. Twitch Film said, "On most counts, The Midnight Meat Train succeeds. Leon heads to the hidden subway entrance in the slaughterhouse, arming himself with several slaughterhouse knives, and wearing a butcher's apron. We spent a lot of time [getting The Midnight Meat Train off the ground] independently and through other means. I read the Books of Blood in high school and Ive always loved the story of The Midnight Meat Train, so it was an honour for me to be able to give it a shot. They didnt break out to a wider audience, though, until they caught the attention of the biggest name in horror fiction of them all. i think to take away his will. When Hadley presses Maya to return the timetables, she demands answers. 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. The reason for this procedure is for the bodies to be used as food for a race of monstrous beings that hide below the surface ofNew York City, theCity Fathers, who manipulate the whole country fromthe shadows. I had this massive plan in my head. It's a graphic display of showing just what levels Leon has been degraded to. The killer walks onto the midnight train and reveals himself as Leon. Why does Leon not murder the conductor? Much like Clive Barker's other beloved adapted tale, "Candyman," this is another urban legend being brought to the surface (by a photographer, no less) and ignored by the powers that be. Writing in May 1983, he issued an eloquent but heartfelt warning to curious readers: and, with particular emphasis on one story, he noted. 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. Much like Clive Barker's other beloved adapted tale. It has been a long time since a major horror film has been given such loving treatment by its director. Inspired perhaps by having signed the contract for Demons by Daylight, I ended with a rallying call: Horror is all we have not yet come to terms with.. At the same time, this would be, 1971, something like that, there was some kind of slasher guy going around the trains. 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. Winkelen op rubriek. And don't forget that he was already obsessed with Mahogany's work before that whole underground monster deal. But that Mahogany never got to shave weird skin growths off of her chest and save them in canning jars, or seized the opportunity to flay and filet subway riders; those pleasures are reserved for the man known as Mahogany in THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN. because his reason for living is essentially gone, and his new purpose is now to take the butchers place and keep the forces of evil at bay for all of the world. Kitamura has fashioned a film that is relentlessly gloomy and intensely violent both physically and emotionally. I never wanted to drop the ball in terms of Leons journey throughout the film. Like Barker's other iconic villain with a hook for a hand, this one is another misunderstood monster, who in this case, was a necessary evil. Intrigued, he investigates reports of similar disappearances. Based on the short story from Barker's 1984 novella "Books of Blood," the film saw Cooper as Leon, a struggling photographer who, to win a big deal with an art exhibitionist (Brooke Shields), wanders the dark nights of New York to get the winning pictures. From day one, I was determined to make a classic something that after 20 years people would want to watch. Third, the style is beautiful, dark atmosphere, quite dialog, gothic colours. Saw? I love the original story and admire Clive Barker and I said to them, I would love to do this, but I cannot believe the script is going to be any good. Obviously, he argued, the reputation doesnt bear out on a reading of the books. [16], Official: Midnight Meat Train Knocked Out of May, March 25, 2008, 'Midnight Meat Train': Lionsgate Nearly Butchers Its Own Horror Film, Ubisoft Presents Fantasia 2008 | Films + Schedule|Midnight Meat Train, "BD Horror News - A Letter From the Editor RE: 'Meat Train', Help Save Horror! He is criticized constantly by other photographers for fleeing danger before shooting a full reel. 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. A battle breaks out between Mahogany and Leon that sees them fight tooth, nail, and severed limb to survive. Alias 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. Anyway, as far as I understand things, the butcher and the conductor feed people to these lizard zombie alien things. I think he deserves to have it seen by the largest audience possible. La fascination de Leon pour Mahogany va le conduire de plus en plus loin dans les mandres du mtro, au coeur mme du mal. The "official" soundtrack from Lakeshore Records (only containing two remixes of the separately available actual film score) was produced and remixed by Justin Lassen and includes the bands and artists Iconcrash, Breaking The Jar, Blind Divine, Manakin Moon, Three Dot Revelation, Apocalyptica, Slvtn, Alu, Robert Williamson, Johannes Kobilke, Second Coming, Illusion of Order, Jason Hayes, Gerard K Marino, Penetrator, and Digital Dirt Heads. Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your California Privacy Rights (User Agreement updated 1/1/21. 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. Leon, unaware of Maya's involvement, finally decides to put an end to the butcher's crimes. With Maya unconscious, Leon stabs his enemy in the neck with one of the many, many bones available, leaving the man-monster to smile with a mouthful of blood. Halloween? "The next time you find yourself at the heart of the city, stay put, be brave, keep shooting," Susan advised, and Leon is apparently a man who'll stop at nothing to please a potential patron. A concerned Maya and her friend Jurgis examine Leon's photos of Mahogany, leading them to the killer's apartment. The Midnight Meat Train, is so ridiculous, its the King of all horror movies Look, you see me, right, and I get two passengers on the train, I hook them up and I skin them you actually see me skinning them, pulling the skins off of human beings. The difference here, of course, is that Hadley is fully aware of the activities. Hi. At the time he had just done some childrens books that he had just set up at Disney, and he thought it might taint that situation a little. Im like Dont get too much blood on me! Ryuhei has been great, the man speaks good English its harder to understand Bradley Cooper!, From day one, says Ryuhei, I've told Clive we have to create a new icon of horror heroes, cause there is none right? I like to be excited. Horror. The Midnight Meat Train - A Detailed Synopsis. The attempted rape scene in the staircase is also entirely cut (so is the clue with the ring, or the model's murder)Brooke Shield's character also never appears and Leon's motivations are not about fame and money but more about morbid voyeurism.The theatrical version is more dreamlike and confused, as it is mainly focused on Cooper's character and writes off secondary characters 30 minutes in, and is more focused on Leon descending into madness and ultimately hell. I don't see how something as weak as them could wipe out the human race, to be honest. It was the first time I had adapted someone elses material and he was very gracious in letting me take some liberties with the characters, as long as I remained true to the spirit and the tone of the original short story. She goes to the police but finds Hadley still skeptical. The true purpose of the abandoned station is revealed, as reptilian creatures enter the car and consume the bodies of the murdered passengers. With these words, the true purpose of the underground station is revealed, as horrible reptilian creatures enter the car, consuming the meat. Boston was amazing But I wanted to see New York. Mahogany's job dates to over a hundred years ago (the oldest one dating to 1895), and has been an inspiration for several urban legends, including The Butcher, an enigmatic and brutal serial killer who was never caught. Leon attempts to turn some of the photos he has taken of Mahogany in to the police, but they refuse to believe him, and instead cast suspicion on his own motives in photographing the victims. His investigation leads him to a butcher named Mahogany, whom he suspects has been killing subway passengers for the past three years. The FAQ items below may give away important plot points. 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. Sure, theres Midnight Meat Train and Rawhead Rex, but theres a lot of stuff thats less excessive in terms of the gross-out. In the Japanese director's first English-language film, he has taken his visual genius from Alive and Versus and translated it into an action-packed blood fest. References:Movie File by Shawn Adler and Larry Carroll, MTV.com, 28 March 2007Barkers Midnight Meat Train On Track by Dave Alexander, Rue Morgue, No 47, July 2005Bernard Rose talks Candyman 4, www.horror-movies.ca/horror_4396.htmlNight Train To Terror, SFX, No 158, July 2007A Little Bit Of Hamlet A Conversation between Clive Barker and Dennis Etchison, UCLA Extension Writers Program, 25 February 1987Jump Tribe Panel, San Diego Comic Con, 14 July 2005Ramsey Campbell : An Appreciation, Essay by Clive Barker, 1986 World Fantasy Convention ProgrammeSpeech by Clive Barker in Tribute to Stephen KingWeaving Words with Clive Barker by Leigh Blackmore, Terror Australis, No 1, Autumn 1988Clive Barker Speaks Out About The Mistreatment Of Midnight Meat Train by Tom Blunt, AMC, 24 June 2008Introduction by Ramsey Campbell, Books of Blood I, Sphere Books, 5 May 1983The Barker in Darkness by Ramsey Campbell, Scream Press BOBWeaver of Wonders by Ramsey Campbell, Shadows in Eden, 1987The Crazy Train by Sean Decker, Fangoria, No 275, August 2008Bloodletting by Elijah Drenner for The Horror Channel, September 05, 2006Clive Barker by Nigel Floyd, Samhain, No 4, July 1987Jeff Buhler Gets Crazy With Insanitarium by Brian Gallagher, Movieweb, 16 July 2008The Cannibal Express by James Grainger, Rue Morgue, No 81, August 2008Production Report: "Midnight Meat Train" by Jason Guerrasio, indieWIRE, 1 May 2007Its Only When He Talks About Hollywood That The Evil Comes Out by Paula Guran, The Spook, Issue 6, January 2002Clive Barker by Nick Hasted, Creature, No 4, 1985The Author of Blood by David Howe, Starburst Winter Special, 1987/88Bradley Cooper Talks About His Role In Midnight Meat Train by Rizal Johan, The Star, 5 August 2008Interview with Clive Barker by Johanna Juntunen for Book of Blood DVD featuretteJones Rides the Meat Train by Patrick Lee, Sci-Fi Wire, 20 March 2007Lionsgate ComicCon Panel, 26 July 2007JoBlo Visits The Set Of The Hangover by Johnny Moreno, JoBlo.com, 1 May 2009Jones Spills Mucho Blood in Meat Train by Ryan Rotten, Shock Till You Drop.com, 20 April 2007The Midnight Meat Train Trilogy by Ryan Rotten, Shock Till You Drop, 13 February 2009Meet Horrors Heir Apparent by Matt Roush, USA Today, 22 August 1986In Anticipation Of The Deluge: A Moment At The Rivers Edge by Phil and Sarah Stokes, 1 and 12 July 2004Interview with Clive Barker by Phil and Sarah Stokes, 26 March 2004Gore Aboard The Midnight Meat Train by Ryan Turek, Fangoria, No 273, May 2008Horror In Training by Ryan Turek, Fangoria, No 268, November 2007Interview with Clive Barker by James Whittington, Horror Channel (zonehorror), 8 March 2009A Meaty, Bloody Film by Kevin Williamson, Sunn Media, 1 October 2008Clive Barker's Midnight Meat Train - Exclusive From The Set by Staci Layne Wilson, Horror.com, 5 September 2007Talking Terror with Clive Barker by Douglas E. Winter, The Twilight Zone, June 1987, Phil & Sarah Stokes, The Clive Barker Archive LLP. And that was actually the first one I wrote Those early stories were just me mapping out my own primal instincts about what the writing of horror fiction was really about. 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. The film follows a photographer who attempts to track down a serial killer dubbed the "Subway Butcher. 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. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. ", Cinematical called the film "easily the best Clive Barker adaptation since the first Hellraiser film," saying that "screenwriter Jeff Buhler manages to maintain the sly sense of dread that permeates the best of Barker's horror tales." 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. The director of photography is Jonathan Sela (2006s The Omen). They're weakened and need human flesh to live, and the leaders of modern society need them to live, thus their agreement to deliver them human flesh every night. Me! DVD and Blu-ray releases followed on 14 July. The talk was called, I believe, Why Horror? The question needed no answer as far as I was concerned (except possibly: Why Not?). He wasnt doing anything like the things that were happening in The Midnight Meat Train. But he was getting a little bit of press. Thus the fathers chose Leon to become the new butcher (the mark on his chest). The long, arduous and often troubled, but ultimately celebrated, journey from Clives writing desk in 1981 to the big screen in 2008 is captured in the pages of this excellently conceived book. i think the conductor says they were on earth before even humans.. Why do the butcher and conductor feed them human corpses? HD. He's determined to impress snobby gallery owner Susan Hoff (Brooke Shields), who once dismissed Leon's work as "arresting yet empty.". Clive claims that he was bespectacled and overweight, but I remember him as he is now, wiry and bright-eyed and impatient to be astonished.Readers of the first Books of Blood who pressed on after Ramseys two page introduction, found that its author first offered The Book of Blood itself, a set-up story to explain the wide array of styles, genres and voices in the tales that were to follow, setting them as stories written on the body of Simon McNeal. After breaking in, Jurgis is captured, though Maya escapes with timetables that record over a hundred years of murders on the subway. Unknown It seems to make sense, thought it was just a result of being the executioner of monsters, perhaps a kind of disease from them. Interestingly, this was the second notable character in Jones' career that had remained silent for most of the film until its closing act. 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. I like endings like this but this was just too ambiguous and 'hurr durr we can't think of a good way to explain this character's reactions to these events'. the attempted rape scene in the staircase is also entirely cut (so is the clue with the ring, or the model's murder)brooke shield's character also never appears and leon's motivations are not about fame and money but more about morbid voyeurism.the theatrical version is more dreamlike and confused, as it is mainly focused on cooper's character are better than this movie. I think that the kind of fiction that I write is very much about the way that lots of different types of people deal with the invasion of the monstrous or the supernatural in their lives and I dont want them all to deal with it in the same way. Leon heads to a hidden subway entrance in the slaughterhouse, arming himself with several knives. I used to salivate watching the big chunks of red meat tossed out to them. He said they lived long before humans, so why do they need to eat humans? Freddie Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Pinhead, and that's it! He doesn't kill her at the end. But he had friends everywhere. He is somewhat of a depraved sadist who likes to mock his victims if he finds them alive, and seems to be quite xenophobic as he had some kind of grudge against the Jews. Leon Kauffman: I've got a train to catch. It was a long time ago but I knew I wanted to get off an old Greyhound bus at Port Authority, which is what we did Bill had lots of business in New York and I was on my own, which was wonderful. Everything Everywhere All At Once Takes Best Picture At Official Poster for 'INSIDE' Starring Willem Dafoe. He was quick, though, to defend the accusation that he was only interested in a single genre or of evoking a single type of reaction from readers. I went to his house and acted out the scene and explained everything and after ten minutes he said, I like it, you solved all the problems. I'm a fan so I know I'd be upset if someone messed up his great book, but I'm trying to make something better otherwise I wouldn't have come all the way from Japan to do this.. Were on the train and I have to keep throwing it in there. For me it was completely a turning point because suddenly this seemed within reach Ramseys presence in the world validated the possibility that I might try it., Ramsey himself recalled the school visit when introducing a later edition of the Books of Blood, saying, I cant now recall much of what I rather clumsily said, but I remember the delight of the sixteen-year-olds when I pointed out that one might take Machens White Powder to deal with venereal disease, and the dismayed retreat of some members of the teaching staff when I played Zappas parody of Schoenberg from Absolutely Free. The "official" soundtrack from Lakeshore Records (only containing two remixes of the separately available actual film score) was produced and remixed by Justin Lassen and includes the bands and artists Iconcrash, Breaking The Jar, Blind Divine, Manakin Moon, Three Dot Revelation, Apocalyptica, Slvtn, Alu, Robert Williamson, Johannes Kobilke, Second Coming, Illusion of Order, Jason Hayes, Gerard K Marino, Penetrator, and Digital Dirt Heads. 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. Rent $3.99. Meat packaging plant butcherSerial killerMahogany The Midnight Meat Train is based on a 1984 short story by English horror writer Clive Barker. Leon is a vegan amateur photographer who wants to find unique spots of the NYC landscape to shoot, and at the advice of his contractor heads into the city's subway system at night. [4] Shooting began March 18, 2007. In film, though, horror was very much the order of the day Hellraiser and its sequels made his reputation, Nightbreeds siding with the monsters confused a studio but found a huge audience that demands a forthcoming directors cut fully twenty five years later and Lord of Illusions is an underrated treatise on magic and illusion. It's visually engrossing, the acting and story are (mostly) solid and it has a great lead villain in Vinnie Jones. Mahogany And Leon Fight In The Pit Of Bones | The Midnight Meat Train The Dollar Theater 571K subscribers Subscribe 17 Share 2.6K views 6 months ago Leon and Mahogany fight brutally in a. This is Thesecret1070. 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. He boards the train as Mahogany completes his nightly massacre and corners Maya. 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. In an inversion of Roses transplantation of the Liverpool-based story, The Forbidden, to Chicago for Candyman, here he swapped the subways of New York for the London Underground and Leon Kaufman became police constable Kathy Blake. To me the answer is:Vegans,vegans would love this..Even the main character Leon is a vegan. key biscayne triathlon 2022 Unfortunately too many producers, directors and writers just want to do it the easy way. Occupation Thats important to me, because Im not the kind of writer who fades to black, just as the tentacle thing shambles out of the darkness. I think the main character would make it. The scariest thing about the film isn't its source material -- a Clive Barker short story -- or the copious amounts of gore regularly spewed across the screen. Midnight Meat Train: Mahogany's Tale: With Vinnie Jones. Read our extensive list of rules for more information on other types of posts like fan-art and self-promotion, or message the moderators if you have any questions. The conductor brings Leon's attention to Maya, who has been knocked unconscious and is lying on a pile of bones. Whatever ideas MEAT has about the sordid side of human nature are finally washed away in a flood of impossible-to-explain plot developments that would seem to indicate the filmmakers were frantically throwing in a little of everything in a futile attempt to please that battalion of producers. Sans le vouloir, il va entraner Maya, sa petite amie . Speaking of mysterious murders, Mahogany comes home just as he has strangers in his apartment, leading him to maim Jurgis and leaving Maya to flee the scene. 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. But so far he's fucking scary, yeah, and visually he's great. Crimes The movie is about a eleite secret society that uses serial killers to sacrafice people to there reptilian overlords underground. He lived in Boston and he worked, at that time, for The Boston Globe. Its the energy of that, the inevitability. battle of omdurman order of battle. The Midnight Meat Train (2008) - Filming & Production - IMDb The Midnight Meat Train (2008) Filming & Production Showing all 12 items Jump to: Filming Locations (10) Filming Dates (1) Production Dates (1) Filming Locations Edit Metro Station - 7th & Flower Streets, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA 9 of 9 found this interesting His book version, however, seems to take much pride in his job, as he felt that he was 'chosen' by those above him, and felt some kind of disappointment knowing that he should live as a normal person without having the recognition he thinks he deserves. ", MTV - Clive Barker Blasts Lionsgate Chief Over Midnight Meat Train, Clive Barker's Nightbreed: The Interactive Movie, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Midnight_Meat_Train&oldid=1119700924, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 2 November 2022, at 23:39. Eventually, Leon gets the upper hand, throwing Mahogany from the train before it reaches its last stop, ensuring that he'll definitely be back for one final scare. It's visually engrossing, the acting and story are mostly solid, and it has a great lead villain in Vinnie Jones. He dispatches his prey wordlessly, and with an unnatural strength. If this is the kind of quality material that Kitamura's going to deliver in Hollywood, I hope he stays there. Clive Barker, its author, had arrived. The world premiere was on July 19, 2008 at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal, in the presence of director Ryuhei Kitamura. - midnight meat train barnacles There is a scene in the train of flesh midnight, when the murderer cut his chest bumps barnacles in the mirror and then submit them in pots in your kit. Soon, his terror becomes a twisted dose of obsession to learn more about the mysterious "Subway Butcher," one that leads Leon down a track he can never come back from. Bloody Disgusting said that "Clive Barker fans will rejoice in what director Ryuhei Kitamura has given them. Ryuhei then came recommended., The first time I met him, says Jeff, I knew we were kind of like-minded people. In "The Midnight Meat Train," Kaufman's a real marginal, a disenfranchised accountant whose life doesn't mean anything until he realises that there are greater forces at work than he had ever thought. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. 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