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[Kill of the Week] Eyeballs Bashed Out in ‘Midnight Meat Train’

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Every week, we spotlight a kill that we just can’t get enough of. This is Kill of the Week.

While Sam Raimi is great at making horror movies, his brother Ted Raimi is great at dying in them. Sam’s younger brother was killed in films ranging from 1989’s Intruder to 2004’s The Grudge, as well as in Evil Dead II, Shocker, Wishmaster and My Name is Bruce. Ted Raimi’s most memorable death scene? That was in The Midnight Meat Train.

Released in 2008, the Ryuhei Kitamura-directed Clive Barker adaptation starred a pre-Hangover Bradley Cooper as Leon, a photographer whose desire to step outside his comfort zone leads him right into the lair of Mahogany, a brutal serial killer played by Vinnie Jones. Mahogany, it turns out, has been killing subway passengers for years.

The Midnight Meat Train is without question one of the very best Clive Barker adaptations, and it’s home to some of the most insanely over the top brutality in the last 10 years; watching the brutish Jones massacre his way through NYC subway passengers is like watching the version of Jason Takes Manhattan we never actually got.

Granted, a whole lot of CGI was used to bring the film’s gruesome violence to the screen, but it totally works as a stylized celebration of gratuitous excess. Midnight Meat Train‘s violence is wonderfully executed in a comic book style, and Ted Raimi gets it particularly bad when Mahogany slams a meat-pounder into the back of his head.

His eyes goes flying out of his skull. As for his friends, well, Mahogany smashes one directly in the face with the same mallet. The other is completely decapitated.

Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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SCREAMBOX Investigates UFOs and Extraterrestrials: Several Documentaries Streaming Right Now!

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As someone who is obsessed with UFOS (or more recently known as UAPs) and the concept of extraterrestrials, I love a good documentary. Sightings have been on the rise since the 1940s, with the atomic bomb seemingly acting as a catalyst for new visitors. But what are these UFOs/UAPs? Is there an explanation or are they simply beyond our explanation? Why are they here? Who are they? How much do our governments know? The questions are endless and so are the documentaries that attempt to uncover the secrets behind decades of sightings and alleged confrontations.

Whether you’re a seasoned viewer or new to the rabbit hole, there’s always a handful of interesting documentaries to get your neurons firing and leave you with sleepless nights. SCREAMBOX is investigating with the addition of several docs, all streaming now on the Bloody Disgusting-powered service. Here’s the breakdown:

Aliens (2021): Beam into this unidentified streaming documentary for a glimpse into Extraterrestrial life. Aliens are hypothetical life forms that may occur outside Earth or that did not originate on Earth.

Aliens Uncovered: Origins (2021): Before Area 51, hidden deep in the desert, the military discovered a hidden gem that helped them create Project Bluebook.

Aliens Uncovered: ET or Man-Made (2022): The crash of Roswell wasn’t meant for New Mexico. In 1947, a neighboring state had 3 major sightings that were swept under the rug.

Aliens Uncovered: The Golden Record (2023): In the late 70s, the US government launched a message to our distant neighbors.

Roswell (2021): This high-flying documentary examines the July 1947 crash of a United States Army Air Forces balloon at a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico. Theories claim the crash was actually that of a flying saucer, but what is the truth?

Also check out:

The British UFO Files (2004): Since the 1940’s the British Government has been investigating the Flying Saucer phenomenon. High-ranking military and government personnel, speak out for the first time, offering unique eyewitness accounts and inside information.

Alien Abductions and Paranormal Sightings (2016): Amazing Footage and stories from real people as they reveal their personal encounters of being abducted by Aliens.

And do not miss Hellier (2019): A crew of paranormal researchers find themselves in a dying coal town, where a series of strange coincidences lead them to a decades-old mystery.

These documentaries join SCREAMBOX’s growing library of unique horror content, including Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls, Here for Blood, Terrifier 2, RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop, Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story, The Outwaters, Living with Chucky, Project Wolf Hunting, and Pennywise: The Story of IT.

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