All Right HDC, time to flex your muscle!

[Roderick Usher]

Ryan Rotten, excellent horror news journalist of Shock 'Till You Drop recently posted this opn his blog. It seems that internal politics at Lionsgate might rip off us horror fans by dumping Clive Barker's MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN (which is getting raves in previews) straight to DVD.

Please help us give this film the respect and release it deserves!

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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!

[neverending]

Okay, I'm off to send my emails!

[Roderick Usher]

Thanks.:)

If we, as a community, don't ask for the good stuff, we'll just be fed the same old crap.

[neverending]

Hey- if MMT gets a good release and good showing at the box office it will help Gaillo find a decent release in the US.

[missmacabre]

does this have a facebook group yet? It should. Petition groups get a lot of members.

[GorePhobia]

I sent the emails and I went to call Lionsgate hoping I would get to leave a message but some dude answered and I wasn't sure what to say exactly so I hung up. LOL

[Roderick Usher]

Originally Posted by neverending

Hey- if MMT gets a good release and good showing at the box office it will help Gaillo find a decent release in the US.

Not necessarily. I'm just a fan trying to get more quality original horror into the theaters. Sure, what's good for the scene is good for me, but I'm really just a fan and a cheerleader here.

[neverending]

I know you weren't being self-serving, but the idea just occured to me.

My apologies if it seemed I implied otherwise.

[missmacabre]

ok so MMT has a fan facebook, so I created a group to get the word out about this. I've already invited some of you but if you have a facebook account and are not on my friends list here's the link. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=15705242267

invite your friends.

[Roderick Usher]

Originally Posted by neverending

I know you weren't being self-serving, but the idea just occured to me.

My apologies if it seemed I implied otherwise.

no worries - I didn't take offense at all... rarely do:D


and thanks MissMacabre! Let's spread the word and get a proper release for this fun & bloody film!