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Midnight Meat Train direct to DVD :(

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The adaptation of Clive Barker’s Midnight Meat Train was shaping up to be a good old fashion slasher flick with the intimdating Vinnie Jones splattering the dyed corn syrup all over subway cars. But news comes down the pipe today that if you wanted to catch this film, you will be waiting in line at Blockbuster, not at the theater.

HorrorMovies.ca says:LionsGate / Maple Pictures emailed me last night to let me know that Midnight Meat Train will not get a theatrical release. It will be going straight to DVD despite all the fan buzz and hype for its release. This is despite earlier reports that it would be in theatres this May. Japanese director Ryuhei Kitamura makes his North American debut with Meat Train, Kitamura’s previous credits include Versus, Godzilla Final Wars, & Azumi.

For one, I'm surprised at this.

The trailer was really cool . . . is this movie that bad to go straight to dvd?

I had high hopes for this.

Here's a link if you haven't seen the tailer yet.

http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/09/26/must-watch-clive-barkers-midnight-meat-train-trailer

Not surprised at this at all. It was rumored that they were going to remove the "Meat" from the title, leaving it "Midnight Train." Hell, if certain people are going to bitch about the title, then that is usually a gn of things to come. Let's see now, WB dumps "Trick R Treat." "The Poughkeepe Tapes" keeps getting pushed back. "The Strangers", which was suppose to be released back in late 07', never happened. Luckily, it's being released May 30. The Horror genre has been getting kicked around like a tomato can the last few years.

Not surprised at this at all. It was rumored that they were going to remove the "Meat" from the title, leaving it "Midnight Train." Hell, if certain people are going to bitch about the title, then that is usually a gn of things to come. Let's see now, WB dumps "Trick R Treat." "The Poughkeepe Tapes" keeps getting pushed back. "The Strangers", which was suppose to be released back in late 07', never happened. Luckily, it's being released May 30. The Horror genre has been getting kicked around like a tomato can the last few years.

Damnit. It seems like no one cares about the movies I... care about.

The Horror genre has been getting kicked around like a tomato can the last few years.

I couldn't agree more.

April 15, look for "INDE" from Dimenon Extreme on DVD. Then on May 13, "FRONTIERS". Both of which are French films(which mean subtitles), but both have had nothing but rave reveiws.