Clive Barkers Ridin' The Meat Train!

Let met start off by saying happy international zombie day! ok, so i just finished reading the article in the latest fangoria magazine about the upcoming movie, the midnight meat train. only recently did i find out that clive barker actually had his hands on this project all the way through; i was under the assumption his only role was writing the story in his books of blood anthology back in 1984. japanese director ryuhei kitamra is the main man in this film but had clive barker as his right hand man and advisor for pretty much the whole filming process. you can almost tell there is a j-horror influence on this film while watching the trailer; the blood and guts of america, and the stylized beauty of japan. oh and there is plenty of blood and gut, and sexual themes, and nudity, and terrible language and everything else i think of when good old clive barker is involved with something. in fact, there is so much the MPAA wasn't able to give the film an R rating. leave it to lions gate to pick up a film that no one else will touch (devils rejects ring a bell). this whole not being able to rate the film thing really does worry me, as of now, i've read quite a few different release dates, some as early as last week, some as late as mid august, hopefully this doesn't turn into a straight to dvd movie. probably the most exciting thing about this film is the fact that they didn't mess up their casting. when ever my imagination put face to character i have always thought vinnie jones would make the perfect mr. mahogany, the main antagonist who specializes in the butcher and processing of the human body. as i picked up my new copy of fangoria i saw the cover picture, vinnie jones in a suit, holding a bloody meat tenderizing mallet. JOY! i'm quite stocked for this film indeed and will count down... or... up? to its eventual release date. cheers!