Just came back to my hotel from the Midnight Meat Train session at Comic Con. If Clive Barker is to be believed, and if what I saw on my set visit a while back is any indication… AND… if the world premiere of the new trailer wasn’t just an illusion, this is going to be one hell of a fun, horrifying movie. This evening, a panel consisting of original short story writer Clive Barker, Director Ryuhei Kitamura and cast members Bradley Cooper, Vinnie Jones and Leslie Bibb took to the stage to discuss the new movie.
First of all the trailer was fantastic. Eerie, bloody, and there is enough of it there to give you a solid sense of what the film is. It starts by showing us Bradley’s character, who is a photographer in New York city (I think it’s New YorK anyway. Admonished by his publisher to take more risks and to REALLY get shots of the true city, he happens upon a woman’s murder in the subway at the hands of Vinnie Jones’ character (known as Mahogany).
Bradley becomes obsessed with Mahogany and begins to follow him to discover what he’s doing. Clearly, horror ensues.
Clive Barker paid the ultimate compliment to Kitamura by saying this film is the single greatest adaptation of his short stories to date (including those he’s directed himself). See the video here:
The funniest part of the session though was easily when the moderator asked Clive how he came up with the title for “Midnight Meat Train”. His answer is CLASSIC! Watch it here:
From what I understand, Midnight Meat Train won’t be hitting theaters until sometime in 2008, so we still have quite a wait in front of us… but keep this movie in the back of your mind. I really do think there is potential here for the name “Mahogany” to become one of the classic horror names and characters. Let’s see how it actually works out.
