Ryhuei Kitamura

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Japanese film director known for genre films blending horror and action; credits include Versus and the English-language adaptation of Clive Barker's The Midnight Meat Train.

Directed the 2008 English-language adaptation of Clive Barker's short story 'The Midnight Meat Train' (Italian release titled Prossima fermata: l'inferno). His films are noted for stylized violence and gore.

A focused DeBaser review of Ryhuei Kitamura's English-language adaptation of Clive Barker's "The Midnight Meat Train" (Italian title: Prossima fermata: l'inferno). The reviewer praises Vinnie Jones's performance and the film's effective gore while noting narrative and pacing limitations. The piece frames the film as metaphysical horror with disturbing subway imagery.