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Terror Train

Terror Train (1980)

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Critic Reviews: 2
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 1

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Riding the coattails of the resurgent boom in horror films after the success of Halloween, Terror Train features teeth-chattering direction by Roger Spottiswoode and pristine cinematography from John Alcott. The story is the basic slasher film premise, remounted on a moving train. A college fraternity decides to hold a New Year's Eve party on a train. But an uninvited guest, a disturbed ex-fraternity member, decides to take revenge on the partying students by killing them off one by one in

Sep 7, 2004

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All Critics (16) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (7) | DVD (5)

Better than most of its kind.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
Time Out
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Really darn great by slasher standards, and even kind of pretty good by the standards of decent, functional, God-fearing modes of cinema.

January 1, 2012 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy
Antagony & Ecstasy

A run-of-the-mill slasher film whose central gimmick is setting its action on a train.

April 14, 2011 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness
Lessons of Darkness

Just a little more skillfully done than many of its contemporaries, and whatever esteem I have for it is largely nostalgic, but at least it tries to be different.

August 13, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
eFilmCritic.com

Sends you a chill down the spine that won't subside until those final few minutes...see it before the upcoming remake

July 8, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Threat
Film Threat

Just another slasher picture.

September 9, 2004
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Holds the tension in a bone-chilling manner.

January 9, 2004 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Audience Reviews for Terror Train

Mediocre slasher from the 80's. Interesting setting for a slasher film having it unfold onboard a train, but that's about the only bit of originality about it. The kills themselves are mostly gore-free and tame, and the killers' big reveal is predictable. The best moments are of David Copperfield's tricks during his cameo appearence.
January 13, 2011
WrenchLT
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This is just an average slasher movie, it seems to try to be a train mystery movie at the same time, but it really isn't. This movie is really boring most of the time. I didn't like this one at all, and I don't recommend seeing it.
September 6, 2010
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    1. Kenny Hampson: Kiss me, Alana.
    – Submitted by Creep F (24 months ago)
    1. Doc Manley: Now I promised these dorks I was gonna come up with something truly special.
    2. Alana: Yeah, really special. Put a kid in the hospital. Oh, I'm sorry. Did I ruin your punch line?
    – Submitted by Creep F (24 months ago)
    1. Mitchy: Well, uh, you know what they say? Cold hands, warm heart.
    – Submitted by Creep F (24 months ago)
    1. Carne: (tells a conductor) Give me the axe. (Turns and looks to the young teen; who's trying to play hero) Before you go, you take a look at the bodies of some of your friends. Is it worth that, son? Well, is it worth it?
    – Submitted by Creep F (24 months ago)
    1. Doc Manley: I hate magic. It's just tricks.
    2. Mo: Come on. You love tricks.
    3. Doc Manley: I love jokes
    4. Mo: You're just pissed off 'cause you can't figure it out.
    – Submitted by Creep F (24 months ago)
    1. Ed: (dressed as Groucho Marx, talking to a female blowup doll) Come on, baby. Open your eyes. Come on. Look at me. Just my luck, she's a lesbian!
    – Submitted by Creep F (24 months ago)

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