Terror Train

1980
R
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

14K

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Three years after a prank went terribly awry, the six college students responsible are targeted by a masked killer at a New Year's Eve party aboard a moving train.Three years after a prank went terribly awry, the six college students responsible are targeted by a masked killer at a New Year's Eve party aboard a moving train.Three years after a prank went terribly awry, the six college students responsible are targeted by a masked killer at a New Year's Eve party aboard a moving train.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

14K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 6 nominations total

Kenny Hampson
(as Derek MacKinnon)

Sandee Currie

Mitchy

Timothy Webber

Anthony Sherwood

Jackson

Howard Busgang

Steve Michaels

Brakeman

Greg Swanson

Class President

Vanity

Merry
(as D.D. Winters)

Joy Boushel

Victor Knight

Engineer

Donald Lamoreux

Shovels
(as Don Lamoureux)

Charles Biddle Sr.

Chief Porter
(as Charles Biddles Sr.)

Elizabeth Cholette

Dispatcher

Thom Haverstock

Bill Chase
(as Thomas Haverstock)

Director
- Roger Spottiswoode
Writers
All cast & crew
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Trivia
The idea for Terror Train (1980) came from a dream that Daniel Grodnik had. One weekend night after seeing the films Halloween (1978) and Silver Streak (1976), Dan woke up and said to his wife, "What do you think about putting Halloween on a train?" His wife answered, "That's terrible". He jotted down "Terrible Train" on a piece of paper on his nightstand. In the morning, he changed the title to "Terror Train", wrote up 22 pages, and made a deal on it with Sandy Howard's company at 3:00 in the afternoon.

Goofs
The train passes the same ice-encrusted curve several times throughout the film.

Quotes
Alana Maxwell: I never knew you liked magic.
Kenny Hampson: I watched you tonight.
[Referring to the magician]
Kenny Hampson: You liked him.
Alana Maxwell: No. Kenny, you're better than he is. I'm sure you're better than he is.
Kenny Hampson: I am. He didn't know how to cut a woman into pieces.

Crazy credits
The 20th Century Fox logo fanfare has been completely silenced.

Connections
Featured in Sneak Previews: Why Would I Lie?, Terror Train, Gloria, Private Benjamin (1980)

Soundtracks
Broken Man
Written by Larry Cohen
Performed by Crime

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Review

Featured review

7/10

A Slasher Movie On A Train...Different

Jamie Lee Curtis was once again cementing her status as the Scream Queen, after the successes of "Halloween", "The Fog" and "Prom Night", but this one unfortunately wasn't as successful as the previous ones and remains the least remembered. But that doesn't mean that this movie is bad. A Slasher movie set on a train is something different I suppose, which makes Terror Train a stylish and inventive and really makes the most of it's settings. And I also loved the fact that the killer uses different costumes for each murder, pure genius.

The only draw back on this movie is that most of the murders happen off-screen, but more than makes up for it in the performances like Derek MacKinnion who plays Kenny a very well rounded performance, Ben Johnston does well in his role as the train conducter and even real life magician David Copperfield plays his part well. Hart Bochner plays the coward Doc annoyed me and glad he got his just desserts and once again Jamie Lee Curtis is brilliant as the lead heroine and gives the best chase scene in this movie which is the main highlight of this movie in my books.

All in all "Terror Train" is an underrated gem and a highlight on Jamie Lee Curtis's glowing CV.