[Movie Script]Nightbreed

                                       NIGHTBREED







                                       Written by



                                      Clive Barker

Fade In:


          Scene 1. TITLE SEQUENCE


          Darkness. Then, a burst of sparks from a bowl held in a scaly hand.

The light shows us a mural. We start to move along the wall. First we

see stars and planets, painted in a primitive, stylized fashion on

bare rock. A voice on the track speaks softly to us.


          VOICE: We did not always live in hiding.


          We have come to the image of a huge family tree, which springs from

a single seed but divides into two separate halves. On the left,

ruled by the moon, the branches blossom into extraordinary creatures.

On the right, by sunlight, the branches end in ordinary human beings.



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