God's an astronaut. Oz is over the rainbow, and Midian is where the monsters live. | dreamkatcha

Nightbreed is the dark fantasy horror film adaptation of Clive Barker's novel, Cabal. It tells the grisly tale of Aaron Boone's manipulation at the hands of his psychopathic, serial-killing therapist who attempts to frame him for his own horrifically sickening crimes. Seeking sanctuary from the police and hostile, pitchfork-waving neanderthals, Boone descends into an underworld community of deformed outcasts. In order to survive, together they fight an onslaught of prejudice, intolerance and a savage attack inflicted on their Midian homestead.

Ocean Software developed two accompanying licensed Nightbreed games in 1990 to coincide with the film; an 'interactive movie' action-adventure hybrid title solely for the 16-bit market and a traditional action-platformer which appeared on 8 as well as 16-bit systems. I evaluate each in separate articles to establish how effectively they dovetail with the source material on which they are based.