Archive for tag: The Midnight Meat Train

DVD Tricks and Treats: Small Screen Halloween Picks

30 October, 2009 (22:27) | DVD, Horror, by Sean Axmaker | By: Sean Axmaker

Instead of the usual “best of” countdown of familiar classics, here’s a look at some of the more interesting horrors that have arrived on DVD within the last year. (Reviews originally published on seanax.com)
Direct to DVD:
The Hills Run Red (Warner) is the rare self-aware horror by an unabashed fan of the genre [...]

“The Midnight Meat Train” – The Pitiless Order in Clive Barker’s Horror Universe

11 February, 2009 (22:00) | Film Reviews, Horror, by Sean Axmaker | By: Sean Axmaker

[Published in conjunction with the blog seanax.com]
The Midnight Meat Train. What a perfectly descriptive and accurate title. The name alone should have secured this Clive Barker adaptation a theatrical release. In a youth film culture that has embraced increasingly violent and sadistic horror films, especially those that linger on acts of inhuman brutality and excruciatingly [...]