![]() ![]() “Ramsey’s a major influence in two very real senses,” Clive reflects, thinking back. ![]() Writing in May 1983, he issued an eloquent but heartfelt warning to curious readers: If you like your horror fiction reassuring, both unreal enough not to be taken too seriously and familiar enough not to risk spraining your imagination or waking up your nightmares when you thought they were safely put to sleep, these books are not for you…Īnd, with particular emphasis on one story, he noted, …it’s as well to keep that in mind while braving such tales as “The Midnight Meat Train,” a Technicolor horror story rooted in the graphic horror movie but wittier and more vivid than any of those. It’s now three decades since another acclaimed author from England’s North Western city of Liverpool, Ramsey Campbell, set down his introduction to the first editions of the three Books of Blood. Its cinematic incarnation, from the pen of Jeff Buhler and the vision of Ryuhei Kitamura, simply underscores its significance as a moment when horror fiction took a leap into new territory. ![]() ![]() Stepping back on board “The Midnight Meat Train” today, it’s clear that this brutal but lyrical short story retains a narrative power that has not been dimmed by time. The Midnight Meat Train Introduction to the Special Definitive edition ![]()
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