I don´t really understand why Lionsgate is doing this to its film; since I saw the first trailer I´m amazed and I´m really looking foward to ir. Sadly, I live in Argentina and if this problem with the limited release happens in USA, "Midnight Meat Train" is going straight to DVD here in my country. Too bad!

I can confirm that it's opening at dollar theatres...and only dollar theatres in my area (NE). When I did an area search on Fandango, only one theatre came up. I was confused and thought it had to be a typo, but it's not. A run down, rickety theatre that almost no one goes to is the only theatre for miles that is showing it. Very, very odd.

BLOODY FUCKING HELL.

i'm "lucky"(if you can call it that!LOL), MMT is coming here to Seattle at (guess), our $2.00 cinema!! WTF!! Clive Barker (and the folks who made this movie!) deserve RESPECT, Lionsgate!!! as much as i'm excited to be going on Friday to see it, i'm saddened by the horrid treatment the this movie/Clive have received from LG.

Since everyone is so concerned about how much money a film makes, I should remind you that you are not limited to paying the price advertised. Most theaters, even the dollar ones, will gladly accept more. So, feel free to fork over $100 a ticket if it makes you feel better. How dare they actually give the public a bargain! Flog them!

They're not giving the public a bargain... if they were doing it FOR the fans, then it would be pretty awesome, but there's a business purpose behind it that helps Lionsgate profit at the filmmakers expense. I might have discovered what is going on, trying to see if I can firm up everything before reporting. This is CRAZY.

It's not even playing all the dollar theaters... we have plenty of 2nd run theaters in LA, but the only place it's playing is in Norwalk, which is like an hours' drive east.

sounds like a tax write off or an excuse to say horror doesn't make any money so they can drop it all together and produce emo porn.

Its playing at the 1$ movies on Friday here in Arizona also, Definitely gonna see it, I'm not gonna complain as I'm tight on money right now.

Why doesn't live Barker just sue Lionsgate and sell teh rights to teh film to a different dsitributor?! I would they raped his contract!

What a strange move. I'm not sure how the theater business works in terms of getting a film played in a particular place, but it seems like a bad business decision to dump it into discount theaters upon release. At least, on the upside, maybe this will encourage people to check it out since they don't have to pay 75 dollars a ticket.

DOLLAR THEATER? i aint seen one of them since 1987!

MrDisgusting, THANK YOU very much for looking in to this travesty! this is just not right what LG is doing here.

This is fucking bullshit with a capitol B. The local theater ?I/ attend here in Brooklyn, NY, had a poster for this film and I was all geeked to see it. 2 weeks ago when I went to see The Dark Knight, the poster was gone and they told me at the box office that the movie was pulled at the last minute. Does anyone know if anyplace in NY City is getting this? I swear it seems like horror has been nil at the box office this year.

WHAT OMG that is retarted ive been waiting for this movie for like over a year. Now its not even going to come to our theater well i dont know if it would have come to our theater (a Galaxy theater in our small and crappy mall in St.Thomas Ontario). Are there even dollar theaters, i have never heard of those. And this movie looks like it could bring in some big bucks to. I mean Vinnie Jones, Bradley Cooper, and Brooke Shields. COME ON

Its my understanding that Lionsgate was contractually obliged to release the film in 100 theaters. So those wacky executives decided to say fuck you to Clive Barker and his fans. The worst part is even if it was going into REAL theaters, they woukd probably mess with the numbers and call it a loss. I will write more about this in my blog later tonight SD

yup, this is some bogus douchebaggery!!

Devil-Josh, go to boxofficemojo.com. that's where i found out it was coming to Seattle. i DO believe it's coming to at least 1 theater in NY.

Devil-Josh, i read on another site, that it's ONLY coming to a theater in Rochester.

bullshitbullshitbullshit

This is insane. The filmmakers should sue the bloody crap out of LG. I know I would if they tried to pull this on me.

An Ohio dollar theater is also getting it.

That's ridiculous, this would have made like 18 million over teh weekend if it was well advertised. It would perform like Thestrangers, I would have imagined. Lionsgate suck.

so the movie's THAT bad?

What the fuck?! They're doing this to The Midnight Meat Train, they're messing with REPO! too.. I guess we are all screwed =(

BloodyCape, just about every review i've read for this movie said it's EXCELLENT.

Several theaters in my area had MMT listed as "coming soon" until yesterday, when I started checking for showtimes. As of right now, all of those theaters pulled the listings, and it is now only opening in one dollar theater in Pittsburgh and one in Youngstown, Ohio. I have to believe this is - at least in part - a big "Fuck You" from LionsGate in response to Clive Barker trying to mobilize fans over the past few weeks to get this film a proper release. Fans REALLY need to remember this and skip Saw 5 when it opens in October. If LionsGate shows us no love, why should we show them any?

Fucking Rochester? Jesus H Christ you know this is fucking funny. For a town that used to play all of John Water's films, I drink your Blood, I spit on your Grave, and every porno known to man, someplace here in the city would have gotten this. Fucking arrrggg. And what do we get for a horror movie this year...Fucking Saw 5? Christ Lions Gate was badass and released House of 1000 Corpses when nobody wanted to release it! I usually don't get mad like this over a movie but this has chapped my ass to leather!

I have to take a 30 min bus ride to the $1 theater in a shitty suburb to see this movie.. but Saw 5 will hit 3,000+ theaters... this is crap

LG is the new Dimension... except instead of fucking with the film's content, they fuck with the release. Doing same thing to Repo, Burrowers...

i emailed lionsgate earlier... ok, we emailed you and asked you nicely to let us watch the midnight meat train with a wide screen release, and what do you do? you release it to discount and dollar movie theaters in the darkest dingiest corners of our nation! that's how you want to treat your customers? ok, that's fine, but from here on out any movie with lionsgate on it belongs in the dollar theater. i've never heard of a film getting released to discount theaters! this is the dumbest way of distributing movies and running a business i can think of. hopefully more people are fed up with these kinds of corporate business shenanigans and will feel the way i feel about it. good luck in the future, may you go bankrupt asap! lionsgate is dead to me and i will spend many hours convincing others that your distribution company is a joke!

well said, demogorgon.

This is beyond lame! I just hit IMDB and typed in like 7 random big cities across the US and gave each a 50 mile radius...3 theaters! I love the movies that Lionsgate releases but this is a slap in the face to Clive Barker and us fans. Does LGF know its messing with Pandora's Box?

I checked, and here in Dallas it is opening Friday in $1 theaters. This doesn't make sense. I have never seen a new movie put in this situation, and all I can think of is that someone involved with this movie pissed off the distributor. The company must want to make their money back, but they can only be making a few cents per ticket at a $1 theater.....something is going on.

We live in central CA, and it's playing in the $2 Cinemark Movies 12 theater in Lancaster beginning on Friday. This is a less-than-two-hour drive from L.A. up quiet Hwy 14 for anyone down there who'd like to see it.

I mean, I guess I'd rather have have them fuck with the distribution than with the films content, but that's just the lesser of 2 evils. this fucking sux. I'm all for a lionsgate boycott.

Forgive me if this has already been reported here, but from what I read (according to Eiga-Hiho magazine last month) the new head of Liongsgate of whom I forgot his name, hates horror and wants to give the studio a new image so he's giving Midnight the worst possible release, and not a direct to DVD but a theatrical one since it's in the contract. Probably, Saw 5 was safe since the franchise has been so popular.

I use to have so much respect for Lionsgate because of their horror background, but now I see they're no better than Universal or Sony Pictures. This and Repo both deserve a full release, but to go as far as to put this in dollar theaters is just a slap in the face. BOOO to Lionsgate!

What could Clive Barker have done to deserve this? The only explanation that comes to mind is if he actually did something to piss off the producers or studio. The last I heard the reviews for the movie were great, so why treat it like the bastard of your 2008 lineup? You play teasers for it along with wide release movies and then give us something worst than a limited release. I thought their handling of Repo was bad, but at least they mentioned a DVD release date with that one. This, on the other hand, is them intentionally pissing us off. This isn't just incompetence. This is cruelty.

meaning don't support Bangkok Dangerous, Disaster Movie, Religulous, or My Best Friends Girl. What a sacrifice.

or Saw 5. (duh.)

Lionsgate.com does not list the film anywhere. They are trying to disown it. The filsm website hasn't even been updated since it launched. I think the campaign Clive Barker started pissed off that new manager at Lionsgate. What a waste of money.

To quote Booger from Revenge of the Nerds. "I say we blow the fuckers up!"

that campaign he started, i say we crank it up a notch!

Why don't all us boycott Saw V? I will just watch it for free as I work ina cinema. But I will enver support Lionsgate unless there's something worth it and apart from Midnight Meat Train there isnt.

I still say we blow the fuckers up.

Sigh!!! Unbelivable....it's not even playing in NYC. just in one theater in upstate NY. Well the good reviews I've read so far will have me preordering it on amazon I guess.

how about waiting to see saw v till it goes to the dollar theater!!

Dick movie by Lionsgate. They should hurry up and release it on dvd so that people can actually get to see it.

we can only assume the DVD release will be THE most barebones, full screen(just to piss of widescreen fans) release.

Fuck it, I'm going to do something I've never done before and buying myself a bootleg for $3.00 from a Chinaman.. Then we blow the fuckers up!

this is such an immature move from lionsgate. I mean it doesn't even seem to make financial sense.

they're flipping us off and saying 'what are you gonna do about it?'

Everyone. Please Digg this post. lets get the masses to now about it!

I'm seriously thinking of finding out where the NY office is pulling some of my own MMT on those assholes. I can do it in the name of Jihad, lol. We have every right to be pissed off about this and if they want to ban me from this site for saying my piece then goddamn it fucking do it because we the horror lovers of America will not stand down!

Sorry for the rants guys this just chaps my ass.

I am very curious as to how Lion's Gate benefits from a small release to dollar theaters. I look forward to Mr. D's follow up piece.

Devil-Josh, we are angry right there with you. Lionsgate literally said to Clive (and the makers of the film) and to us horror fans, "FUCK YOU".

I respect Barker and now I'm worring what will happen to Book of Blood.

Utterly disgusting. I live in northern NJ and was planning a trip with at least 4 friends to go see this wherever it was, Philly, NYC, Baltimore, wherever. Hell, sometimes I get really lucky and my local arthouse theater gets it. Typed in my zip code and boxofficemojo informed me that the closest theater was 160 miles away in the middle of Pennsylvania. And the release there is delayed until next Wednesday! After buying the DVD of MMT and Repo (if it lives up to the hype), I'm done with this Lionsgate bullshit. Unbelievable!

check out this clip of Barker introducing the movie for a screening at Fantasia(?). he mentions LG trying to stop the release!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7zACW5gZUI

I was actually going to avoid seeing The Mummy 3 this weekend in order to see this film. I cannot get over enough how angry this makes me.

So can anyone explain how it makes financial sense for Lionsgate to do this? I can't really figure that out.

Recently met the screenwriter, who is really frickin cool and nice as all hell. He reported that this is a battle between the original owner of lionsgate (who was totally backing the film and behind it all the way) and the new owner who has replaced him who has a personal vendetta against the original owner. He's takin all funding from promotion and has stuck the movie in little theatres. For those of you like me who live in Los Angeles, MMT is playing at the Nuart on the 15th at midnight in santa monica, its on fandango but you cant buy advanced tickets (of course). I also met clive the other day, he didnt mention MMT but he was really frickin nice, these filmmakers do not deserve this! they put all their passion, time and money into this and we, horror fans all want to see it! lionsgate is now bullshit, because of this new owner.

WOW THIS IS FUCKED UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT A FUCKING SLAP IN THE FACE. THIS SHIT IS NOT RIGHT!FUCK LIONSGATE! WTF!!!!!!!

bullshitbullshitbullshitbullshit

poor Clive! he does NOT deserve to be treated this way (well, nobody does --except maybe LG!). i met him back when i lived in W.Hollywood CA. he was SO nice and friendly when he came into the video store where i worked (Video West on Larrabee st), that he gave me premiere passes to Hellraiser 3. what a generous and kind man.

what the hell is going on!!!!!!!! has LionsGate lost their fucking minds? there has to be a reason behind this madness....but theres nothing that i can think of that would make any sense at all

Fucking politics...Isn't that the way it always is, guys? Fucking politics. We the fans are made to suffer over some kiddy bullshit like this. I was on Talkblogradio tonite and I expressed my anger to some people there about what happened and the fans there only assumed the film was being delayed. When I told them the shit that was happening, I made a point to let the guys from Movie Geeks Unite know the kind of shit that's being done to us.

FUCK Lionsgate. All they care about is money. Actually not EVEN that makes sense, because if they wanted money, this would be opening wide....it's VERY confusing.

This IS NOT opening anywhere in Chicago...this blows dick...

I am NEVER buying a ticket (or the DVD) to a Lionsgate film ever again.

I noticed 3 new dollar type theatres in Socal showing this, in Norwalk, and temecula. tickets aren't available yet on movietickets.com, but it looks like the theatre in Norwalk is showing it on 2 screens. Coming from south orange county, I wouldn't want to drive 3 hours in traffic to lancaster to see it, but Norwalk or temecula is doable. No midnight thursday showings though? What the hell?!

FUCK LIONSGATE!!!! I PISS ON THEIR CORPORATE DOUCHEBAG CORPSES!!!

oh yea, there's a theatre in Moreno valley showing this as well.

this is fucking ridiculous. all Lionsgate cares about is their fucking Saw movies. way to throw away all the potential they had. dickholes.

Lionsgate, fuck Saw, Meat Train & Repo is where it's at.

I live in Minnesota and the only place it's playing in the state is at the Brookdale 8 Discount Theatre in Brooklyn Center.

Apparently it is playing at the Nuart on Santa Monica Blvd. on Friday Night at the midnight show. I assume it will be the 10.00 admisssion.

Yeah, wtf is Lionsgate doing? Like everybody else mentioned, I've heard nothing but great reviews. This sucks, and I was planning on seeing it on my off day, this Friday.

i checked joe drake's imdb page and he's the exec producer of several horror films coming up, including drag me to hell. sam raimi heads up or you'll be selling venues in the dollar theaters, too. i thought someone said he doesn't like horror but he's producing alot of it! not to mention alot of bullshit drama!!

Swear the movie industry is all fucked up these days.

unfotunately, he's producing, GET THIS EVERYONE, The Grudge 3, Boogeyman 3 (as well as some others. well THESE 2 movies are MUCH better than MMT.

I've done searches and it hits a few Cinemarks in Dallas and a nice theater in Little Rock. Wish it would hit the new indie theater in Shreveport, La, but I'll go the extra 4 hours to see it. This is so retarded. Horror boxoffice got them where they are today and if they think they can fucking bite the hand that fed them, they better fucking think twice! Tyler Perry movies will only make money until they burn everyone out on it. Then what do they have? A bunch of angry horror fans.

We need to do a Million Man March but with horror fans.

Lol. The Million Fan March? :P

I guess we can forget about this coming to Canada! assholes!

You know, this is going to make you guys laugh but I had a mild stroke a few weeks back and I've been calm, cool, collected, and relaxed since...Something as trivial as this has got my blood pressure so jacked up that I could have another episode.....Over a goddamn movie but dammit we've been getting screwed for too long.

THis is fucking sad!! FUCK YOU LG, MAY YOU REST IN PIECES!

Devil-Josh, be healthy!! =/

I'll live. Kinda sad and funny how something as simple as a movie could get me so worked up....But sometimes.

I can't believe this movie is having so much trouble. WHY THE FUCK!?

Every ones sending an email or 2, right? I know I am.

So by this only getting limited release in the US, this means it wont go theatrical in Australia. I've been waiting for it's release frever and i want it to make as much money as possible. Lionsgate, im dissapointed

Ya Josh be cool....I'll make these assholes pay...

This is almost as bad as Trick R Treat!

I was thinking the same thing, RE....Whatever happened to Trick or Treat? Swear what's the big ass deal of releasing all these movies? Hell give the movie to Tromma and have them release it. At least Lloyd Kaufman would have people dressed as the characters and doing shows and really going Ballyhoo on the entire thing.

Clive Barker must have pissed em off BIG TIME if they are moving in such sleazy ways. I say FUCK you Lionsgate, i would MUCH rather see Midnight Meat Train in a normal cinema than the same old Saw sequels. I live in Europe so i guess that means we might not even get a proper R2 DVD release????? WTF?

This will be the LAST time clive works with LG lmao!!!! I hope he tells all his director friends...to stay away. BY BYE Lionsgate....the GATEs have closen.

See everybody is getting hit by this shit and as usualy the media could care less because they're too worried about Shia getting busted for his DUI!

By the way, whoever has MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN playing near them, better go see it about 10 TIMES! And tell EVERYONE you know to do the same. Let's show Lionsgate that MEAT TRAIN will make millions, even if only in 100 theaters!! Than they'll have to expand it won't they?

My messages have been sent. I fully support this cause.. Lionsgate has been going downhill in the decision-making department, as of late. Truely a shame that something like this is happening.

Apparently the "keasterling@lionsgate.com" e-mail is no longer working. I just had the e-mail returned to me. :/

What a fucking travesty!!! MMT would have resurrected Clive Barker films and this movie looks the business , has a good cast and all and being released like this. Shame, shame shame LG.

Sweet, it's playing 15 minutes away from my house.

"We reported awhile back that the film was slated..." Stated, it was stated.

We've been digging all night, got some leads. Have some interviews planned for tomorrow and are going to try and get word from Drake himself. Hopefully we won't be bringing you a "no comment"

I'm willing to bet they finally realized that a horror movie like this might not bring in the crowds and so they're trying to recoup their losses. :P

FUCKED UP!!! I'd rather see this over that over rated SAW garbage (which by the way ENDED in part 3). This is so messed up. I've met Clive myself several times and he really is THE NICEST man in the world. I don't get it. I am fucking pissed.

showa58taro, you think this is less profitable than Prom Night and films like that? I can't wait to read those interviews! This is so interesting.

I can't find it playing in a single theater in Vancouver.

This sucks. No this doesn't suck. It's SUCKS. Clive Barker is a masterpiece at horror films and even he is upset. What director wouldn't be angry if his film didn't play in "big screen glory"? If they can put crap movies like 'Epic movie' and 'Date movie' in theaters why can't they even put in the good movies anyway? America is strange. But sadly none of this theaters are where I'm playing. I'M MAD

ya financially, this doesn't make sense. discount theater $1.75, regular theater $7.00. that means they are losing $5.25 every time they sell a ticket. $17.50 for 10 people to see as opposed to $70.00? how do you "recoup their loses" like this?? i'm thinkning about buying extra tickets, maybe 3 or 4, up to the price of a regular ticket. of course my gf scowls at me for saying this ($$$), but it's the principle that matters...

they're treating this movie like "springtime for hitler"

WHAT! nothing in pa?!?! i hate lionsgate......me and a buddy on here were talking and he was saying like it seems like they only put up saw franchise to make the money...im sorry but i only seen saw 1-2 (didnt see three and four) but those flicks are gory as heck and i compare it to mmt it dont compaire to me saw is alot more bloodier than mmt........this sucks!!!...i guess our letters to lionsgate didnt matter to those sobs.....i hope this film bombs and then lions gate would maybe start and get the picture.

Wasn't the scoop on this that the new head at Lionsgate shafted this movie in favor of giving a film he personally produced (with a rival studio) "The Strangers" a better non-competitive slot? Bumping the movie back to an undetermined 2009 date gave "The Strangers" an opportunity to make 60 million (on it's 9 million budget). This "Dollar Theater" scenario also sounds like Lionsgate was CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED to release this film theatrically, and to minimize costs associated with wide releasing a movie, they only released the film in a handful of smaller discount theaters. That way they can actually make a small amount of money without spending a lot, meanwhile the film will be on DVD by Halloween.

I have been looking forward to this movie all summer. Now if I want to go see it, I have to drive four hours to Rochester.

The producer is Joseph Drake. He is the head at Lionsgate. He also produced "The Strangers". Conflict of Interests Anyone? "The Strangers" was a Rogue/Universal release.

Did anybody else have a problem sending to the first address? I got an email notification of an error sending it there. Any ideas?

>Did anybody else have a problem sending to the first address? I got an email notification of an error sending it there. Any ideas? Yeah keasterling@lionsgate.com got send back. is there a petition going around? I was assuming I'd be able to see this on friday (living in a major city and all) but by the looks of it my friday is open. I'm pretty pissed

Fuck-fucketee-fuk-fuk!! I've been waiting for this movie for months!! DAMN YOU!!!! >:(

Of course it isn't showing in NYC...those $1 theatres went out in the 80's. GOD DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK YOUUUUUUU Lions GAte and FUCK your ri-cock-ulous SAW franchise. Oooh they are going to hear my mouth...I'll be polite, of course (as per Clive's request).

LOINSGATE>FANS....end of transmission.

hey guys at BD i live in south bend, indiana and i just found out that the dollar theater bout a 20 min drive from me is playing midnight meat train so if you want to put this theater its called Cinemark University Park 6

here are a couple more theaters getting it all cinemarks (mansfield cinema 10, columbus carriage place movies 12, north canton movies 10)

duh and they are all in ohio

i am a little disappointed but i work at a discount theater and i am happy we are getting it. our theater used to be a 1st run until our new theater opened in town so our theater is nice and i get in free so if the movie sucks i am not out anything (not like a dollar would hurt)

this is udder bullshit.

what is lionsgate thinking? it won't make much money being coming out in the summer, but i think that it is great that it is coming out in the summer and i don't have to wait for winter to set in for some good horror. plus this movie will most likly be overshadowed by The Dark Knight. then there only going to release it in secind run theaters. are they trying to lose money?

thanks to Mr Disgusting, and the other reporters who are working to figure out what's going on for us.

I received an error message from keasterling@lionsgate.com ~ apparently the user doesn't exist... or perhaps they're ignoring what the general populous is demanding from them? Who knows.

im totally boycotting Lionsgate, fuck the SAW franchise, they'd rather keep releasing that unoriginal garbage than release what the REAL horror fans want to see.

sounds like clive pissed someone off bigtime. I didnt even know there was $1 theaters.

Sorry to break it to all of you but: The Midnight Meat Train IS THE CHEESIEST MOVIE I HAVE SEEN IN YEARS. Cannibalism? They make fun of that on cartoons, people. Cut-away "gore" scenes? I thought we grew out of that when we were five. Why are they not having a studio release? Because people like me, who don't just see a "hardcore horror" tag and jump on the bandwagon, would laugh it off the screen. Use your brains, people. It's a kid's movie with a little blood thrown around. That's why there is no major release.

Again, this is what I heard: The new head at Lionsgate shafted this movie in favor of giving a film he personally produced (with a rival studio) "The Strangers" a better non-competitive slot? Bumping the movie back to an undetermined 2009 date gave "The Strangers" an opportunity to make 60 million (on it's 9 million budget). This "Dollar Theater" scenario also sounds like Lionsgate was CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED to release this film theatrically, and to minimize costs associated with wide releasing a movie, they only released the film in a handful of smaller discount theaters. That way they can actually make a small amount of money without spending a lot, meanwhile the film will be on DVD by Halloween.

Sometimes Movie companies will write of a movie simply so they can avoid the tax. The may speculate on the movies max box office earnings and see it would be cheaper to write it off. These movies usually end up on limited release or straight to DvD.

It's showing at the Palm Cinema III in Lakeland, Fl. A true shit theater!!!

LIONSGATE BLOWS!!

Does anyone know of any places in the mid-west that it is showing?

Nevermind, its showing at the Danberry Dollar Savers in Cincinnati

It's showing at the Cinemark Stockyards 8 theater in Omaha, NE as well.

I'd still love to know why everyone is so upset. It's just another unoriginal, lame, un-gory cannibalism movie. Go watch the SpongeBob epasode where SpongeBob tries to eat Patrick and you'll see more gore than in this lame cut-away-camera movie. I have friends who hate horror movies who I show this update to and they even laugh at the cheesiness. My 48-year-old mother, who can't handle some PG-13 movies, even laughed at the movie. What is everyone so worked up about? IT IS NOTHING THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE A THOUSAND TIMES.

So I've sent 4 emails.

K i was on this canadian movie site. And apparently we are getting it tommrorow and it didnt say in limited. So...

Jacques, how did you and your "48 year old mother" see it? and if it's "SO cheesy" and we're ridiculous for getting upset about all of this, then why are you posting here and "showing this update to your friends"? do you have NOTHING better to do? get over yourself, if you (actually saw the movie) didn't like the movie, then fine. you don't have to be a dick about it.

I think this will be the last time the horror genre will ever trust Lionsgate. Fuck those bastards!

Hey Jacques... either you're lying out of your ass, or you work for LG. Either way, you're completely wrong. There's plenty of gore, and it's not even really a cannibal movie.

Does this mean this will be on DVD by Halloween? This sucks big time but I am still going to go out and see it and pick up the DVD to support it. Lionsgate can bite me. Rp

JGrayland, he must be full of it. either that or he's just an A$$hole.

I really wish I could post the things that Lionsgate is saying about the horror fans (off the record) to us! You would all be FURIOUS!!! I am literally shaking in anger after hearing what they (she) said. We are talking to a BUNCH of people, but Lionsgate has officially made no comment as of yet. This whole thing is way bigger than just Midnight Meat Train. Its has to do with Lionsgate truly messing with the genre. SD

I'm still going to buy a bootleg from one of the many vendors when I go downtown Brooklyn, tomorrow. Those guys seem to find the oddest flicks and sell them for 5.00

spookydan, i'm in disbelief! i can't believe the fucktards at LG is literally telling us (in so many words) to "FUCK OFF". will you ever be able to tell us what they are saying? thanx again for looking in to the situation for us!

If Lionsgate doesn't want my money, then fuck them! And Jacques sounds like he is on crack. It sounds like he was talking about the Prom Night remake...

shattered68, i know, right?!?!

damn SD! let's get some guy fawkes masks and go to town!

djblack, right on!! Jacques needs to let his mother watch "Inside"!

Lionsgate was started by Robert Altman, an indy moviemaker. More than a decade ago the company was sold to an investment banker. You can guess how an investment banker thinks, can't you? Regardless, it costs money to get a movie distributed. Lots of money. "One of" the bigger reasons this is happening is because it costs significantly less money to get a movie shown in a bargain theatre. Hell, I've had 2 birthday parties at dollar theatres. How do you think they can charge so little for admission? So they have little hope for the movie and/or a vendetta of their own and this is a way for them to minimize distribution costs while still fulfilling a contractual obligation to the makers and producers of the movie. It's no less fucked up for it, but that's what it is. It happens to movies "all the time." I'd love to be able to complain about their treatment of the fans (being one myself), but these people are part of a "business," an "industry." They are not a charity. Otherwise, they'd be giving us what we want.

ya, that means don't give them your money.

Let us all get together and pray Dimension Extreme expands into theatrical releases

Oh man.... what a morning. Let me leave it at that for now.

Wharmon, i understand what you're saying, but i've NEVER (not once) heard of a new movie being released to dollar cinema's. have you? it's pretty clear that it's NOT just about them trying to minimalize losing money. it's about LG saying "FUCK OFF" to Clive and US.

Clive Barker : "I have been dragged in the last few weeks into an area which I had very much wanted to be liberated from. And I let myself be dragged in because I'm angry and I'm angry on behalf, mainly, of Mr Kitamura. I mean, we'll make other movies, he will make other movies but this one was his first US picture. I mean, this is the picture he came from Tokyo - with his family - to make, he relocated and he's made a fucking great picture that deserves to be seen by a larger audience and on a bigger screen than it is now going to be allowed to be. And I think that it is a shameful thing for Joe Drake to be responsible for. And this man is no friend to artists, that is for sure, and I would always like to think of myself as being a friend to my fellow artists and so that was chiefly the reason I jumped on board this - I could not bear to see this being kicked around when so much love and care, not just from Kitamura but from DiBlasi and Daley and all the others who have put their love and devotion into the thing and it's just become a political football."

Revelations : "And not the only one in Hollywood - it's not an unfamiliar story, is it?" Clive Barker : "No, and it's not the only one at Lionsgate - there are nine movies, Sarah, that were all part of Peter Block's projected Anthony Head in Repo! releases - one of them is Repo! which is a horror musical scripted by the guy who made three of the Saw pictures - he had to fight to get five screens! He eventually got them, but he had to fight. You're absolutely right, Sarah, it is a very old, sad story and it's one of the reasons why I walked away. But when an artist, a fellow artist is violated in this way - by a pencil-pusher - I'm going to stand up and be counted. And I think you would think less of me if I didn't." http://www.clivebarker.info/intsrevel22.ht ml

Djblack...I agree. Even fucking "Gigli" wasn't released in dollar theatres!!!

(Booger) I still say we blow the fuckers up.

demogorgon, thanx for posting that Clive interview. he's just an amazing guy. his integrity and loyalty is such a hard to find commodity. Clive you and Mr Kitamura deserve better than LG. and there are so many studios/companies WAY BETTER than LG. the Weinstein's are fucking better than LG (and that's not easy for me to say! LOL).

Actually, I've heard of "plenty" of movies being released to dollar theatres on their first run. We'd just never expect to see such a thing happen to a movie of such high profile.

But then, this isn't about me or what I've heard of. And Lionsgate is the enemy here, not me.

that's true. i wasn't trying to be argumentative or anything. LG IS the topic here. :)

Its playing at the Indianapolis $1 theatres too!! I am going to go see it..but this is BULL-SHIT!!

Mr. Disgusting...we know you have an update!!! Spill it man!!! lol This shit is so fucking unfair.

MMT " i want to belive."

Hey, we talked with the director, a producer and are trying to get Clive. The story might not break until next week. Something we discovered (and as much as it hurts) is that even if every single showing of the film sells out the movie is f**ked. I was thinking of organizing a campaign to sell tickets, since they're only a $1, and getting everyone to buy some... but in the end it would do no good and everyone would have just wasted their money. We are getting close to something... there's IS something here I think, even though Lionsgate tells me I'm reporting a "non-story". I guess time will tell won't it? I'm trying my best... this is scary, and difficult.

In response to Jacques "IT IS NOTHING THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE A THOUSAND TIMES." It's very true, and that's really not an issue at all. If Lionsgate and Lakeshore decide to dump a movie it is up to them. We'll eventually get it on DVD. What I am interested in is the fact that the movie is opening in $1 theaters after it was said to me they were contractually obligated to open the film in theaters. So that means Lionsgate must have a reason for wanting it to make LESS money. That's what we're investigating. Why would you want your movie to do even worse financially?

We appreciate your digging, good sir.

I already sent my e-mails. F'n Lionsgate, why would they do this? $1 ticket movie theaters? Looks like I'll have to wait for the DVD release. Same goes for Repo!

Get back at LG and boycott their future releases,including Saw 5. This is a fucking joke.

MrDisgusting, thanx again for investigating this for us! i anxiously wait the results of what you found out.

alright dude seriously,this investigation is cool but aint gonna do us no good..just give us some answers,this bullshit teasing you are doing isnt cool at all,its not that big of a deal to just keep it from us,you act like this is some monumental event,just stop dicking us around.."story might not break until next week" yeah next week we wont give a shit,next week we are gonna be waiting for Mirrors

it is also playing in green bay, wi. at the budget cinema in the east town mall, so if you live in the area please come to my theater and support this unjustly overlooked film. you won't be sorry.

this is playing at Cinemark Movies 10 in Lynchburg VA and I am fucking going. I liked alot of Lionsgate's previous releases, hell, I still enjoy the Saw films, but this really pisses me off. I hope they don't pull this shit with Repo...

this is rediculous, definatly a let down.

Anyone know where this is playing in NJ?

Don - as far as I know (fellow NJ resident), it isn't playing in NJ. Closest theater I was directed to was in the middle of PA and opening on Wednesday.

I confirm this aswell. The film opened today at the discount theater in my city (Moreno Valley, CA) Its $2 matinee & $3 night Well ... atleast we got it.

I am in Los Angeles and I found 2 theaters nearby that are showing MMT. One in La Mirada and one in Norwalk. Me and my girfriend are die hard horror fans and we are going to see it tonight. We only have a 20 minute drive. We are lucky to at least have the opportunity to see it on the big screen, but I have to say, it's a damn shame that this film is getting this kind of shabby treatment.

..the industry is wack!

That's completely true..and ridiculous. What on earth is WRONG with Lionsgate?? We've been waiting for this movie for a long damn time and we finally get it and all they do is shove it off to some dollar theaters for a brief time until it's put out on dvd? Give us some credit, many of us would be willing to pay the full 10 bucks to see it. On that note, it was released in a dollar theater near Dallas so I managed to see it. It's incredibly good and I can't wait to see it again. And again.

I went to go see it at a crappy $1.25 theater here in Denver, CO. It ran for about 5 minutes before the sprockets got messed up and the film burned up and split (wow I haven't seen that happen in 20 years. Screw Lionsgate!

COME ON! WHY NOT TO RELEASE IT ONLINE? IN THAT WAY WE CAN PAY MORE THAN A WORTHLESS DOLLAR, WHAT ABOUT $5.00, IT'S BETTER TO WATCH IT IN YOUR LIVING ROOM THAN A CRAPPY THEATER, RIGHT?