I don't know how completely predictable Midnight Meat Train would be to a viewer who has not read horror-homo Clive Barker's short story. But even though I knew the whole deal (and I'm guessing it won't take too long for most people to figure it out), I still thoroughly enjoyed this movie: it is gloriously sick.Visually the movie is pretty interesting, the acting isn't awful (except for Brooke Shields), and the plot has its moments of uncomfortable tension. But the best part of this film is the gore, which is plentiful, twisted, and inventive (hammer-fu has never been done better). And while the plot and ending may be a bit overdone and obvious, the movie still lets some bat-shit craziness go fancifully unexplained.
A definite must-see for fans of Clive Barker, total gross-out, or gore-fu.
One of my co-workers just saw this and liked it. Of course, when he told us what he'd watched, he quickly explained that it was a HORROR movie, because apparently he thought that we thought that he was watching gay porn.
ReplyDeleteAt least he watched a cool movie. The favorite movie of one of my colleagues is "The Three Amigos." I really like my co-workers, but for the most part they cavort in a pop culture cesspool.