Adapted and directed by horror / fantasy author Clive Barker from his novel ‘Cabal’, this underrated gem is great fun. Incorporating pre-CGI monsters, cool make-up effects and even a whacky psychiatrist played by director David Cronenberg (who directed everything from ‘Naked Lunch’; ‘History of Violence’; ‘Rabid’; ‘Videodrome’; ‘Eastern Promises’ and ‘The Fly.’) It's not frightening (nothing like Barker's ‘Hellraiser’) but it is wonderous to behold – sort of like a pre-CGI ‘Hellboy.’ If you're a fan of fantasy / horrors with a heart, like ‘Hellboy’, then this dark adult fairy tale is a delight. True ‘cult’ movie making at its best. Adz