The Midnight Meat Train (2008)

Director:

Ryûhei Kitamura

Writers (WGA):

Jeff Buhler (screenplay)
Clive Barker (short story "The Midnight Meat Train")

Release Date:

7 August 2008 (Russia)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

The most terrifying ride you'll ever take

Plot:

A New York photographer hunts down a serial killer.

Plot Keywords:

Photographer | Subway | Subway Station | Art Gallery | Serial Killer

Awards:

4 wins

Cast

Bradley Cooper	...	Leon
Leslie Bibb	...	Maya
Brooke Shields	...	Susan Hoff
Vinnie Jones	...	Mahogany
Roger Bart	...	Jurgis
Tony Curran	...	Driver
Barbara Eve Harris	...	Detective Lynn Hadley
Peter Jacobson	...	Otto
Stephanie Mace	...	Leigh Cooper
Ted Raimi	...	Randle Cooper
Nora	...	Erika Sakaki (as NorA)
Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson	...	Guardian Angel
Dan Callahan	...	Troy Taleveski
Don Smith	...	Station Cop (as Donnie Smith)
Earl Carroll	...	Jack Franks

Also Known As:

Clive Barker's Midnight Meat Train (USA) (promotional title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sequences of strong bloody gruesome violence, grisly images involving nudity, sexual content and language.

Runtime:

98 min | USA:100 min | France:85 min | USA:103 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (NO. 44086) | South Korea:18 | Singapore:R21 | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:M18 (edited for re-rating) | UK:18 | Ireland:18 | Australia:R | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | Argentina:16 | Canada:18A (Canadian Home Video rating) (director's cut) | New Zealand:R18 | Australia:MA (Cable TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Lakeshore Entertainment

Trivia:

On its official North American release to cinemas, the film opened in 102 discount theatres, also called "dollar theatres" for their very low admission prices, rather than at regular first-run cinemas with normal ticket prices, which was a factor in its poor opening weekend box-office earnings.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Leon is showing Maya the newspaper article dated December 19, 1895, a closeup of the newspaper shows a column of copy containing the words, "bikini-clad babes and tanned hunks". Putting aside the unlikelihood of that style of news-writing in 1895, the term "bikini", as regards clothing, was not coined until the mid-1940's.

Quotes:

Leon Kauffman: I just didn't imagine that you would be the kind of person to say "whoa".
Susan Hoff: I'm not. I don't. I haven't said it since high school.

Movie Connections:

References Forrest Gump (1994)

Soundtrack:

Big Black Sky

An entertaining pre Halloween movie

I've been dying to watch some new(to me anyway) horror flicks since Halloween's just around the corner, when I stumbled onto this movie. I enjoyed it. There was a satisfactory amount of tension and creepiness with a nice dollop of gore. It was a little slow in places, but the movie made up for it with some really good scenes. I found the photographer character interesting. The killer was very creepy with his dead eyed stare. This movie reminds me of the classic slasher movies. The gore isn't overwhelming, although I did say.."Oh gross!!" a few times. Even though I was suspecting the twist at the end, it was still satisfying for me. If you enjoy horror movies, you may want to give this a try.