Terror Train (1980)

A fraternity masquerade party aboard a chartered train turns deadly when a psychotic classmate sets out for murderous revenge.

Better than Halloween!

The story to Terror Train is quite simple really,some fraternity boys play a prank on a new member and unfortunately it put him in the nuthouse.Several years later the sorority has a masquerade party on a train to celebrate their graduating of college.Little do they know their prank victim is on the train in disguise and killing the fraternity members and their friends.Jamie Lee Curtis was the person seriously involved in the prank and he's after her.The movie is very chilling and has a dark atmosphere to it.I personally like Terror Train ALOT more than Halloween.. .why?halloween has so many unanswered questions which the sequels reveal in the future,but halloween also drags along very slowly and doesn't build that much suspense.Terror Train is chock full of suspenseful moments and you won't believe the ending-a total shocker! November 16, 2008

All Aboard!!!

One of the cheesiest 80's horror flicks out there. Worth the price of ownership/admission just to see David Copperfield "act" and the ever lovely Jamie Lee "scream" with terror. I loved every minute of it! November 10, 2008

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A group of freshman college students play a mean prank on a nerdy looking kid who you can easily tell life has been hell for. Three years later they're seniors and they plan to have a costume party on a rented train. It doesn't take very good long for people to disappear and turn up a bloody mess.

I really don't see the big deal with this movie at all. I find it to be one of the most boring slashers I have ever seen. Slasher films are hard to mess up when you think about it. They can either be character driven, story driven or even a visual work of art to appeal to the sophisticated horror fan. Or mindless disturbing gore for the blood thirsty gorehounds. To me, "Terror Train" fails miserably on every level.

"Terror Train" starts out well enough but soon dives into the realm of bordom. Certain events were drawn out too long and just weren't fun to watch. This film to me was just a waste of solid visuals and a crafty idea. The usage of the killer had a spark but took a serious back seat to some partially useless filler. A certain character gets too much screentime that adds to the mystery a little bit. But it was severely overdone.

The gore was bad, death scenes bad, plot bad, acting weak, there is nothing that I like about this movie. Well some of the girls was hot, I guess I should count that. The slasher at that time was a fast moving juggernaut and this meant to cash in on it. It probably only took them about three days and a wake up to make this one. Normally I would toss out recommendations but this one time I really don't need to. You can go to a video store, hit the horror section blind folded and pick out something better. So I recommend doing that. This flick is monday through friday week! October 22, 2008

Terror Train

A college fraternaty prank goes wrong and a student ends up mentaly fustrated. Four years later, it's graduation time, and the members of the fraternity decide to throw a costume party aboard a train trip to celebrate thier graduation. Unknowingly to them, a killer has slipped aboard, killing them off one by one, disguised in costumes taken from victims. Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, David Copperfield and Ben Johnson, this 1980 Slasher is a must have in any Horror Collection. September 22, 2008

Great idea

I loved the idea of the movie and a review sold me on the movie, so I bought it. I taped the movie while it was playing on a movie network but I never got around to watch it and taped over it. Anyways, loved the idea of the movie as I said. The original art work to the movie was better, I think they just put Jamie Lee Curtis on it so they could help sell the movie. The movie was decent but it was boring at times and the killings weren't all that great. If you love Curtis in horror films then you might check this movie out, its not the worst movie she's ever done. If your a causal horror fan then you might still want to check it out because it is better then the horror movies they put out today. I think when done right someone could remake this movie and make it a classic.

July 6, 2008

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