I recently saw THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN trailer and I was intrigued. The fact that it comes from the mind of Clive Barker (which also brought us HELLRAISER) alone will have me checking this one out.
In case you don’t know what it is, the lengthly synopsis reads: 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.
That synopsis has me down even more! Last week Ammon pointed you towards a new trailer for the flick, and today there’s a new still via STYD. It features Vinnie Jones in his ‘I’m-coming-to-kill-you’ mode. I know what your asking yourself… isn’t Vinnie Jones always in his I’m-going-to-kill-you mode? Well yes. Yes he is. Just click that psychotic bastard above to check out the full picture in all of it’s bloody glory.
THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN is written by Jeff Buhler off the short story by Clive Barker. It’s directed by Ryuhei Kitamura and stars Bradley Cooper, Vinnie Jones, Brooke Shields, and Leslie Bibb (below).
We’ll keep you updated on any other MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN news. The flick is set to hit theaters May 16.