Terror Train

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John C I know 'slasher' films were - relatively - new back in 1980 and yet 'Terror Train' seems so outdated, it's like it's copied every cliche from the genre it possibly could. It's one of those 'who's the killer' type movies where the murderer is masked at all times to keep both the characters and audience guessing. This time the killing spree is taking place on - you guessed it - a train with a load of drunken partying teens. Perhaps the worst - or most annoying - thing the story does is have the killer just walk up to the soon-to-be victim and say nothing, therefore the victim just assumes the killer is just a friend in a mask and talks to them for longer than any normal person would before ultimately meeting their doom. It's a frustrating watch. I know we all yell at the screen from time to time in order to shout instructions to the idiots in the movie, but here everyone is just so dumb it's actually hard to watch. There's no real gore here and you won't care about any of the characters (the lead girl annoyed me from her constant screaming!) and by the time the killer is revealed, you've probably already checked out. If you like early eighties slasher films, the worst 'Friday 13th' entry is better than this. Otherwise any of the 'Scream' franchise is head and shoulders over this train wreck, Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/25 Full Review Audience M Terror Train is an atmospheric slasher that stands out for its unique setting, a moving train during a New Year's Eve costume party. Its eerie vibe is from the confined train cars that provide a claustrophobic backdrop that heightens the tension and gives the film a distinctive feel. Jamie Lee Curtis delivers a solid performance as the scream queen we know and love, bringing some depth to a fairly standard final girl role. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/01/25 Full Review Audience Member If you would of told me before I watched this that director Roger Spottiswoode who would down the road would direct Sly Stallone in Stop or My Mom Will Shoot I would of said omg this would be a banger of a horror movie. College prank gone wrong and now your on the Polar Express from hell. WTF magician David Copperfield in a horror movie playing a magician lol. Well it was good to see the scream queen legend Jamie Lee Curtis screaming like she did in The Fog and Halloween. This train went no where and shouldn't of left the station. 4/10 it was BAD and boring . Not one of the 80s horror movies I appreciate Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/09/24 Full Review Jordan W You know what? Terror Train ain’t terrible. It ain’t terrific. But it definitely ain’t terrible. It unfortunately has that overall look of a late 70s slasher that has never been remastered because nobody involved with the production wants to remember it even exists, but in spite of that– it’s a pretty okay movie. Jamie Lee Curtis was still putting in her A-lister effort here even though this film would further contribute to her being typecast in horror films. There’s quite a bit to like about this film, almost all the cast does a solid job with the material, the melodrama feels at least somewhat realistic and the execution of the overall mystery and plot are pretty well done. What isn’t well done, however, are the incredibly sloppy and hilarious tame death sequences alongside some hilariously bad cinematography in parts. As well as the hilarious silly and not at all immersive musical score. But overall, there's some good unsettling chase sequences at the finale that work pretty well, I’d say. Not a bad movie at all. Just passable, especially considering what this decade for horror films would devolve into. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/23/24 Full Review Lucas t Not very good, the kills are good, but the movies plot is thin and the acting is, well, 80s Slasher acting. 4.8/10. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/31/24 Full Review Jens B 1980 must have been a wild year for Jamie Lee Curtis, think of THE FOG and PROM NIGHT and now this Canadian train slasher. She definitely deserves her title as Scream Queen when she's running away from the killer in the finale. Before that, we get David Copperfield(!) and that coked up guy from DIE HARD, Kubrick's DP, and have I mentioned that this was directed by aRoger Spottiswoode who would later go on to direct a Brosnan BOND. The opening of TERROR TRAIN reminded me of PROM NIGHT and SLAUGHTER HIGH: a nerd character gets pranked, goes insane, and goes on to kill his foes a couple of years later. Nothing special in the story department. I liked the costume changes of the killer, especially that he performs in drag and no one notices, the train/snow setting is great, the characters aren't stupid (just drunk), and the whole vibe is just really entertaining. The film does drag in the middle but picks up the pace going into the finale. The kills aren't great, very pre-FRIDAY THE 13TH, in that they don't show much violence at all. There isn't any sex either, although JLC is rocking her pre-AIDS open relationship. TERROR TRAIN is an entertaining time capsule of a very specific point in horror film history that is way better than PROM NIGHT. (But not as awesome as PROM NIGHT 2) Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/21/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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