Horror express based on a novella from Clive Barker’s ‘Books of Blood’. Struggling photographer Leon Kauffman wants to capture the dark heart of New York City for an art gallery exhibition. Desperate for inspiration he snaps a subway mugging that puts him on the trail of a serial killer butchering victims on late night trains. But the police don’t believe him and become suspicious of his stalkerazzi methods. Determined to prove his innocence he continues to track the silent stranger on the train. And in the bowels of the Big Apple rail network he unearths a shattering sick and twisted secret Bolstered by director Ryuhei (Versus) Kitamura’s superb direction - full of Dario Argento-style crisply shot composition and stunning Brian de Palma-type camera choreography - The Midnight Meat Train is a profoundly disturbing, viscerally mesmerizing, ultra-gory, white-knuckle thrill ride that terrifies to the end of the line. Mind the doors!
Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura. Starring Bradley Cooper – Leon Kauffman, Mahogany – Vinnie JonesLeslie Bibb – Maya , Brooke Shields – Susan Hoff and Roger Bart – Jurgis. USA 2008, 98 minutes. UK distributor Lionsgate. Web site