Tuesday, June 17, 2008
By: MrDisgusting
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We reported back in May that Lionsgate was planning on dumping the Clive Barker adaptation The Midnight Meat Train (review) in very limited theaters on August 1. Barker chatted with website Revelations about the release plans and hopes horror fans can make a difference. "I would passionately encourage everybody who cares about my work to use this chance to change the minds of the folks at Lionsgate," he continues. "This is exciting! I really think, this late in the day, that grassroots support for our movie could significantly improve our chances of reaching a much bigger audience theatrically. The picture is worth the effort, I believe." Click the title above for loads of pictures, the trailer and more.
SpookyDan writes on his blog:
OPEN LETTER TO ALL HORROR FANS:
WE NEED TO START A VIRAL CAMPAIGN TO GET THIS MOVIE A WIDER RELEASE!!!
A very reliable SOURCE from within Lionsgate has told me that the decision to dump Midnight Meat Train in as few as 100 screens and then rush the film to DVD is based purely on INTERNAL POLITICS.
Something along the lines of: the new head honcho does not like the old head honcho so he is deliberately dumping all of his films out of spite and malice.
But there is HOPE. The only thing that overrides backstabbing politics in Hollywood is PURE GREED. It is clearly not healthy for investor relations to dump a movie that has a vocal and dedicated audience. Midnight Meat Train represents the kind of horror film that audiences have been dying for!!!
There is growing internal pressure within the company for a wider release of this film and PUBLIC FAN PRESSURE may help to push this decision over the edge.
If you wish to see MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN in all its big screen glory at a THEATER near you, please do the following:
Cut and paste the message at the bottom of this post and e-mail it to:
1) investor relations at Lionsgate: keasterling@lionsgate.com
2) Lionsgate: general-inquiries@lionsgate.com
3) call Lionsgate at (310) 449-9200 and express your desire to see MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN get the release it deserves.
BE POLITE AND PROFESSIONAL! We do not want to piss them off, just want them to know how many fans out there would like to shell out their hard earned cash to see the most groundbreaking horror film of the past ten years in a real movie theater!
4) SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!
WE HAVE WAITED TOO LONG FOR THIS MOVIE TO LET IT GO STRAIGHT TO DVD!!!
Post this message everywhere, send it to your horror friends and spread the word! We need to act FAST to have an effect!!!
And LONG LIVE THE MEAT!!
HERE'S A SAMPLE MESSAGE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE (or feel free to compose your own):
Dear Lionsgate,
As a long time Clive Barker fan, I am writing you to express my strong desire to see "The Midnight Meat Train" on the big screen.
Rumors are currently circulating that the film will only be released on a limited basis and I am very concerned that I will miss my opportunity to see the most highly anticipated Clive Barker film in over a decade in all of its big screen glory!
There are millions of horror fans like myself who have been disappointed by the recent trend towards watered down PG-13 horror movies. Clive's work represents a return to serious, thought provoking horror movies and with Ryuhei Kitamura at the helm, I am even more excited to experience this collaboration as it was intended: in a packed theater with hundreds of other horror fans like myself!
I urge you to please give this film the release it deserves!
Many thanks,
YOUR NAME
Read 14 User Comments
it's ridiculous Lionsgate is fucking over MMT. Clive shouldn't have to be out there gathering up support for the film. he deserves better than that. he's one of THE nicest people in the business i've EVER met. i'll be seeing the movie (IF it comes to a theater near me) & i'll buy the DVD to show my support for Clive. |
It incredible that THIS is the treatment Clive is getting for his return to film. His adaptions have been some of the best horror in the last 2 decades. This is bullshit. |
Lionsgate had really been dropping the ball lately. |
Posted in my alma mater's LJ community and on MySpace, as well as sent out an email.
As a fan of trains, horror flicks, Leslie Bibb, AND Clive Barker this is the perfect film for me. We can't let Lionsgate mess this one up! |
This would be a real crime not to have this go big screen. Typical hollywood though... ("We can't give it a big release! The pg-13 tweens will freakout!!!) |
I am getting so sick of Lionsgate. They wouldn't even be where they are if it wasn't for horror...This is how they show their "thanks" to one of the greatest minds to ever grace the genre? |
lionsgate bites. lol at korollocke. ill def. be sending a email and prob. on myspace. who cares if the stupid tweens cant see it. been waiting for awhile to see a good horror this year in theatres. (didnt see the hapening or the strangers yet). i hope lionsgate listens to us fans. |
yea totally i hope so too, i would love to see midnight meat train in theatres it looks like a really good movie that and i love clive barker he is an awesome director, and writer |
Lionsgate should AT LEAST advertise this on TV for a week or so. All they would need to say is... "From the creator of Hellraiser and Candyman, the Master of Horror, Clive Barker, returns to resculpt the face of horror with his newest masterpiece: The Midnight Meat Train." THAT will put some asses in seats. |
Fuck those nerds at Lionsgate. I sent the email. |
I feel if they are going to do this out of spite for such a respected men of horror, and come Aug. 1st and no wide release...I say we boycott Saw 5! let them know who has the real power.
LONG LIVE THE MEAT!
myspace.com/longlivethemeat
join the fight! |
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