---
title: 'Nightbreed (1990)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Clive Barker'
released: '1990-02-16'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/nightbreed-1990'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100260/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Nightbreed (1990)

1990 · 97 min · Action, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Crime · United Kingdom, United States, Canada


## Synopsis

Nightbreed is a 1990 American dark fantasy horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, based on his 1988 novella Cabal. It stars Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, David Cronenberg, Charles Haid, Hugh Quarshie, and Doug Bradley. The film follows an unstable mental patient named Aaron Boone who is falsely led to believe by his doctor that he is a serial killer. Tracked down by the police, his doctor, and his girlfriend Lori, Boone eventually finds refuge in an abandoned cemetery called Midian among a tribe of monsters and outcasts known as the "Nightbreed" who hide from humanity.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Clive Barker](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-barker)
- **Screenplay:** [Clive Barker](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-barker)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Danny Elfman](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-elfman)
- **Producer:** [Joe Roth](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-roth), [Gabriella Martinelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriella-martinelli), [Jon Turtle](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-turtle)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robin Vidgeon](https://cinepixo.com/people/robin-vidgeon)
- **Editor:** [Mark Goldblatt](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-goldblatt), [Richard Marden](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-marden)

## Cast

- [Hugh Quarshie](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-quarshie)
- [Hugh Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-ross)
- [Doug Bradley](https://cinepixo.com/people/doug-bradley)
- [Mac McDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/mac-mcdonald)
- [Charles Haid](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-haid)
- [Simon Bamford](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-bamford)
- [Daniel Kash](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-kash)
- [Craig Sheffer](https://cinepixo.com/people/craig-sheffer)
- [David Cronenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-cronenberg)
- [John Agar](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-agar)
- [Anne Bobby](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-bobby)
- [Oliver Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-parker)

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