First, a little back history on this movie. Clive Barkers' Midnight Meat Train is only playing on one-hundred screens. Why you ask? Because the new studio head of Lionsgate is sabotaging any and all projects from the former studio hierarchy. Good ole' studio politics at play. They even dumped this movie into dollar theaters as to just barely fill their contractual obligations. These childish antics are sad because this movie rocks.
Midnight Meat Train will make people fear the subways as much as Jaws made people fear the water. Visionary director Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus, Alive) shines in his American directorial debut as he stuns viewers with his no holds barred terror-filled horror film bound to be talked about for many years to come. Kitamura delivers gory visceral goods with this shocking horror movie and each of them is a hard punch to the cerebral. Gore hounds will be pleased Kitamura kept the spirit of the death scenes from the short story alive, was actually able to go beyond expectations in terms of the uniqueness of the kills. Most of them are so elaborate and so visually stunning, that you will find it hard to turn away, even though you want to. The audiences are witness to decapitations, slit throats, and bashed in faces guaranteed to make you gasp in fright.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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