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Topic	Gauntlet Crew Ranks 90s Horror Films - Do you like ranking scary movies?
Snake5555555555 06/28/19 10:50:31 PM #169:	28. Nightbreed JONA - 17 Johnbobb - 19 KBM - 22 Snake - 23 Scarlet - 24 Charon - 28 Genny - 29 Karo - 34 Inviso - 37 JONA - The movie has a pretty strong start and sets things up to be very engaging. The middle kind of falls flat at times and it started to run a bit too long but the climax is incredible. It was cool to see what the Nightbreed were capable of instead of being just window dressing for a good part of the movie. Johnbobb - I got some strong Dark City vibes from this. It's not something I'd call objectively good. A lot of the performances are pretty weak and some of it is kind of dumb, but it still stands out because of how creative it is. Nightbreed presents a unique, bizarre reality and dives headfirst into it, quickly going from intriguing to crazy to pure batshit, in a (mostly) good way. The character designs are distinct and wild and the action is thrilling, and from a movie like this, that's about all I can ask for. KBM - A super-entertaining mess of a movie (a trend in this part of the list, to be sure), this has a whole lot of unique ideas that it doesn't always quite know how to get across. I watched the director's cut, and even in that context there are some baffling aspects of this movie but then again, it's possible that, considering this was planned to be the first movie of a trilogy, we as an audience aren't necessarily meant to understand everything that's going on. Nevertheless, it's certainly an entertaining, fascinating movie, with some incredibly creative production design and visuals, and strong performances, especially from David Cronenberg as the ghoulish, unhinged psychotherapist. The unique mythology of this universe was enough on its own to draw me in, and I do kind of wish we'd gotten follow-up films. Snake - Why I Chose It - Though far from the most financially successful film on this list, the years have been kind to Barker's passion project, becoming a cult film that feels destined to be realized in its entirety. With almost enough re-releases and cuts to make Blade Runner blush, Nightbreed is a shining example of horror creativity that I think deserves a wider audience, no matter how imperfect. My Thoughts - I don't think I've ever seen a film as weird, wonderful, and woefully incomplete as Nightbreed. Through the various cuts of this I've seen (with a 3-hour cut to come), Nightbreed has never felt like a complete movie to me. Yet, there's so much I love, from Cronenberg's doctor/killer combo to the Nightbreed themselves, beautiful, complex creatures that mirror the outcasts of humanity in a touching way. On the flip-side however, is a too complex mythology not fit for 90 minute or 145 minute or even a 180 minute run-time. Things are not explained well enough to become compelling, instead begging for a TV adaptation to let things grow and breathe naturally. Besides that though, Nightbreed deserves to be seen despite its faults, and it's a world I never mind returning to over and over again. Scarlet - There is some depth hidden in this movie, a commentary on the nature of being an outcast in society, but by and large the practical effects and the camp made me yearn for the appearance of one Buffy Summers at some point to put this cast out of its misery. And, quite frankly, the entire film plays like an episode of a Buffyverse show, sans the parts of it that are actually watchable. A lot of this movie in general just seems to hedge its bets on keeping itself a cliffhanger-esque ending and inconsistent character arcs that leave you guessing as to whether is movie is at all a step up from the slash movie drivel of the previous decade. Rating: 31/100 --- Listen, suffering is a fact of life. Either you learn how to deal with that or you go under. https://i.imgtc.ws/2Q88rI4.gif <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:923993835] in Gauntlet C... [t:77812973]...</cite> <quote>28. Nightbreed JONA - 17 Johnbobb - 19 KBM - 22 Snake - 23 Scarlet - 24 Charon - 28 Genny - 29 Karo - 34 Inviso - 37 JONA - The movie has a pretty strong start and sets things up to be very engaging. The middle kind of falls flat at times and it started to run a bit too long but the climax is incredible. It was cool to see what the Nightbreed were capable of instead of being just window dressing for a good part of the movie. Johnbobb - I got some strong Dark City vibes from this. It's not something I'd call objectively good. A lot of the performances are pretty weak and some of it is kind of dumb, but it still stands out because of how creative it is. Nightbreed presents a unique, bizarre reality and dives headfirst into it, quickly going from intriguing to crazy to pure batshit, in a (mostly) good way. The character designs are distinct and wild and the action is thrilling, and from a movie like this, that's about all I can ask for. KBM - A super-entertaining mess of a movie (a trend in this part of the list, to be sure), this has a whole lot of unique ideas that it doesn't always quite know how to get across. I watched the director's cut, and even in that context there are some baffling aspects of this movie but then again, it's possible that, considering this was planned to be the first movie of a trilogy, we as an audience aren't necessarily meant to understand everything that's going on. Nevertheless, it's certainly an entertaining, fascinating movie, with some incredibly creative production design and visuals, and strong performances, especially from David Cronenberg as the ghoulish, unhinged psychotherapist. The unique mythology of this universe was enough on its own to draw me in, and I do kind of wish we'd gotten follow-up films. Snake - Why I Chose It - Though far from the most financially successful film on this list, the years have been kind to Barker's passion project, becoming a cult film that feels destined to be realized in its entirety. With almost enough re-releases and cuts to make Blade Runner blush, Nightbreed is a shining example of horror creativity that I think deserves a wider audience, no matter how imperfect. My Thoughts - I don't think I've ever seen a film as weird, wonderful, and woefully incomplete as Nightbreed. Through the various cuts of this I've seen (with a 3-hour cut to come), Nightbreed has never felt like a complete movie to me. Yet, there's so much I love, from Cronenberg's doctor/killer combo to the Nightbreed themselves, beautiful, complex creatures that mirror the outcasts of humanity in a touching way. On the flip-side however, is a too complex mythology not fit for 90 minute or 145 minute or even a 180 minute run-time. Things are not explained well enough to become compelling, instead begging for a TV adaptation to let things grow and breathe naturally. Besides that though, Nightbreed deserves to be seen despite its faults, and it's a world I never mind returning to over and over again. Scarlet - There is some depth hidden in this movie, a commentary on the nature of being an outcast in society, but by and large the practical effects and the camp made me yearn for the appearance of one Buffy Summers at some point to put this cast out of its misery. And, quite frankly, the entire film plays like an episode of a Buffyverse show, sans the parts of it that are actually watchable. A lot of this movie in general just seems to hedge its bets on keeping itself a cliffhanger-esque ending and inconsistent character arcs that leave you guessing as to whether is movie is at all a step up from the slash movie drivel of the previous decade. Rating: 31/100 --- Listen, suffering is a fact of life. Either you learn how to deal with that or you go under. https://i.imgtc.ws/2Q88rI4.gif</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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