I love horror films and yet hate excessive splatter. This obvious contradiction may surprise many, but it's true.  There are exceptions to this rule with the early works of David Cronenberg, as well as John Carpenter's version of the Thing being some of my favorites. Style and relevence of the gore often helps me in my opinion on the level of grossness. Case in point is the film version of Clive Barker's "Midnight Meat Train" (2008, Lionsgate, !00 mins)which I recently purchased on DVD. From the opening credits on I could spot that this was no run of the mill slasher/splatter film. The film's shiny silvery photography creates the chilly atmosphere of a vast refrigerator.Unlike the hot sweaty tension in Alien or Texas Chainsaw Massacre,  Midnight Meat Train is one cold sterile movie.The film feels surgical. The plot centers around a young photographer( Bradley Cooper) who inadvertently photographs a young model in the subway, before she is brutally slaughtered by a serial killer.(Vinnie Jones).After seeing in the girls picture in the newspaper as missing, he begins researching all the missing people in this particular area, and the number is substantial. But this is a whole lot more then just the usual stalk and kill movie.  The killer is providing a service to some of New York's less known inhabitants who live deep underground.  This sub-plot naturally made me think of the morlocks in HG Wells' The Time Machine (a great book!!!) with a little dash from the Hills Have Eyes as well. And there is considerable blood and gore flying about. I have to say that this one impressed me with the stylized violence against ths cold sterility of the dentist's office. You can almost feel the pain of the victims.  Based on one of Barker's best short stories and well directed by Ryuhel Kitamura, this has cult classic written all over it. But be fore warned, this is very gory and ghoulish throughout with the murderer "cleaning"  his kill in such a way that it would have sickened Ed Gein. With it's unigue and stylish look, it's a must see for horror fans. With the beautiful Brook Shields as the owner of an art gallery. Gross, but exceptional horror film.