But most importantly, it doesn’t hurt that Alexandre Aja’s last Hollywood film, The Hills Have Eyes, made Fox a boatload of money. Hollywood rewards those who make them money.

People are so outraged because the studio gave a direct-to-DVD movie a shot in theaters? They are upset because the studio offers them the big screen viewing experince at a discount? Shame on that studio! How dare they try to give the movie a shot and the fans a bargain!

For some reason, the horror community like to overlook the obvious. Lion’s Gate has a marketing department, and they test films. They have a good idea of interest, before a release is set for a film. In this case, it appears they were 100% correct. They could not even sell the film in a limited number of theaters at a reduced price.

Mr. Disgusting and his staff tried to turn a non-story into a self-serving campaign to get attention for themselves. They made every attempt to insert themselves into the campaign, hoping to get mainstream media attention for their contrived plight.

After the weekend box office numbers started coming in, the gaggle of jackasses over at B-D decided they were going to spin the story into how much the company lost by going the route it did. Somehow, a film that is as popular as getting herpes, would have made shareholders much more money if Lion’s Gate invested millions into getting 3,000 prints out to theaters?

What kills me, is that they are making that case AFTER the movie was not even filling up a limited release at discount theaters. I thought even the most dense of us realized that making something less expensive leads to more sales, not vice-versa.

I find it ironic that just last week, Mr. Disgusting wrote this, “Half of these f**kers who run fansites have no idea how this industry works, how things are made, how press works”. It kinda makes me wonder which half Mr. Disgusting is in.

The truth is that when B-D decided to take on the Midnight Meat Train as their personal crusade, they also put their credibility on the line. Gee, Mr. Disgusting, what happened to those 1 million unique visitors and 19 million page views per month? Do they not exist, or do the people just not find you to be credible?

Don’t worry, Mr. D, in a couple days, this will all be in the distant past, and you can resume the propanda campaign for the next Platinum Dunes project.

I can’t really add much more to my agreement, other than that you really should come visit our site, we have someone who I think might be you in disguise (ask for Foo if you get a chance)

As for the controversy, being a foreigner who grew up in Japan I have become accustomed to waiting for films to come out later, farther away (continents away at times, I saw Jurrasic Park across an ocean from my home) and happily accept DVD releases and ordering from other countries as an everyday way of getting films. The fact that this film is by Clive Barker is not going to change my patience or my love of horror. I can’t believe people are offended that a studio isn’t gambling on a movie whose title sounds like a gay porn film. Such is life.

When the film comes out, it’ll be a joy to watch on DVD on my widescreen TV, packet of crisps and a coke on the table, and the room to myself. Pretty much like the cinema would’ve been, except my couch is comfier than their empty seats.