Scream Factory is Bringing Clive Barker’s ‘Nightbreed’ to 4K UHD

On August 1, 2023, Scream Factory will release “Nightbreed” as a Collector’s Edition 4K UHD + Blu-ray combo pack. The release marks the first time the Clive Barker classic will be available in 4K UHD format. This highly anticipated release features a new 4K scan of the best-surviving film elements from the “Theatrical Cut.” It comes loaded with “Director’s Cut” on Blu-ray and special bonus content.

Written and directed by visionary filmmaker Clive Barker (“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.

Written and directed by Barker, “Nightbreed” is a 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.

The “Nightbreed” Collector’s Edition 4K UHD + Blu-ray combo pack includes the following features:

Disc One: 4K UHD (Theatrical Cut)

• NEW 2023 4K scan of the best-surviving film elements
• Audio Commentary with film critics Adrian J. Smith and David Flint

Disco Two: 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

Disc Three: 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

Disc Four: Blu-ray (Bonus Disc)

• 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.

Like most Scream Factory Collector’s Edition releases, we are getting a few different purchase options depending on how hardcore of a fan you are of this Clive Barker classic.

For the die-hard fan, Scream Factory is releasing a collector’s set that includes the 4K UHD + Blu-ray combo pack along with an exclusive 18″ x24″ rolled poster of the original theatrical artwork, a second exclusive 18″ x24″ rolled poster featuring a new design, two slipcovers, and a limited edition enamel pin set (limited to 500 units) and lobby card set from Gutter Garbs (limited to 500 units). The set is available for pre-order now for $139.99.

A second option is a version that includes the new 4K UHD release of “Nightbreed” along with the exclusive 18″ x24″ rolled poster of the original theatrical artwork, and a second 18″ x24″ rolled poster featuring the new design, and two slipcovers. This version is available for pre-order now for $44.98.

Finally, if you just want the new 4K UHD + Blu-ray combo pack release of “Nightbreed” without any of the extras, you can pre-order just the new Collector’s Edition release for $39.99.