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 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 Midnight Meat Train had earlier featured in Bernard Roses plans for Candyman 2, marrying the story to an updating of the Jack the Ripper story. It is, in a way, a tribute to a kind of story which is very claustrophobic and very inevitable the Robert Bloch short stories, for instance and thats the kind of horror fiction which I really enjoy reading. We spent a lot of time [getting The Midnight Meat Train off the ground] independently and through other means. The movie was unceremoniously dumped into bargain theaters (see: dollar theaters) in various spots . If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. No matter, the gore factor is selling point to the genre crowd and they don't have to worry. 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 La fascination de Leon pour Mahogany va le conduire de plus en plus loin dans les mandres du mtro, au coeur mme du mal. I love the horror genre in film as well. 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. 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. Verkopen; Mijn . That's why I had a discussion with my costume designer Chris Lawrence, and with Vinnie himself. Thats the part of acting I dont like. The film starts off with a bang, as we watch a passenger awaken from his slumber on a late-night subway train. That provides Leon with some startling subject matter, to say the least, and the shutterbug continues to stalk Mahogany, despite the obvious jeopardy involved. Mahogany, also known as simply The Butcher, is the main antagonist of Books of Blood Volume 1 short storyThe Midnight Meat Train, later adapted into a 2008 horror film of the same name. Necessary Serial Killer, The ButcherThe Subway SlaughtererLeon Kaufman, Brute strengthHigh durabilityCombat skills. The Green Line runs red. He says that, having killed the butcher, Leon must take his place. I was 19, maybe 20 years old. Anyway, as far as I understand things, the butcher and the conductor feed people to these lizard zombie alien things. Leon takes matters into his own hands, entering the subway train at midnight, only to witness a shocking bloodbath, as the butcher kills several passengers, then hangs them on meat hooks. Horror fiction has rarely been viewed as an intellectually credible area of endeavour and I with one eye on Oxford and the other on Edgar Allan Poe didnt have the courage of my enthusiasms. When I was fifteen, he came to my school to deliver an informal talk on his passion for horror in the cinema and on the printed page. Mahogany, battered, fights to the death with Leon. The killer walks onto the midnight train, and turns his head to reveal that the new butcher is Leon. A passenger walks by Mahogany (Vinnie Jones) who has no idea what's about to happen to him. The second Mahogany was the name of the protagonist Leon Kaufman who was portrayed by Bradley Cooper, who also playedSack Lodgein Wedding Crashers. Shooting was moved to Los Angeles, due to the prohibitive cost of shooting in New York City. The work must be done obligatorily on the subway since it is the only connection to the Fathers' lair. I'm all for endings like in The Cube or The Mist, but this one just confused me and left me WTFing rather than left me speculating. It was always from its title onwards it was always, Okay, here we go. So I was like a kid in a candy store any time we filmed the scary bits. Detective Hadley (Barbara Eve Harris) is having none of it, though, and still gives the impression that there's nothing to be concerned about, establishing that is definitely not the case, and she knows more than she's letting on. He is crushed when, instead of giving him his big break, gallery owner Susan criticizes him for not taking enough risks. Halloween? I was the ideal candidate for this film, being a huge meat eater. The movie is an allegory for a man becoming homosexual. Horror Film Wiki Explore Main Page Discuss The Midnight Meat Train is a 2008 American horror 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. I remember the first night of shooting: I stalk him a lot in the movie and I was walking around and theres a scene where I come round the corner and he stops me and, no kidding man, he grabbed me and Im trying to act, he stops me and, first of all hes very strong and he grabs me and just looks into my eyes and I forgot I was in the scene, that we were doing a movie All I thought was, Shit, this guy is going to kill me! and they went, Great. Costume designer is Christopher Lawrence (Crank, S.W.A.T.). The train has entered an underground cavern, filled with skulls and decomposing bodies. | to satiate their hunger so they dont come up to the surface and run rampant and kill everyone..its like a sacrifice. He was portrayed by Vinnie Jones, who also playedJuggernautin hisX-Men: Last Standmovie incarnation,DrakeinEscape Plan,Danny Brickwellin ArrowTV series,Sebastian Moranin his ElementaryTV series incarnation andRommelinGarfield: A Tail of Two Kitties. This is all about ego, and though I mourn the fact that The Midnight Meat Train was never given its chance in theaters, its a beautifully stylish, scary movie, and it isnt going anywhere. Bradley Cooper, meanwhile, found himself immediately in the zone: I was excited to work with Vinnie because I was a huge fan and very frightened of him I was a fan of his from Lock, Stock and when they said he was going to be the villain, I was very excited because I love physical stuff and I knew we had a huge fight scene at the end. MahoganyThe ButcherThe Subway SlaughtererLeon Kaufman He is criticized constantly by other photographers for fleeing danger before shooting a full reel. There's an energy to the film's final 10 minutes that's unmatched in recent horror films, and Kitamura's penchant for hard-hitting action, while suitably controlled, is always just below the surface. This is all about ego, and though I mourn the fact that The Midnight Meat Train was never given its chance in theaters, it's a beautifully stylish, scary movie, and it isn't going anywhere. We ended up with this 50s kind of cool suit and super-cool bag. The Lowdown. Six years earlier, Jones played The Sphinx in Dominic Sena's remake of "Gone in Sixty Seconds," which saw him have a lengthy monologue in the film's closing moments, proving that he's never really needed to say much to get his message across. Twenty five pages later, as the Palace of Delights received Kaufmans adoration without comment, the author whom the rear cover proclaimed was rapidly establishing himself as one of todays most stunningly original masters of the horror genre had set the bar high and challenged readers with perhaps the most overtly gory tale of all that were to follow. They didnt break out to a wider audience, though, until they caught the attention of the biggest name in horror fiction of them all. 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. Mahogany was getting old and sick, as evidenced by him coughing up blood and nearly losing to Rampage Jackson's character (the black guy in the subway). 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. Second of all, it's been long since we've seen a classic slash/horror movie that lives to the definition SLASH/HORROR. 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. A concerned Maya and her friend Jurgis examine Leon's photos of Mahogany, leading them to the killer's apartment. I used to beg my folks to go to the zoo and watch the lions during their feeding time. What normal human being would just start doing that? If this is the kind of quality material that Kitamura's going to deliver in Hollywood, I hope he stays there. Rent $3.99. 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. MEAT wobbles all over the place, never settling on a consistent tone or style. [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! While taking pictures of the subway, he encounters Mahogany (Vinnie Jones, SNATCH), a vicious killer who preys on subway riders. Shooting began March 18, 2007. I never wanted to drop the ball in terms of Leons journey throughout the film. Initially, The Midnight Meat Train was set for a May 16, 2008 release but was delayed. He was one of those people who somehow managed to keep, uncannily kept up, almost intimate contact with friends everywhere, all his Yale friends knew and loved him. 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. It being a Barker creation only made it more interesting and dynamic. Like Freddie's claw, Jason's machete, whatever. I made notes when I got back to Boston. News never stops. The one thing that did make me cringe was the pierced Achilles tendons, having severed my own five years ago playing basketball., Clive saw a fully-edited together cut of the film for the first time the day before sitting on a Lionsgate panel with Vinnie Jones, Bradley Cooper, Leslie Bibb and Ryuhei Kitamura at 2007s Comic Con in San Diego and proclaimed: The three most important experiences for me as a writer of horror fiction were: my first autopsy; the first time I embalmed somebody; and the first time I went to a slaughterhouse and the slaughterhouse experience and this is thanks to Mr. Kitamura informs powerfully, incredibly powerfully, The Midnight Meat Train. The job of the Mahogany is to find 'quality' people (mostly healthy and athletic), and murder them using short range weapons on the subway lines. People will find it, and whether they find it in midnight shows or they find it on DVD, theyll find it, and in the end the Joe Drakes of the world will disappear.". The censorship that cinemagoers had to endure is impressive. Occupation By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. I started, towards the end of my 20s, to put together some stories. In the late 1990s, Mark Pavia and Jack ODonnell put together a treatment but timings worked against it being made. Leon enters the train as Mahogany has completed his nightly massacre, and has cornered a helpless Maya. A photographer's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer who stalks late night commuters, ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways.A photographer's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer who stalks late night commuters, ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways.A photographer's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer who stalks late night commuters, ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways. 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. But, Clive was great, he was very supportive the entire time.. That's it! Mahogany grins in his dying throes, speaking the single word "Welcome!". 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. He worked on three adaptations of Books of Blood stories, with The Midnight Meat Train appearing in 2008, and Book of Blood and Dread in 2009. The world premiere was on July 19, 2008 at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal, in the presence of director Ryuhei Kitamura. The conductor appears and explains to Leon that the creatures have always existed below the city, and that the butcher's job was to keep them satisfied by feeding them every night. From day one, I was determined to make a classic something that after 20 years people would want to watch. Its the energy of that, the inevitability. This is the best adaptation and Im including my own work in this this is the best adaptation of any of my short fiction that has ever been made., The films director responded about Clives films: The best adaptation? Great effort, guys. A completely empty station. Leon's involvement quickly turns into a dark obsession, upsetting his waitress girlfriend Maya, who is as disbelieving of his story as the police chief. "[12] Twitch Film said, "On most counts, The Midnight Meat Train succeeds. He wears a ring on his finger, adorned with an eight pointed star. After being held at gunpoint by Maya, she advises the Mahogany survivor (so far at least) to take the midnight train where she'll find the whereabouts of Jurgis, being careful not to specify what condition he'll be in. 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. Thus the fathers chose Leon to become the new butcher (the mark on his chest). He notices something odd about the empty train and gets up to investigate the compartments, but he stumbles and falls on his back in a pool of blood. Photographer Bradley Cooper develops an obsession with a serial killer in THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. They fight in between the swinging human fleshLeon's knives against Mahogany's meat hammerand human body parts are ripped, thrown, and used as weapons. 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