Shit. That sucks. I wish the old pres of Lionsgate was back. They're totally fucking everything up now...

Despite what the article says, Lions is not happy with this film or else they wouldn't have delayed it twice now. I have a connection to the production. This is in fact the second time the film has been delayed. They started filming this a long long time ago. The film had an unusal post production length which is a sure sign of problems.

Wouldn't be surprised if this release goes just like Midnight Meat Train.

I hate it when companies that were built on horror films suddenly decide to push what made them successful to the wayside in hopes of going more legit, whatever that may be. Wish they would get there heads out of there collective asses and start taking the genre seriously again. I mean nothing against the Saw franchise but I see it as this generations Friday the 13th series. Before too long jigsaw will be taking Manhattan, Going to hell and ultimately becomging uber-jigsaw in space.

I like that, when most companies dump a movie, everyone realizes that it's because the movie is shit, but somehow dumping Midnight Meat Train was a stupid, evil decision, even though as it turns out, the movie was shit. Seeing that movie, there was NO way it was going to be a hit movie. Look at Repo, too. I think it looks cool, but it doesn't take a genius to say "Horror/musical, not based on an existing property (so don't even bring up Sweeney Todd, which had Tim Burton, a world renowned property and Johnny Depp on its side), sorry, we can't even pretend we think it's going to be a hit". Sorry, but you can't blame a company for not mortgaging its future on a HUGE shot in the dark. Same with The Burrowers. It's a movie by a guy who's big mainstream name was Mimic 3. It's a hybrid of a horror movie and a western. Its big-name star is Ron Perlman. There's nothing about that movie that says "big financial hit movie". This has, obviously nothing to do with Daybreakers, but I just don't see why a movie that gets continually delayed by Fox is seen as a shitty movie, but a movie continually delayed by Lionsgate means they're evil.

Why aren't these delayed movies a part of the After Dark Horrorfest? It would be a significant improvement to this "Horrorfest" that has yet to release a film worthy to be a part of this "fest." Meat Train was not a great movie by any means. It was much better than Penny Dreadful, The Hamiltons, Gravedancers and all the rest of these horrid, ridiculously, stupid movies. Just a thought.

Kabukiman, first off, it's YOUR opinion, that these movies would be "a hit movie." i saw MMTRAIN in the theaters and i absolutely loved it. and since when does every movie have to be "a hit movie"?! and THE BURROWERS has gotten EXCELLENT reviews (4 1/2 stars out of 5 on FANGORIA). stop being such a movie snob. so what if it's from the director of MIMIC3. it has been widely reported that it's because of internal fighting at Lionsgate that these movies were dumped. get over yourself! not EVERY movie has to bring in 200 million dollars. if you believe that then you are fucking stupid. sorry.

kabukiman your an idiot plan and simple djblack you hit the nail on the head homie

It doesn't matter whether the movie feels like a theatrical release or not. When I first saw the MMT trailers in my theater (before the controversy), I thought it was the next big horror movie. "Saw" was hardly the typical Hollywood movie that I saw in theaters when it first came out.. It was low budget too. People get pissed at Lionsgate when they delay horror because they have been known to do it out of hatred for the genre. When other films are delayed by other companies, it would be easier to say the movie is shit because the company doesn't have some grudge against horror affecting their opinion... MMT was pretty damn good I thought... Especially for big budget horror.

Thanks for proving my point. Yes, I know The Burrowers is getting great reviews. BUT, it's a western. How often does westerns do well at the box office? Especially westerns without any big names. Since when does a movie have to be a hit movie? How can you possibly be so naive? Do you think studios and distributors set out to lose money? If they don't think a movie is going to make much money, why would they spend extra millions on promotion, prints etc? And you know what? Yes, you're right, it IS my opinion that MMT sucked. And it's your opinion that it was great. If it's "just" my opinion, why does yours apparently carry so much weight? And it's not JUST my opinion, because if it was, the movie would have gotten a wide release. It was clearly the opinion of people at LF as well. I'm not being a movie snob, moron, I'm being a realist. Going back to The Burrowers, I tried to see it at the Toronto Film Festival, but I couldn't make the midnight screening and the alternate screening was while I was working. It has NOTHING to do with quality. It has to do with BUSINESS. Have you ever seen a movie in a theatre? Have you ever seen a year-end list of what movies made the most money? How often do you think the quality matches up with the box office gross? Go look at the top ten from last year and tell me how many were good. Alvin and the motherfucking CHIPMUNKS was in the top ten domestically. How about NEXT TIME you people actually READ WHAT I'M WRITING and try to apply a little READING COMPREHENSION before jumping down my throat like a bunch of whiny little fucks? Would that be too much to ask?

LIGHTEN UP BUKAKIMAN!

Kabukiman, "whiny little fucks"? ok, you "know it all little fuck". :)

Good argument.

I didn't read any of the above comments, this movie will be interesting.. I liked Undead, didn't love it, but the directors have potential.

figures they never want to take chances on horror flicks to go into theatres unless it has SAW in it. (dont get me wrong i liked afew of them didnt see them all). but i mean come on to put mmt on the dollar movie theaters and now daybreaks delayed till next year i wish someone could shoot whoever the new pres. of lg is......hey blood sicles, what happend to there old pres?

Hee hee, good arguement. Funny.

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