,Watched the original movie & noticed vast scenes were missing.I have waited over 21 years for this version as I have never bought the theatrical version.....PLEASE RELEASE THIS
One of my all time favourite movies, and can't tell you how many times I have watched this on VHS then DVD over the years. A restored extended version of how Clive Barker intended the movie to be, would be a dream come true.
I would gladly part with cash to see and own a copy of Clive Barker's Nightbreed as a restored, extended cut on Blu-Ray. I hope by signing this petition I can help by making this a reality. A fabulous film from the imagination of a real creator!
Love "IN THE HILL, THE CITIES", love "NIGHTBREED", love CLIVE BARKER.
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The vision of the author, his work, work all the actors and filmmakers, the whole half of the Danny Elfman's brilliant suite - all that must be shown! Clive Barker is a genius, this film is unique, I really want this edition and for me is really important to have it in my collection.