Review: The Midnight Meat Train
By William Pattison
For Horror Bob’s Blog
This time I got a film adaptation of a well known Clive Barker story…
The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The photographer Leon lives with his girlfriend and waitress
Maya waiting for a chance to get in the photo business. When Maya contacts
their friend Jurgis, he schedules a meeting for Leon with the successful owner
of arts gallery Susan Hoff; she analyzes Leon's work and asks him to improve
the quality of his photos. During the night, the upset Leon decides to wander
on the streets taking pictures with his camera, and he follows three punks down
to the subway station; when the gang attacks a young woman, Leon defends her
and the guys move on. On the next morning, Leon discovers that the woman is
missing. He goes to the police station, but Detective Lynn Hadley does not give
much attention to him and discredits his statement. Leon becomes obsessed to
find what happened with the stranger and he watches the subway station. When he
sees the elegant butcher Mahogany in the train, Leon believes he might be a
murderer and stalks him everywhere, in the beginning of his journey to the
darmess…
This film is pure splatterpunk gold. It is brutal, psychologival,
tense, and loaded with plot and characterisation. This is not a film beginning
horror fans, this is for the fans that like their horror bloody,extra gory, and
just plain violent. This is Barker’s work at it’s most nasty and this director captures it
perfectly.
If you are a Barker fan this is the adaptation for you.
Keep on Creepin’ , Horror Bob’s Blog…
