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The Midnight Meat Train
Midnight Meat Train
Credits
Title: The Midnight Meat Train
Director: Ryûhei Kitamura
Writers: Jeff Buhler
Producers: Clive Barker; Peter Block; Jason Constantine; Joe Daley; Beth DePatie; Anthony DiBlasi; Gary Lucchesi; Robert McMinn; James McQuaide; John Penotti; Eric Reid; Tom Rosenber]; David Scott Rubin; Jorge Saralegui; Fisher Stevens; Richard Wright
Composer: Johannes Kobilke; Robb Williamson
Cinematography: Jonathan Sela
Editors: Toby Yates
Production
Production company: Lakeshore Entertainment
Distributed by: Lions Gate Entertainment
Released: August 1st, 2008
Rating: R
Running time: 98 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
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Midnight Meat Treat is an American feature film of the horror genre with an emphasis on the psycho-thriller subgenre and serial killer fiction. It is based on a short story by English author Clive Barker and was directed by Ryûhei Kitamura with a script written by Jeff Buhler. It was produced by Lakeshore Entertainment and Lions Gate Entertainment and opened to limited theatrical release in the United States on August 1st, 2008. The film stars Bradley Cooper as Leon Kaufman with Leslie Bibb as Maya Jones, Brooke Shields as Susan Hoff, Roger Bart as Jurgis, Ted Raimi as Randle Cooper, and Vinnie Jones as Mahogany.

Plot[]

Cast[]

Actor Role
Bradley Cooper Leon Kaufman
Leslie Bibb Maya Jones
Brooke Shields Susan Hoff
Vinnie Jones Mahogany
Roger Bart Jurgis
Tony Curran Driver
Barbara Eve Harris Detective Lynn Hadley
Peter Jacobson Otto
Stephanie Mace Leigh Cooper
Ted Raimi Randle Cooper
NorA Erika Sakaki
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson Guardian angel
Dan Callahan Troy Taleveski
Donnie Smith Station cop
Earl Carroll Jack Franks
Allen Maldonado Lead gangbanger
Michael McCracken Father #1
Ryan McDowell Father #2
Eddie Vargas Father #3
Kelvin O'Bryant Scrawny kid #1
Jayson Sanchez Scrawny kid #2
Brian Taylor Young man

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Midnight Meat Train is based on the short story, "The Midnight Meat Train", written by Clive Barker. It is included as the second story in volume one of Barker's Books of Blood novel series.
  • The tagline for this film is "The most terrifying ride you'll ever take".
  • There are a total of twenty-two credited cast members in this film.
  • Actor Michael Shawn McCracken is credited as Michael McCracken in this film.
  • Production on Midnight Meat Train began on March 7th, 2007. Principal filming commenced on March 18th, 2007. The movie was shot in Los Angeles, California. [1]
  • The first screening for Midnight Meat Train was actually in Lithuania on May 16th, 2008.
  • Midnight Meat Train was screened at the Fantasia Film Festival in Canada on August 1st, 2008.
  • At its widest release, Midnight Meat Train was screened in 102 movie theaters. It had been in release for a total of twenty-one weeks (153 days). [2]
  • On the movie review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, Midnight Meat Train has a Tomatometer rating of 73% Fresh based on thirty-three critic reviews. It has an audience score of 50% based on more than 100,000 user ratings.
  • Midnight Meat Train has a rating of 58 out of 100 on Metacritic based on four critic reviews. It has a user score of 6.3 based on seventy-nine ratings.
  • Actor Bradley Cooper is also known as the voice of Rocket in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film series.
  • Actress Leslie Bibb is also known for playing Christine Everhart in Iron Man and Iron Man 2, as well as Grace Kennedy-Sampson in the Jupiter's Legacy streaming series.
  • Actor Ted Raimi is the younger brother of film director Sam Raimi and appears in most of Sam's film and television projects including the Evil Dead film series, Drag Me to Hell and the Ash vs Evil Dead TV show.
  • Actors Bradley Cooper and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson would go on to work together again as main characters in the 2010 adaptation of the television series The A-Team. Cooper will play Templeton "Faceman" Peck, and Jackson will play B.A. Baracus.

Recommendations[]

  • Horror Express - Alien cavemen and psycho-monks on a train!
  • Howl - Werewolves on a train!
  • Snakes on a Train - Snakes on a train! (duh)
  • Train to Busan - Zombies on a train!

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References[]

  1. IMDB; The Midnight Meat Train (2008); Filming & Production.
  2. Box Office Mojo; The Midnight Meat Train. Grosses. Original Release.
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