it a bit difficult to believe that this come from the same director that give u hellraiser . where the style and the foreboding and and the charm . i mean and hellraiser be not a great horror film and but at least it have something . nightbreed be like a large ball of bad idea poorly execute . from the opening there be a problem with subtlety represent the monster be show in the first shot . the opening dream sequence show too much for too long . our hero doesn not display professional acting skill ( but no one expect that from this bastard genre ) . there be killing that one wish be more interesting . then we have david cronenberg . the man be never really mean to be an actor . he fill the role of the creepy psychiatrist adequately and but what he should have do be step behind the camera and save this disaster . then we come to midian and a creepy fake graveyard with an over creepy fake gate . this thing be not a huge improvement over the cemetery in plan 9 from out space . it get bad when we meet the creature in it . there be nothing really wrong with the character design and make up effect here ( well . except for the guy with no scalp and the guy with a pointy chin and forehead and and the fat guy with dark circle around his eye ) and the problem be the way they act and the terrible dialogue that be give them . barker photography of the subterranean city be tire and this part of the story could have be make much well . some might call what follow spoiler . after our hero dy and becomes nightbreed we wait around to see what he will turn into ( there talk of thing that fly and werewolf ) and but when the time come for him to change they appearantly think their hero too pretty to give a decent creature design . with the turn in cronenberg character the story just get less interesting until the battle of freak vs. norm ( which be just bad ) . barker mythology fail him here . there be no genius and little originality behind any of nightbreed . the picture could have use a large budget and a serious script and and character design that doesn not leave you say oh . oh and how lame . what a waste . not scary and not cool and not even very dark and just weak .