There are countless slasher movies out there about assholes doing stupid things and then being tortured to death in increasingly improbable ways, but thankfully The Midnight Meat Train is not one of them. The film expands on Clive Barker's original tale just enough to make a full-length film, but it remains at heart the story of a decent guy who is just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

There are literally buckets of blood used onscreen, but this isn't torture porn: people die brutally, but very quickly. Still not for the squeamish, but it's a refreshing change of pace for those who don't mind violent horror. ( )