If you’re like me, the whole month of October is pretty much Halloween. I love the holiday and start celebrating it on October 1st by beginning to watch mass amounts of scary movies. So, in order to help you plan your Halloween viewing parties, here is a list of my top 5 Horror Blu Ray/DVD releases of 2009. I’ll even include Netflix links so you can easily add them to your list.
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.
Midnight Meat Train is directed by critically acclaimed Japanese director Ryûhei Kitamura (Versus, Azumi) in his American debut, and based on legendary horror writer Clive Barker’s popular, eponymous short story from his classic Books of Blood collection. The screenplay was adapted by Jeff Buhler. (Trailer Addict)
Review:
Clive Barker is one of the few Horror Genre storytellers that genuinly creeps me out. As a director he’s responsible for some genuine creep-fests (Hellraiser,Lord of Illusions) that are extremely creepy and visually stunning. As a writer, I haven’t given Clive Barker a chance. All I know whenever his work is adapted, it’s been hit or miss (Candyman).
