The Midnight Meat Train (DVD)

A review of just the film, The Midnight Meat Train is based on a short story by Clive Barker and was produced in 2008. After a limited cinema release, the DVD was released in region 2 in March 2009. Budding photographer Leon can't quite seem to get the breaks that he needs. But when his girlfriend manages to persuade her best friend to introduce him to one of the most influential women in the business, Leon's work is dismissed as not really getting to the heart of the city and he sets about trying to find the shot that will help him break into the big time. Unable to sleep one night, he ventures out into the city streets, initially following a small group of ...  Read the complete review

We were in Blockbuster last night looking for a film to watch as there was nothing on the TV, my husband loves Vinnie Jones in almost everything he has been in, and so he wanted to watch this film. I wasn't really all that excited for it, I was in the mood for a girly film, not a slasher horror film, but to keep him happy we got the film and came home. The blurb made the film sound really good, and if I had been in the mood for a horror it would have sounded like the type of film I would enjoy. PLOT: Photographer Leon Kauffman, is struggling to make a living off his work, and so starts a persuit to find the heart of New York city, by heading ...  Read the complete review

Clive Barker is no stranger to the uncanny - his novel The Hellbound Heart was adapted into the film Hellraiser, which was a critical success. His most recent film is one of the most original horror films to come from the West in the last decade - it is macabre, moody, and atmospheric - everything a horror should be. The film revolves around a serial killer who stalks people on midnight train services, often smashing their heads in with hammers. Leon (Bradley Cooper), a photographer, heads into the subway at night to take some pictures when he encounters Mahogany (Vinnie Jones), a butcher who he comes to believe is picking off the late night passengers. So the ...  Read the complete review

Despite the presence of Brooke Shields and her formerly magnificent arse, this throwaway slasher horror is quite watchable and in spite of the silent antagonist being played Vinny Jones is actually entertaining. It is not really faithful to the original short story, but this can of course be expected from an adaptation of a Clive Barker piece. It has been dubbed "The best Clive Barker adaptation since Hellraiser," but although Hellrasier was a horror masterpiece, that really isn't saying much. Aspiring photographer Leon just can't seem to find that shot that'll make him hit the big time. Venturing into the subway with his camera one night on a whim, ...  Read the complete review