In the end, the monsters emerge as the good guys defending their right to life, capping the film on an oddly sweet note that makes it one of Clive Barker’s most endearing works.

Decent horror thriller which gets more renowned with age.

At its best, Nightbreed is like a living version of a coffee-table book, with each page filled with tentacled, quilled, or moon-faced monsters.

This is a hell of a fun monster picture, and guaranteed to remain a fan favourite – but there’s only so much fixing that can be done of a film that cannot be fixed.