#TheDollarTheater #TheMidnightMeatTrainSubscribe to All Out Actio. Film wouldnt have easily allowed us that luxury, so I decided to reinvent the protagonist as a photographer, whose observations could be visually communicated to the audience through his work. The kind of horror that is all suggestion, and undertow, and the its what you dont see that terrifies you kind of stuff, that doesnt do a thing for me. Like Kaufman and the Mahogany from the film,it is implied that allMahoganys are deprived from their voices by having their tongues removed by the Conductor and cut ties with their families and lives to fulfill a bigger role than them, without even sharing any sort of privilege from the government aside from protection since their work is done in complete secret, complete silence. 7 minutes to secure a "Not under 18" rating. If this is the kind of quality material that Kitamura's going to deliver in Hollywood, I hope he stays there. With an estimated budget of $15 million (via The Numbers), the film drew in a poor box-office result of $3.5 million (via Box Office Mojo), was released in only 100 U.S. theaters before quickly going to DVD, but was met with a welcoming reception from critics. I know that this is too good to be true. But they sent me the script and it was excellent. The Midnight Meat Train Watch the full movie online. I'm all for endings like in The Cube or The Mist, but this one just confused me and left me WTFing rather than left me speculating. It can be found in Volume One (of Six) of Barker's collection Books of Blood (1984-1985). I heard it's based on a short story. My whole theory with the Books of Blood was, I am going to try and prove that horror stories can be very various in tone: they can be comedic; they can be sexy; they can be psychological; they can be visceral. Now we have a chance to turn these stories into movies and prove, hopefully, the same thing for a cinematic audience., Noting a similar statement of intent that had shaped the storys placement in the book, he said, The Midnight Meat Trains the first movie were going to do and its scary as shit. Im not here to reassure you. I always thought that was a strong horror title you know, like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: there are two words in that title, chainsaw and massacre, and the two words midnight and meat they are words that signify youre going to see some no-holds-barred horror.. Tatopoulos left the production in 2006 and was replaced by Ryuhei Kitamura. After boarding the train and indicating that we are actually seeing the first death shown at the beginning of the film, we can see that Leon has been appointed as the new Subway Butcher with a host of new bodies to deliver before the train takes off down the track. Leon takes matters into his own hands, entering the subway train at midnight, only to witness a shocking bloodbath, as the butcher kills several passengers, then hangs them on meat hooks. 3.7 305 Ratings. The absence of a theatrical release was not only were we losing the chance to exhibit the picture the way it should have been shown, but also we were killing the chance of getting a real horror trilogy that would be constructed picture by picture.. No matter, the gore factor is selling point to the genre crowd and they don't have to worry. Mahogany, in a battered and bleeding state, returns, barely alive, and engages in a death struggle with Leon, who finishes the job at last by impaling the psychotic butcher's skull on a blade. Every member is disposable and replaceable, makingthem the biggest scapegoats in the world. When I was penniless, he brought me over to America, on his own dime, which was incredibly sweet of him. Barker was angry with Lionsgate's treatment, believing that the studio's president Joe Drake is essentially shortchanging other people's films in order to focus more attention on films like The Strangers, where he received a producing credit: "The politics that are being visited upon it have nothing to do with the movie at all. The conductor brings Leon's attention to Maya, who has been knocked unconscious and is lying on a pile of bones - presumably this took place some time during Leon's fight with the butcher. Most Mahoganys aside of him however seem to follow the same trait: they don't view their job as something personal, the only do it knowing they have no other choice left, and certainly do not enjoy their work. Get on the wrong train at the wrong time and, to paraphrase the Beatles, bang, bang, Mahogany's silver hammer comes down upon your head. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. In the late 1990s, Mark Pavia and Jack ODonnell put together a treatment but timings worked against it being made. Ryuhei came in and did exactly the same thing. Alias Midnight Meat Train: Mahogany's Tale: With Vinnie Jones. Leon and Maya flee into the cavern. The ominous Conductor, Mahogany's handler of sorts, greets Maya and Leon, who advises his passengers to "step away from the meat," leading them to flee from the train as monstrous creatures board to devour their fresh latest delivery. The director of photography is Jonathan Sela (2006s The Omen). With the killer out and about, the two discover an unnecessary amount of sharp implements and tools in his home, along with jars of Mahogany's skin nodules that he has been removing and storing. The calculated murders in The Midnight Meat Train are scary to watch because of their slice-and-dice brutality (Mahogany seems to view humans as cattle made to slaughter, and he treats them as such) but even more unsettling is where the violence takes place: on a subway in one of the busiest cities in the world. I was one of the few lucky ones who actually got to see Midnight Meat Train in the theater. He said they lived long before humans, so why do they need to eat humans? I just got fitted for these contact lenses which will drain blood out, so, you know, it really is going to look like my eyes are pouring blood. That's it! There is a twist at the end its the reason why Im doing it. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. The origins of the story date to a visit Clive made with his great friend William A. Henry III, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and, at the time of his untimely death, Time Magazines theatre critic. I remember the first night of shooting: I stalk him a lot in the movie and I was walking around and theres a scene where I come round the corner and he stops me and, no kidding man, he grabbed me and Im trying to act, he stops me and, first of all hes very strong and he grabs me and just looks into my eyes and I forgot I was in the scene, that we were doing a movie All I thought was, Shit, this guy is going to kill me! and they went, Great. Rent $3.99. The difference here, of course, is that Hadley is fully aware of the activities. Metacritic Reviews. New Poster for M. Night Shyamalan's 'Knock at the Cabin', Press J to jump to the feed. The Midnight Meat Train is a 2008 mystery horror-thriller film based on Clive Barker's 1984 short story of the same name, which can be found in Volume One of Barker's collection Books of Blood. I never got that. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. It would have climaxed with a meeting of all the stations, all of the lines. "[15] Conversely, DVD Talk said that while the story is "an interesting concept," it's "subpar" compared to the rest of Clive Barker's work, and criticized the film's "melodrama" and computer-generated effects. If you are 18 years or older or are comfortable with graphic material, you are free to view this page. Kitamura has fashioned a film that is relentlessly gloomy and intensely violent both physically and emotionally. The mark on the chest was to signify that Leon was chosen by the fathers to become the new butcher. So thats where it all began.. (1,549) 6.0 1 h 37 min 2008 X-Ray R. Struggling photographer Leon Kaufman's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer, Mahogany, the subway murderer who stalks late-night commuters -- ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways imaginable. Finally, Mahogany is thrown out of the train by Leon, but not long before it hits its final stop. When Leon Kaufman's (Bradley Cooper) latest body of work - a collection of provocative, nighttime studies of the city and its inhabitants -- earns the struggling photographer interest from prominent art gallerist Susan Hoff (Brooke Shields), she propels him to get grittier and show . If you are going to edit a lot, then make yourself a user and login. Detective Hadley hands the train schedule to the new butcher, who wears a ring with the symbol of the group that feeds the creatures. Kings quote, stories like The Midnight Meat Train and the simple connotation of blood in the title of the collection led to an early critical pigeon-holing of Clive as a simple purveyor of graphic violence, with sex and horror thrown in in abundance for good measure. La fascination de Leon pour Mahogany va le conduire de plus en plus loin dans les mandres du mtro, au coeur mme du mal. Detective Hadley (Barbara Eve Harris) is having none of it, though, and still gives the impression that there's nothing to be concerned about, establishing that is definitely not the case, and she knows more than she's letting on. I like to be excited. . Mahogany, battered, fights to the death with Leon. It has been a long time since a major horror film has been given such loving treatment by its director. Goals DVD and Blu-ray releases followed on 14 July. Mahogany, also known as simply The Butcher, is the main antagonist of Books of Blood Volume 1 short storyThe Midnight Meat Train, later adapted into a 2008 horror film of the same name. I think of my stories as having happy endings, perversely enough, because they very often end with scenes of revelation of one kind or another: characters understanding themselves and realising why they need fresh meaning in their lives. There's a lot to say about how he eventually fucks his gf anally against her enjoyment, her dying at the end ceremoniously (thus removing her from his life), his obsession with Vinnie Jones' "Mahogany" character (the guy's named after stiff wood for Christ's sake), his insane obsession with red meat, becoming the new version of Vinnie Jones, and of course the title of the movie. It seems to make sense, thought it was just a result of being the executioner of monsters, perhaps a kind of disease from them. Me! Buy $7.99. budget, 3 mill. The film follows a photographer who attempts to track down a serial killer dubbed the "Subway Butcher" and discovers more than he bargained for under the city streets. For those not familiar with the source material (as it seems many of the 1-star reviews obviously are not), the film is based on Clive Barker's short story of the same name, which appears in the first volume of the Books of Blood anthology. Get on the wrong train at the wrong time and, to paraphrase the Beatles, bang, bang, Mahogany's silver hammer comes down upon your head. Second of all, it's been long since we've seen a classic slash/horror movie that lives to the definition SLASH/HORROR. The only down side for me is the ending, which lost me a bit, altho it's a logical one, since the meat could not be found anywhere. Critical reaction to The Midnight Meat Train has been mostly positive; IGN said, "Director Ryuhei Kitamura brings an incredible level of polish and visual sophistication to what is essentially a mid-range script. Midnight Meat Train (2008) R Horror Crime Documentary Mystery Thriller Director: Ryuhei Kitamura Release Date: August 7, 2008 Cast: Bradley Cooper, Leslie Bibb, Brooke Shields, Vinnie Jones,. What are the small things that scream "movie set" for you? The killer walks onto the midnight train, and turns his head to reveal that the new butcher is Leon. Why does Leon not murder the conductor? The film currently holds a 71% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes; the consensus states: "A creative and energetic adaptation of a Clive Barker short story, with enough scares and thrills to be a potential cult classic.". And there, I think, is a story with a perfect happy ending he goes through hell and he comes through on the other side, utterly changed, utterly transformed.. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. After following Mahogany into the late midnight hours, Leon's terrifying theories are confirmed when he witnesses the psychopath in a suit brutally murder and preserve his victims by hanging them on hooks in the carriage. After a brief scuffle with Mahogany, Leon passes out on the train. Bill Condon would subsequently enlist Clives help in getting his Academy Award-winning adaptation of Christopher Brams novel about James Whale to the screen in the shape of Gods and Monsters. The film starts off with a bang, as we watch a passenger awaken from his slumber on a late-night subway train. The movie was unceremoniously dumped into bargain theaters (see: dollar theaters) in various spots . After narrowly escaping a meeting with Mahogany's mallet (say that two times fast), Maya goes straight to the police to report that New York has a serial killer in spiffy attire and has train timetables stretching back hundreds of years to back it up. Find The Midnight Meat Train (Director's Cut) (2009) . I started working with Clive on the screenplay way back in 2004, he recalls, and we did at least four drafts before Clive formed the Midnight Picture Company with partner Jorge Saralegui., Noting the need to change the emphasis for the screen from the narrative in the short story prompting the switch away from Leons profession as an accountant he explains, In the short were inside Leons head, so we know what hes thinking and feeling as he observes the city around him. Maya and Jurgis were both written off the theatrical cut, and the whole hotel room search was cut, so are their murders. Mahogany was getting old and sick, as evidenced by him coughing up blood and nearly losing to Rampage Jackson's character (the black guy in the subway). Instead, it was part of a longer observation that others at the convention, such as Peter Straub and Douglas Winter, were talking in glowing terms about these new Books of Blood, an indication to King that something was about to happen He said Well, I havent read this guy, but from what I understand its like what [Jon Landau] said I have seen the future of rock-and-roll, and his name is Bruce Springsteen. Sounds like Clive Barker might be the future of horror., Clive shakes his head even today with something approaching disbelief, He said, God bless him, that I was the future of horror. So I was like a kid in a candy store any time we filmed the scary bits. In his dying breaths, Mahogany says one word, "welcome," ushering Leon into a terrifying new journey. Mahogany grins in his dying throes, speaking the single word "Welcome!". Overall, Midnight Meat Train is a simple, bloody, hardcore offering certain to satisfy fans of the genre. The horror thriller, The Midnight Meat Train stars Bradley Cooper (Wedding Crashers, TVs Alias), Vinnie Jones (X-Men: The Last Stand, Snatch), Brooke Shields (Nip/Tuck), and Leslie Bibb (the upcoming Trick r Treat, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby).Also starring are Roger Bart (Hostel: Part II, TVs Desperate Housewives), Peter Jacobson (Good Night, and Good Luck), Barbara Eve Harris (TVs Prison Break), and UFC mixed martial arts fighter Quinton Rampage Jackson.Midnight Meat Train is directed by critically acclaimed Japanese director Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus, Azumi, Sky High) in his American debut, and based on legendary horror writer Clive Barkers popular, eponymous short story from his classic Books of Blood collection. The Midnight Meat Train is a 2008 American horror film based on Clive Barker's 1984 short story of the same name, which can be found in Volume One of Barker's collection Books of Blood. Leon's involvement quickly turns into a dark obsession, upsetting his girlfriend Maya, who is also disbelieving of his story. The next day, he discovers she has gone missing. In general, Barker shuns concrete, explicable reasons for his stories. He wears a ring on his finger, adorned with an eight pointed star. Anyway, as far as I understand things, the butcher and the conductor feed people to these lizard zombie alien things. Horror. Halloween? It's visually engrossing, the acting and story are (mostly) solid and it has a great lead villain in Vinnie Jones. The conductor of the train enters the car, advising Leon and Maya to "Please step away from the meat." The movie isnt special effects driven, but there are a lot of effects in the final reel physical effects, not CGI effects. A photographer's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer who stalks late night commuters, ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways.A photographer's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer who stalks late night commuters, ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways.A photographer's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer who stalks late night commuters, ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways. After Leon stabs a broken femur through his throat, Mahogany only grins in his dying throes, saying, "Welcome!". The Thai Version on the other hand is based on the Unrated Version and misses out approx. After following Mahogany into the late midnight hours, Leon's terrifying theories are confirmed when he witnesses the psychopath in a suit brutally murder and preserve his victims by hanging. About Lakeshore Entertainment: Founded in 1994 by Chairman and CEO Tom Rosenberg, Lakeshore is the Academy Award winning producer of Million Dollar Baby and producer of such hits as the Underworld franchise, Exorcism of Emily Rose, Crank, Shes the Man, Runaway Bride and Arlington Road. Okay so I just watched this film. News never stops. The monsters that have just had a feeding frenzy have been down here long before the subways were even built, and the bodies are an offering to keep it that way. It was quite an effort to search for the "R" rated version of the film since it was barely released anywhere except for the US rental stores. The thing about The Midnight Meat Train, Clive agrees, is that it was positioned through my editors good sense in the collection so that it almost announces, This guy will do anything to you. My feeling was, lets see what happens, you know, how bad can this get? And there is, I hope, a feeling of relentlessness about it that its picked you up and wont let go until its finished.
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