Bradley Cooper Starred In This Horror Movie That Is Better Than Its Title

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With a title like The Midnight Meat Train, audiences might think they know what they are in for. Hundreds of them are released every year, and they are fine entertainment. Disposable horror films that offer a one-time thrill are great fun and a great business. However, films shouldn't always be judged solely on their titles. It can be easy to miss a hidden gem.

Starring Bradley Cooper and Vinnie Jones, The Midnight Meat Train is a lot smarter than the title might suggest. An adaptation of a Clive Barker story of the same name from his Books of Blood story collection, Cooper plays a photographer on the trail of a vicious serial killer on the subway who gets in far too deep. Audiences won't guess where this movie goes to or how it gets there, and it is definitely a movie for horror and thriller fans to watch.

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The film opens with a lone man waking up in a subway car, desaturated colors and eerie sounds echoing through the car. As he gets up to investigate, he slips and finds himself lying in a pool of blood, the camera pans out and there is more blood across the walls and windows of the carriage. As the man scrabbles to see into the next carriage the camera pulls back to reveal a figure hunched over someone on the floor of the next cab, wet chopping sounds filling the air.

Bradley Cooper plays photographer Leon who stumbles into something he should really stay away from. One night after a gallery owner calls his work safe, Leon finds himself on the subway snapping pictures of a sexual assault in progress. While he does save the woman before things become even worse, it doesn't paint Leon as the most sympathetic character from the beginning. When the