Updated: Help Reclaim a Barker Classic!
Updated 6/9/09: Barker just announced via his twitter account that Phil and Sarah Stokes, who maintain his official website, have a video copy of his work print of Nightbreed that is 44 minutes longer than the theatrical cut. "Now all we need is somebody to fund the reconstruction of what was always intended to be Celebration of the Shamanic Outsider," says Barker.
Fans who've long been clamoring for a director's cut of Clive Barker's fascinating Nightbreed now have reason to hope, if not yet outright rejoice: the film's once believed lost footage has been located by Barker's friend Mark Miller. Now the trick is getting the company that owns the footage to release it so a proper director's cut can be made. What can you do you to help? Find out after the jump.
Barker's official website (which has the details of the search for the footage) is encouraging all fans to send an email or a tweet if they'd like to see a director's cut of Nightbreed. Needless to say, we hear at FEARnet strongly support this effort. This is one of those instances where horror fans definitely have the power. Let's help restore some of Barker's fiercest, most imaginative imagery!
Thanks to our friends at Shock Till You Drop for bringing this to our attention.
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