NIGHTBREED: THE CABAL CUT

[agent999]

I hate it when they say that but don't specify what that means. Not the OCN, presumably, even though I had no idea that was missing for the theatrical version. So, an interpositive? A beat up 35mm theatrical print?

You know, atoms and shit...

[Zaibatan]

...of the best surviving film elements

I hate it when they say that but don't specify what that means. Not the OCN, presumably, even though I had no idea that was missing for the theatrical version. So, an interpositive? A beat up 35mm theatrical print?

[agent999]

I don't see much point in upgrading if the director's cut isn't in 4k.

[Ian Jane]

Here's the full press release from Shout.

SCREAM FACTORY™ Presents NIGHTBREED COLLECTOR’S EDITION

ARRIVES AUGUST 1, 2023 IN A 4-DISC 4K UHD™+ BLU-RAY™ COMBO PACK FROM SCREAM FACTORY™

“A rip-roaring monster flick, all the stops out and pumping with imagination.”
– John Stanley, Creature Features

Experience Clive Barker’s classic masterpiece in terror as you’ve never seen it before! On August 1, 2023, SCREAM FACTORY™ will release NIGHTBREED Collector’s Edition in a 4K UHD™+ Blu-ray™ combo pack. Available for the first time being released in 4K UHD format, this highly anticipated release features a new 4K scan of the best-surviving film elements from the “Theatrical cut” and comes loaded with “Director’s Cut” on Blu-ray and special bonus content. The collector’s edition includes collectible slipcover packaging with original theatrical poster art and a reversible art wrap featuring alternative art.

Loyal fans and collectors, please note the following deluxe bundle offers from ShoutFactory.com

Pre-order now!
• NIGHTBREED Collector’s Edition 4K UHD™ + Blu-ray™ | Pre-order here

• NIGHTBREED Collector’s Edition 4K UHD™ + Blu-ray™ + 2 Posters + Slipcover Pre-order here



*Order from ShoutFactory.com and get the NEW 4K UHD release of NIGHTBREED, an exclusive 18”x24” rolled poster of the original theatrical artwork, a second exclusive 18”x24” rolled poster featuring a new design, and two slipcovers.

• NIGHTBREED Collector’s Edition 4K UHD™+ Blu-ray™+ 2 Posters + Lobby Cards + Enamel Pin Set | Pre-order here
*Order from ShoutFactory.com and get the NEW 4K UHD release of NIGHTBREED, an exclusive 18”x24” rolled poster of the original theatrical artwork, a second exclusive 18”x24” rolled poster featuring a new design, two slipcovers, a Limited Edition enamel pin set via Gutter Garbs (limited to 500 units), and a Limited Edition lobby card set via Gutter Garbs (limited to 500 units).



Written and directed by visionary filmmaker Clive Barker (creator of Hellraiser) and based on his popular novel Cabal, the cult-classic film, NIGHTBREED, stars Craig Sheffer (Hellraiser: Inferno), Anne Bobby (Born on the Fourth of July), David Cronenberg (Director, Eastern Promises), Charles Haid (Hill Street Blues) and features a soundtrack by award-winning composer Danny Elfman.

Boone (Craig Sheffer) may be a troubled young man, but his troubles are just beginning. Set up as the fall guy in a string of slasher murders, he decides he'll hide by crossing the threshold that separates “us” from “them” and sneak into the forbidden subterranean realm of Midian. Boone will live among the monsters.

Hellraiser creator Clive Barker writes (adapting his novel Cabal) and directs this vivid leap into horror that asks: in the battle of man vs. monster, who's really the monster? The answer supplies flesh-crawling suspense, sudden fear, a colorful Danny Elfman score and a creepy array of shape-shifting beings. They are the Nightbreed, denizens of a world beyond death, beyond the imagination, perhaps beyond anything you've seen.

DISC 1: 4K UHD (Theatrical Cut)
• NEW 2023 4K scan of the best surviving film elements
• In Dolby Vision (HDR-10 Compatible)
• Audio Commentary with film critics Adrian J. Smith and David Flint
AUDIO:
DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. 5.1

DISC 2: Blu-Ray (Theatrical Cut)
• NEW 2023 4K scan of the best surviving film elements
• Audio Commentary with film critics Adrian J. Smith and David Flint
• Memories of Midian – an interview with actor Nicholas Vince
• Walking the Line Between Heaven and Hell – interview with critic Kat Ellinger
• Speaking Up for the Monsters – an interview with critic Kim Newman
• Theatrical Trailer
AUDIO:
• DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, 5.1

DISC 3: Blu-Ray (Director’s Cut)
• Audio Commentary with writer director Clive Barker and restoration producer Mark Allan Miller
• Tribes of the Moon: The Making of NIGHTBREED – a 72-minute documentary on the production
• Making Monsters – a look at the special makeup effects
• Fire! Fights! Stunts! - a look at the second unit shoot
AUDIO:
• DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, 5.1


DISC 4 – Bonus Disc (Blu-Ray):
Special Features:
• Deleted Scenes
• Monster Prosthetics Masterclass
• Cutting Compromise
• The Painted Landscape
• Matte Painting Tests
• Makeup Tests
• Stop Motion Lost Footage
• Rehearsal Test
• Still Galleries – sketches, deleted scene photos, poster and pre-production, on-the-set images.

[Zaibatan]

Getting really tired of these companies announcing 4K releases of films with multiple cuts and then only ever presenting the theatrical cut in that resolution.

[Ian Jane]

UHD release coming 8/1/23.

[Derrick King]

I assume that Shout had access/got a scan of the theatrical cut from Warner Brothers (who still had the rights to the film when they did their release) and, for whatever reason, Arrow didn't.

[Ian Jane]

Yeah, that's a pretty big difference.

[VinceP]

The Arrow theatrical is up there for comparison, too:
https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=13526&d2=10925&c=4351

[Ian Jane]

I haven't seen any caps from the Arrow theatrical transfer but have read it looks pretty bad compared to the SF disc.

Director's cut transfers look almost the same, aside from the 1.78.1/1.85.1 difference.

[VinceP]

Arrow transfer caps here.

https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...106796&i=0&l=0

Very curious how Arrow's theatrical cut seems to be a different transfer entirely. Looks like the Shout version utilized the remastered director's cut material for the theatrical cut, but Arrow went with possibly a print or something other than the negative. Very soft and with different color timing.

[Ian Jane]

Arrow transfer caps here.

https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...106796&i=0&l=0

[Jake Scully]

Arrow UK, October.

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From the mind of writer/director Clive Barker - the macabre visionary responsible for Hellraiser and Candyman - comes Nightbreed, a nightmare-induced fantasy set in a world like nothing you've ever experienced before… one which will leave you questioning who the real monsters are.

By night, Aaron Boone (Craig Sheffer, Teen Wolf) dreams of Midian, a hidden subterranean world where monsters have created a haven from humanity. Under pressure from his girlfriend Lori (Anne Bobby, Born on the Fourth of July), he attends psychotherapy sessions, unaware that his shrink, Dr Decker (Videodrome director David Cronenberg), is setting him up to take the fall for a series of violent murders. Convinced he no longer belongs in the human world, Boone goes in search of Midian - not realising that the real killer has plans for both him and the colourful cast of outsiders who call it home…

The victim of studio interference and an unrepresentative marketing campaign, Nightbreed was poorly received by critics on its initial release and failed to ignite the box office, but has since undergone a radical reappraisal. Arrow Video is proud to present two versions of this depraved cult classic: the studio-approved theatrical cut and the reconstructed, reinvigorated director's cut, for the ultimate nightmarish viewing experience.

Production Year: 1990
Region Code: B
UK Rating: 15
Running Time: 102 / 120 mins
Number of Discs: 2
Language: English
Subtitles: English SDH
Audio: 5.1 / 2.0 Stereo
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Colour: Colour

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:

High Definition Blu-rayâ„¢ (1080p) presentations of the 120-minute director's cut, transferred from the original camera negative, and the 102-minute theatrical cut, transferred from the original interpositive
Lossless 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and uncompressed 2.0 PCM audio on the director's cut
Uncompressed 2.0 PCM audio on the theatrical cut
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
New audio commentary on the theatrical cut by critics Adrian J Smith and David Flint
Audio commentary on the director's cut by writer/director Clive Barker and restoration producer Mark Alan Miller
Introduction to the director's cut by Clive Barker and Mark Alan Miller
Walking the Line Between Heaven and Hell, a new video interview with critic Kat Ellinger
Speaking up for the Monsters, a new video interview with critic Kim Newman
Tribes of the Moon: Making Nightbreed, an extensive documentary on the making of the film, featuring actors Craig Sheffer, Doug Bradley, Anne Bobby and many more
Making Monsters, a documentary on the film's creature designs, featuring special makeup designer Bob Keen
Fire! Fights! Stunts!, a video interview with second unit director Andy Armstrong
Deleted and alternate scenes
Monster Prosthetics Masterclass
Cutting Compromise, a video interview with editor Mark Goldblatt
The Painted Landscape, an exploration of the work of concept artist Ralph McQuarrie
Matte painting tests
Makeup tests
Lost stop motion footage
Extended torture scene
Rehearsal test
Theatrical trailer
Rare TV spots
Multiple image galleries, including early sketches, set photos, poster and pre-production art, stills from the UK launch party at Tower Records, and more
Original screenplay (BD-ROM content)
Reversible sleeve feature original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx
Double-sided fold-out poster
Limited edition 40-page booklet, featuring new writing on the film by author and critic Amy Simmons and an in-depth history of the film's development, release and rehabilitation by Mark Salisbury, co-author of Clive Barker's Nightbreed: The Making of the Film

This has made my day!!

[VinceP]

Wow, so the new Cabal Cut still MIA...

[Ian Jane]

Arrow UK, October.



From the mind of writer/director Clive Barker - the macabre visionary responsible for Hellraiser and Candyman - comes Nightbreed, a nightmare-induced fantasy set in a world like nothing you've ever experienced before… one which will leave you questioning who the real monsters are.

By night, Aaron Boone (Craig Sheffer, Teen Wolf) dreams of Midian, a hidden subterranean world where monsters have created a haven from humanity. Under pressure from his girlfriend Lori (Anne Bobby, Born on the Fourth of July), he attends psychotherapy sessions, unaware that his shrink, Dr Decker (Videodrome director David Cronenberg), is setting him up to take the fall for a series of violent murders. Convinced he no longer belongs in the human world, Boone goes in search of Midian - not realising that the real killer has plans for both him and the colourful cast of outsiders who call it home…

The victim of studio interference and an unrepresentative marketing campaign, Nightbreed was poorly received by critics on its initial release and failed to ignite the box office, but has since undergone a radical reappraisal. Arrow Video is proud to present two versions of this depraved cult classic: the studio-approved theatrical cut and the reconstructed, reinvigorated director's cut, for the ultimate nightmarish viewing experience.

Production Year: 1990
Region Code: B
UK Rating: 15
Running Time: 102 / 120 mins
Number of Discs: 2
Language: English
Subtitles: English SDH
Audio: 5.1 / 2.0 Stereo
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Colour: Colour

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:

High Definition Blu-rayâ„¢ (1080p) presentations of the 120-minute director's cut, transferred from the original camera negative, and the 102-minute theatrical cut, transferred from the original interpositive
Lossless 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and uncompressed 2.0 PCM audio on the director's cut
Uncompressed 2.0 PCM audio on the theatrical cut
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
New audio commentary on the theatrical cut by critics Adrian J Smith and David Flint
Audio commentary on the director's cut by writer/director Clive Barker and restoration producer Mark Alan Miller
Introduction to the director's cut by Clive Barker and Mark Alan Miller
Walking the Line Between Heaven and Hell, a new video interview with critic Kat Ellinger
Speaking up for the Monsters, a new video interview with critic Kim Newman
Tribes of the Moon: Making Nightbreed, an extensive documentary on the making of the film, featuring actors Craig Sheffer, Doug Bradley, Anne Bobby and many more
Making Monsters, a documentary on the film's creature designs, featuring special makeup designer Bob Keen
Fire! Fights! Stunts!, a video interview with second unit director Andy Armstrong
Deleted and alternate scenes
Monster Prosthetics Masterclass
Cutting Compromise, a video interview with editor Mark Goldblatt
The Painted Landscape, an exploration of the work of concept artist Ralph McQuarrie
Matte painting tests
Makeup tests
Lost stop motion footage
Extended torture scene
Rehearsal test
Theatrical trailer
Rare TV spots
Multiple image galleries, including early sketches, set photos, poster and pre-production art, stills from the UK launch party at Tower Records, and more
Original screenplay (BD-ROM content)
Reversible sleeve feature original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx
Double-sided fold-out poster
Limited edition 40-page booklet, featuring new writing on the film by author and critic Amy Simmons and an in-depth history of the film's development, release and rehabilitation by Mark Salisbury, co-author of Clive Barker's Nightbreed: The Making of the Film