why do not critic like this movie . i do not get it . this be easily my favorite clive barker effort . hellraiser be a bit too rough around the edge ( the film just never leave that stupid house ) and and let face it and lord of illusion doesn not move at all . i have love barker write for year and especially his book of blood . terrifically entertaining . he have a vicious side to him that be totally unlike a stephen king . he freely mixes in his own homosexuality and odd religious and occultic element . i love love love love it . i also realize and however and that barker be as much a dark fantasy writer a he be a horror writer . and fantasy just isn not my bag . put me right to sleep . always have . i also think barker work best with short story . his novel tend to wander a bit . that be my experience when try to read the damnation game . it start out well . then 100 page in i thought where be this go . because it wasn not go anywhere . i read cabal ( the book nightbreed be base on ) and think it be good . i especially like the elaboration on decker character . the way the mask talk to him and control him . i like the way barker simply present it . black and white . there it be . he give it a simplicity that attractive and believable . when ask why decker kill he say ( simply ) because i like it . probably something jeffrey dahmer say at some point . but i actually like the film nightbreed good than cabal . i adore the visual attention to detail that barker give to his film . adore it . i think it be just beautiful . lord of illusion have some of this as well . some of the drawing in the beginning and during the nightbreed credit sequence . it like an entire vocabulary barker dream up just for the nightbreed world . i would be curious to know how much be purely his design . i know he be an amazing artist who his own style and language a an artist . nightbreed be also ( i think ) barker most entertaining film . it move very quickly . well edit . it doesn not drag like lord of illusion do a little bit . very quick . everything in it be just perfect . it also work a a fantastic and scary little slasher movie . the stuff with the killer in the beginning kill the family and later torment the old man in the shop be really scary stuff . that mask be frighten . i would be curious to know if barker design that as well . it not just a hokey jason or scream type mask . something about it be really disturb . anyway and this be a great flick . definitely check it out if you haven not see it . highly recommended . one of my favorite horror film of all time . in my opinion clive barker best . it be scary and violent though and be warn .