In Clive Barker's Nightbreed (1990) there are many monsters that call the underground city of Midian their home. There's the porcupine chick, the blue devil guy who sports a snazzy, spangly jacket, and the fat dude with snakes that come out of his belly - no two look alike. But one among their ranks stands out as a show business legend - the moon-faced man-monster known as 'Mac Tonight.'
Appearing in a series of late '80s McDonald's ads meant to promote the restaurant chain's new late night hours, the crescent-chinned crooner (played in all but two of the 29 Mac Tonight commercials by creature actor extraordinaire, Doug Jones) was known for riding a piano in the clouds. But on investigation, it can be verified that Mac is indeed a Midian resident. Look to the far left of this pic:
And here's his unmistakable lunar profile again, as seen in the top left of this illustration:
Mac Tonight? More like Midian Tonight! If only some Nightbreed Happy Meals had come out of this!
Mac Tonight, the Tribes of the Moon embrace you!
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Typing out LOL's and HA's are not good enough for this post!
Matt, I had a feeling you'd get a kick out of this one! Glad you liked it!
Thats awesome, I completely forgot about Mac lol.. What was more alarming to me in this post was how terrible and confusing that poster was that you included at the beginning. I would have thought it was for WHEN A STRANGER CALLS
You know, I'm not the biggest fan of Nightbreed, but I'm hard-pressed to think of a film with a worse, more misleading poster. I mean, is Lori's boyfriend a serial killer? Gay? Jewish? A gay Jewish serial killer? (That Jewish angle only works if Lori is a nice Catholic girl who doesn't know about, uh, things.)
I kinda like Nightbreed... maybe for it's failed potential (a habit of mine)... but for all the times I've seen it it's never occurred to me that that one guy has a moon-head!
I just thought of him as 'pointy-faced guy'... but you're right... total moon-head!
Carl, Senki - that Nightbreed poster is infamously awful - a wholesale recycling from the already lousy Bad Dreams poster!
And Knob, glad to help you see a new side to the 'Breed!
Mac Tonight? What a missed opportunity of cross-promotion! heh.
I kinda dig NIGHTBREED too. It has its flaws but also a lot going for it. I really hope that Barker gets a chance to assemble his director's cut now that all the materials have been discovered.
Sadly it doesn't look good for a Nightbreed Director's Cut. I think studio politics are going to keep that dream unrealized for a long time to come, maybe forever. I like the film, too, though. It's a very flawed movie but it's hard not to feel some affection for a movie that delivers so many cool creatures - and all with old-school prosthetic make-up to boot!
Oh yeah, you gotta give it up for old school prosthetic makeup! Plus, a genuinely David Cronenberg as a psychiatrist/serial killer!
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