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Terror Train (1980)

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Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 11
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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

R, 1 hr. 37 min.

Horror, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Roger Spottiswoode

Written By: T.Y. Drake

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1980 Wide

On DVD: Sep 7, 2004

Cast

Ben Johnson
Carne
Jamie Lee Curtis
Alana
Hart Bochner
Doc Manley
David Copperfield
Magician
Sandee Currie
Mitchy
Vanity
Merry
Timothy Webber
Mo
Anthony Sherwood
Jackson
Howard Busgang
Ed
Greg Swanson
Class president
D.D. Winters
Merry
Joy Boushel
Pet
Victor Knight
Engineer
Derek McKinnon
Kenny Hampson
Nadia Rona
Corpse
Steve Michaels
Charley

Critic Reviews for Terror Train

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

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

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Tim Brayton

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

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Nick Schager

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

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

Better than most of its kind.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

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

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Clint Morris

Film Threat

Just another slasher picture.

September 9, 2004 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Holds the tension in a bone-chilling manner.

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

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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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

Lee ?

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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

AJ Verser

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Terror Train Quotes

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1. Kenny Hampson: Kiss me, Alana.
– Submitted by Creep F (8 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 (8 months ago)
1. Mitchy: Well, uh, you know what they say? Cold hands, warm heart.
– Submitted by Creep F (8 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 (8 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 (8 months ago)