I remember when the BOOKS OF BLOOD came out. I actually read about them first in FANGO and really had to seach high and low at the time to find them but once I had them in my hand, OH MY.
Some of the most disturbing, shocking horror fiction I had ever read and one of the stories that stood out from the pack was MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN and I'm stoked to see what they do with it as an adaptation for the screen.
Tonight I was able to get my hands on the trailer for the film as well as a still from the film. The still don't really show much but it certainly sets the tone for what looks to be a claustrophobic nightmare of a film.
So, I've loaded the trailer up to our ever growing broadband section so you can CLICK HERE to head on over there and check it out.
Here is a synopsis that was sent along with the trailer:
SYNOPSIS
Next
stop…death.
When
Leon Kaufman’s (Bradley Cooper) latest body of work – a
collection of provocative, nighttime studies of the city and its
inhabitants -- earns the struggling photographer interest from
prominent art gallerist Susan Hoff (Brooke Shields), she propels him
to get grittier and show the darker side of humanity for his upcoming
debut at her downtown art space.
Believing
he’s finally on track for success, Leon’s obsessive pursuit of
dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer,
Mahogany (Vinnie Jones), the subway murderer who stalks late-night
commuters -- ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways
imaginable.
With
his concerned girlfriend Maya (Leslie Bibb) fearing for his life,
Leon’s relentless fascination with Mahogany lures him further and
further into the bowels of the subways and ultimately into an abyss
of pure evil – inadvertently pulling Maya right along with him.
The
horror thriller MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN stars Bradley Cooper (WEDDING
CRASHERS, TV’s “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,” TV’s “Desperate
Housewives”), Peter Jacobson (GOODNIGHT AND GOOD LUCK), Barbara Eve
Harris (TV’s “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 Barker’s popular, eponymous
short story from his classic Books
of Blood collection.
The screenplay was adapted by Jeff Buhler.
