So thoroughly coated in over-the-top blood and guts that even veteran genre fans will likely be astounded.
CommentMar 25, 2010
The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:19
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: A creative and energetic adaptation of a Clive Barker short story, with enough scares and thrills to be a potential cult classic.
Theatrical Release: Aug 14, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $34.4k
Synopsis: A New York photographer hunts down a serial killer. Based on Clive Barker's short story "Midnight Meat Train" [More]
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Leslie Bibb, Brooke Shields, Vinnie Jones
Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
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REVIEWS FOR THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN
It's excessively and imaginatively gory, presented in a straightforward manner, but with the slightest hint of a wink.
Mar 20, 2009
Midnight Meat Train may be no classic of the genre, but it's certainly a better and more interesting film than most of what passes for horror movies these days.
Feb 21, 2009
Not at all Butchered.
Feb 18, 2009
Midnight Meat Train brings an unabashed brutality to the horror genre.
Feb 14, 2009
... remarkably effective and, when it finally arrives at the end of the line, admirably simple.
Feb 11, 2009
This is the best Clive Barker-inspired movie in a long, long time -- probably since "Hellraiser III" in 1992.
Feb 9, 2009
Goes full speed on ultra-gory rails before slamming to an abrupt stop.
Jan 28, 2009
while skimpy on characterization and plot, it should please gorehounds and Barker fans alike
Jan 3, 2009
Japanese director Ryuhei Kitamura, who kicked off his career with 2000's impressive micro-budget zombie flick Versus, delivers plenty of stylish visuals and an admirably unrestrained attitude to gore.
Oct 31, 2008
The film hurtles towards the final ‘revelation moment’ like runaway train. If only it had stopped to take on board some of Barker’s heavy mythical dread.
Oct 30, 2008
Unfairly buried by its distributors in the US, this film takes what could have been a drab set-up and gives it some real bravado, energy and creativity.
Oct 30, 2008
The Midnight Meat Train is destined for cult status as an minor horror gem.
Oct 30, 2008
a stylishly bloody descent into madness, murder and Hell itself.
Oct 24, 2008
Midnight Meat Train can best be described as splatter noir. It's Fritz Lang by way of an abattoir.
Oct 16, 2008
Destined to be a cult classic as a vicious, brilliant, and disgusting horror film...
Oct 6, 2008
Japanese cult director Ryuhei Kitamura maintains impressive control of the story, ratcheting up tension toward well-prepared and startling bursts of terror.
Sep 26, 2008
This sharp and brutal little yarn about a photographer who stumbles across a serial killer is a fan film if every there was one -- and only fans will be able to stomach it.
Aug 22, 2008
We hate to side with the big bad studio, but The Midnight Meat Train -- despite a great title -- really does stink like month-old human flesh.
Aug 11, 2008
Top CriticMore interesting than most of the torture-porn or Asian-inspired thrillers that make it to theaters these days, but its tired combination of incongruously pretty fashion-mag photography and outrageously gruesome digital effects is dead on arrival.
Aug 8, 2008
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February 16, 2009:
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August 1, 2008:
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Clive Barker's The Midnight Meat Train was set up to fail, being dumped in $1 discount theaters, with no theater listing provided, with no explanation on how to even buy tickets.
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July 3, 2008:
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