DVD The Midnight Meat Train (2008)

DVD The Midnight Meat Train (2008)

So you want a plot!!!! Okay. Here is one. And it is grizzly. Can you say Horror.

This is based on a short story by Clive Barker.

And it stars:

Brooke Shields,
Ted Raimi,
Roger Bart,
Peter Jacobson,
Vinnie Jones

And it is directed by Japanese cult cinema prodigy Ryuhei Kitamura.

And the plot:

Leon, a photographer on the verge of success with a beautiful girlfriend. One night he happens upon a dizzying beauty being assailed by a group of thugs in the subway. After bravely confronting the gang and using his head to escape harm while getting some outstandingly menacing photos in the process, he watches the girl get onto the late night train. She is never seen again. The girl turns out to be a popular model, and when her disappearance is noted by the paper, Leon becomes obsessed with the case. Turns out folks have been disappearing along that route since at least the 1800's. What follows is a riveting mystery with plenty of violence, a classic villain, and a twist that is genius even if the foreshadowing for it comes on too strong and gives it away.