Image Animation work on Nightbreed

I've been looking through Clive Barker's The Nightbreed Chronicles and am just amazed at how detailed each of Midian's "monsters" is. There are so many amazing creatures that my mind is boggled by it. Even the monster's that are viewed for even a brief second in the film are done in exquisite detailing. I am currently fascinated by the animatornic third-stage Peloquin.

from: Clive Barker's The Nightbreed Chronicles; "No Longer Just Blood 'N' Guts by Stephen Jones"

Nightbreed is worth watching, even if it is just for the wonderful imagery created with the Midian occupants. And the Director's Cut offers even more of these wonderful monsters to feast your eyes upon. The world is opened up and expanded before you in a way that you never would have expected if you've only seen the original release of Nightbreed. This is why so many want to see the Cabal Cut of Nightbreed released to the masses.

Image Animation, which was owned by Bob Keen and Geoff Portass, was responsible for the special make-up effects in Nightbreed. They created around two hundred different breed with the hopes of making Midian look as though it was inhabited by about a thousand creatures.

Bob Keen stated that the most difficult thing about working on Nightbreed was the sheer scale of the project. He also described Nightbreed as 'probably one of the weirdest films we've worked on. It's a great role reversal in that the monsters are the good guys. Clive has ensured that we care for these creatures --- they are all so innocent. For an effects person that meant a completely different set of rules as far as the creatures were concerned: our colour schemes were different, our concepts were different, and anything that was too negative we played down because we wanted people to feel for the Breed.'

Unfortunately, I have been unable to find any recent information on Image Animation and do not know if they are still around or not. If you have any information on them, please let us know!

For those of you who want the chance to see this movie please help by joining the Occupy Midian/Bring Back Nightbreed movement:

Bring Back Nightbreed - a facebook page
Occupy Midian - a facebook group
Nightbreed Petition
Also if you have not done so, check out: http://clivebarkercast.com for some great podcasts about Clive Barker, Occupy Midian, and more Clive Barker related info.