The Midnight Meat Train

Curiosity is a killer in the horror of Clive Barker. In this adaptation of his short story (one of the first he wrote), a photographer (Bradley Cooper) becomes obsessed with a mysterious butcher (Vinnie Jones) who silently boards the subway every night, right before more New Yorkers go missing. It's the American debut of Japanese director Ryuhei Kitamura and, for all the gore and grotesque spectacle (flying eyeballs, crushed skulls, bodies hanging like sides of meat in the subway car), it's the most narratively disciplined film I've seen from him. There's a pitiless order to Barker's universe (the butcher isn't a sadist, merely an employee with a dirty job and a grim efficiency), and Kitamura gets it. Plus, he unleashes tricks I've never seen from American horror directors. The disc features the unrated director's cut and commentary by author/producer Barker and director Kitamura, which is good fun (especially as they point out everything cut for the R-rated version). Also includes three featurettes.