Lionsgate sent us the official poster for the horror thriller Midnight Meat Train, based on the short story by Clive Barker.

See poster at right and click for larger view; synopsis is here below; see our previous coverage for the trailer.

The Jeff Buhler-penned adaptation marks the American film debut of acclaimed Japanese director Ryuhei Kitamura.

Midnight Meat Train, which stars Bradley Cooper, Leslie Bibb, Vinnie Jones, and Brooke Shields, hits theaters on May 16, 2008.

Official Synopsis

Next stop…death.

When Leon Kaufman’s (Bradley Cooper) latest body of work – a collection of provocative, nighttime studies of the city and its inhabitants — earns the struggling photographer interest from prominent art gallerist Susan Hoff (Brooke Shields), she propels him to get grittier and show the darker side of humanity for his upcoming debut at her downtown art space.

Believing he’s finally on track for success, Leon’s obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer, Mahogany (Vinnie Jones), the subway murderer who stalks late-night commuters — ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways imaginable.

With his concerned girlfriend Maya (Leslie Bibb) fearing for his life, Leon’s relentless fascination with Mahogany lures him further and further into the bowels of the subways and ultimately into an abyss of pure evil – inadvertently pulling Maya right along with him.

The horror thriller MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN stars Bradley Cooper (WEDDING CRASHERS, TV’s “Alias,”), Vinnie Jones (X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, SNATCH), Brooke Shields (“Nip/Tuck”), and Leslie Bibb (the upcoming TRICK R’ TREAT, TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY).

Also starring are Roger Bart (HOSTEL: PART II,” TV’s “Desperate Housewives”), Peter Jacobson (GOODNIGHT AND GOOD LUCK), Barbara Eve Harris (TV’s “Prison Break”), and UFC mixed martial arts fighter Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson.

MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN is directed by critically acclaimed Japanese director Ryuhei Kitamura (VERSUS, AZUMI, SKY HIGH) in his American debut, and based on legendary horror writer Clive Barker’s popular, eponymous short story from his classic Books of Blood collection. The screenplay was adapted by Jeff Buhler.

CAST: Bradley Cooper, Leslie Bibb, Vinnie Jones, Roger Bart, Peter Jacobson, Brooke Shields, Barbara Eve Harris

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