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Posted: Oct 09 2008 11:11 pm

Midnight Meat Train is the latest film from Clive Barker. It is based on one of his short stories, and he served as one of the producers. The film was originally slated for a theatrical release in May, but then Lionsgate pushed it back because the studio president, Joe Drake, didn't want it competing with the horror film he produced, The Strangers. In the end, Midnight Meat Train was quietly dumped into some dollar theaters in August and no one saw it.

But now, it's on FEARnet, the horror movie service that some cable providers, including Comcast, include as part of their "on demand" services. Oh yeah, and it's free to watch. How this happened is beyond, but I highly recommend it to anyone who likes horror films. It's awesome.

Joined: Jul 15 2008 Location: Spanish Harlem Posts: 280

Considering Clive Barker's gay, I thought this was something else.

Posted: Oct 10 2008 12:33 am

Yes, it is a somewhat unfortunate title.

Posted: Oct 10 2008 04:45 am

I keep seeing commercials for it, I'm tempted to watch it.

Posted: Nov 19 2008 07:42 pm

It was bloody awesome!

Sadly, a friend of mine who works at Lionsgate hated it because of the CGI. There was a film where the CGI didn't ruin it IMO. But whatever, that guy is a good example of Lionsgate's future and I wish him the best in his rise to the top.

Edit: I might be biased as I saw it with Clive Barker.

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considering clive barker is gay, this makes total sense.

Posted: Nov 19 2008 11:06 pm

FNJ wrote:

considering clive barker is gay, this makes total sense.

Mmm-hmmmmm.

Posted: Dec 18 2008 11:22 am

This movie was great, gore, plot etc. Congrats to Mr. Barker As far as the name? Sounds like a porno title Wanna ticket for the midnight meat train?