#nightbreeders

[spookyhoax]

i told my mom about nightbringer last night and i was just on the phone with her and she was like "how was that game you were playing last night? ... Nightbreeder?"

[roskirambles]

The production history behind this movie is CRAZY. Like I mentioned, it’s a loose remake of a Universal classic starring Boris Karloff (who, btw, absolutely KILLS it as Imhotep with a piercing stare that to this day is still creepy). And as such, a lot of important figures in the horror genre joined along for the Development Hell, pre-production starting in 1990... but failing to get the greenlight until Stephen Sommers got a script approved in 1998. Seriously, Clive Barker (Hellraiser, Nightbreeder), Joe Dante (Gremlins) and George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead) were up for the director’s chair at some point. You have absolutely NO idea how different this movie might have turned out (or, if you have watched some of my movie recs, maybe you do).

And for those who are curious(or bored enough), besides the architectonic anachronisms of mixing different periods and regions of Egypt together, the fact the historicity of the Enslavement of Jews depicted in the book of Exodus is doubious at best (while the movie treats it as fact), or the fact the Egyptian punishment for a regicide would be to DENY them an afterlife, Imhotep and Ankhesenamun take their names from real people… who lived at least 1300 years apart. The chancellor and priest of Amun Ra, Imhotep, was mostly known as an architect responsible for the Pyramid of Pharaoh Djoser (circa 2680 BC). Meanwhile, Anaksunamun was the Queen (with her tenure being circa 1332–1323 BC) and Wife of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, whose discovery inspired the myth of Egyptian mummies being cursed. (Tutankhamun wasn’t even his actual name when he was born, but that’s it’s own can of worms). Needless to say, neither of them met Pharaoh Seti, who lived after the two of them after the fall of the 18th Dynasty and ruled from circa 1294/1290 to 1279 BC. Lastly(though this list isn’t extensive by any means), the Book of the Dead IS a real piece of Egyptian Literature, but wasn’t written in the form of a codex but a papyrus and is commonly found across pharaoh burials as a set of protections for the afterlife so it hardly would be a magical artifact of doom capable of raising the dead. Yes, I’m an absolute nerd. And I’m not ashamed of it. Pictured in order are Imhotep, Anaksunamun giving flowers to Tutankhamun, Sethi and the Book of the Dead.

Halloween Movie of the Day: The Mummy (1999)

Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolf Man. This trio is iconic thanks to the original lineup of Universal horror movies from the 1930’s, as part of the first known attempt at a cinematic universe. Said lineup, however, also includes one character that had lesser cultural impact: Imhotep, the undead Egyptian priest trying to find his lover Ankhesenamun who he believes has reincarnated in the modern world. While initially successful, (the mummy as a concept became a halloween staple after all), this character in particular never truly stuck with the same strength as the Walachian count ever did. That is, arguably, until he was reinvented at the end of the milenium with a sexy, explosive makeover.

Yeah, it’s easy to forget but this film is a loose retelling of a 1932 Universal monster flick with some brilliant acting for the antagonist courtesy of Boris Karloff(who also played the Frankenstein’s Monster). What wasn’t there, though, was all the 90’s camp, special effects and Brendan Fraser’s charisma. The core of the conflict is roughly the same, mind you! It just now involves an army of mummies, a goose chase across Egypt for a duo of Mcguffins that control them and an adventurous archeologist, her greedy brother and a former soldier teaming up to save the day.

Okay, maybe it deviates quite a lot... but not for the worse.

It's a pretty self aware cheesy action film with great comedy, fun action set pieces, fairly aged but well executed CGI, some effective bits of horror and shocking violence, a romance that actually has chemistry between the characters and probably the sexiest cast of a Hollywood blockbuster (no, really. Ask any bisexual around you. It's a meme for a reason). What more could ever be said?

I mean, I could complain about all the Egyptology they get outright comically wrong even for the time... but it ain’t that kind of movie (and the original gets it wrong as well, so blah).

[gothamsworst]

hey, im that anon and all i done was literally point out that the way dr decker is written is ableist what the f u c k y'all. jervis is literally one of my biggest comfort characters lmao. fun fact! you can be critical of the media you consume!!! batman is one of my biggest, most important special interests and yet im critical of it! why are yall so pressed about people pointing out ableist stereotypes 🥴

and awoo-dmin, id like to apologize for inadvertently causing you to get more nightbreeder asks (and that bad jervis one, j e s u s). i hope you're okay! i know how upsetting things like that jervis anon can be!!

It’s no issue, I’m alright! And I’d like to apologize to everyone whose dashes had to experience that mess, it’s over now, I swear. <3

[michaeltunk]

Michael Tunk, Road Warriors: Nightbreeder, 2017, analog collage, 11" x 18". Based off of the cars of Mad Max SOLD