I just saw The Cabal Cut of Nightbreed at the Weekend of Horrors convention in Germany. The restoration director Russell Cherrington and some of the cast was there.

Seeing the extended version of Nightbreed on a big screen with an audience was pretty awesome.

The Cabal Cut gives us so much more... nearly every character is expanded. The love story between Lori and Boone is the center of the story now. More scenes with David Cronenberg. There are more monsters to behold. The climax is stronger and the ending makes more sense. It's darker and more violent than the Theatrical Cut. It was almost like watching a a whole new movie.

The downside was the poor quality of the new footage. There are major problems with the sound and image quality. It was a very weird, jarring, experience, with missing sound effects, feeble on-set pops instead of foley gunshots and much recycling of Danny Elfman's few score. I disliked some of the editing as well. This film is far from finished, however. This was Version 6 of The Cabal Cut that I saw. It's not the definitive cut.

Russell Cherrington has said he still looking for footage and is hoping to get hold of the original negatives, but if not he will bake the tapes to bring it up to dvd quality. He also said that The Cabal Cut, restored, should be released on DVD/Blu-ray next year!

Evolution gives you ice powers.

lololol

This brings HOWARD THE DUCK back to Marvel (Disney) for a special edition release!

Crom!

Hopefully it won't be converted into 3D...