It's war!
Horror novelist Clive Barker is very unhappy with Hollywood studio Lionsgate.
According to the novelist, the studio effed over a film remake of one of his books so the studio's president Joe Drake could pump up his own ego films.
Yikes! That's some claim!
The Midnight Meat Train, the flick inspired by the Barker book of the same name, was pushed from a release of May 16th to August 1st and was only released at 102 second-run and dollar theaters across the land.
Ouch!
Despite the super limited release, several screenings were viewed by sold-out audiences.
Barker says:
He is “very proud that the movie is surviving the nonsense. People are getting to see the movie. It’s sort of starting to have a cult life.” He’s less positive in his feelings for Drake, calling him “small-minded” and a “nobody.”
“There’s room for everything. You don’t have to sh– on somebody else’s work to advance your own material..director Ryuhei Kitamura “made a f—ing great movie, and the politics that are being visited upon it have nothing to do with the movie at all. This is all about ego, and though I mourn the fact that ‘Midnight Meat Train’ was never given its chance in theaters, it’s a beautifully stylish, scary movie, and it isn’t going anywhere. People will find it, and whether they find it in midnight shows or they find it on DVD, they’ll find it, and in the end the Joe Drakes of the world will disappear.”
A spokesperson for Lionsgate declined to comment.
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