Eigerman shares this desire, but Ashberry rejects Eigerman's offer, kills him, and starts his hunt for the Nightbreed.

The head of marketing at Morgan Creek never watched all the way through because it "disgusted and distressed" him, according to Barker. According to Barker, the studio did not promote it well with posters that misinterpreted the content.Decker ( David Cronenberg) is shown, which more clearly setups their relationship as doctor and patient, and quickly establishes Decker's bad intentions.

Clive Barkers film was originally cut by half an hour or so thanks to the powers that be who know damn all about a very good film. Despite looking like a VHS bootleg, the extended version made the rounds in the convention circuit and created new enthusiasm for the film. The original press release claimed that the deleted footage was only available on the VHS bootleg and that it would be put through a ‘high-resolution digitization process’ to best match the properly-scanned film footage.

Later, after Boone has been captured by the police, new scenes show a press conference with the police chief, as well as Father Ashberry and Boone talking. The film has slowly gained a cult following and now we have the version that Barker wanted to initially release. Nightbreed is a 1990 American dark fantasy horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, based on his 1988 novella Cabal. The "Mad Monster Party" projection of the Cabal Cut led to a renewal of interest among fans, especially on the Internet.