X
- 1980
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 37 m
- 1980
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 37 m
Summary 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.
Directed By: Roger Spottiswoode
Written By: T.Y. Drake, Daniel Grodnik, Judith Rascoe
- 1980
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 37 m
- 1980
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 37 m
Terror Train
42
5.2
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Summary 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.
Directed By: Roger Spottiswoode
Written By: T.Y. Drake, Daniel Grodnik, Judith Rascoe
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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22% Positive
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56% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
22% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
42
22% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
56% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
22% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
The bloodshed is somewhat less gory than in many slasher films -- with stress on the "somewhat." [26 Sep 2004]
Terror Train doesn't really hold up, but it does offer a fun dose of low-brow slasher mayhem.
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Based on 5 User Ratings
5.2
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User Score
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Based on 5 User Ratings
5.2
20% Positive
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60% Mixed
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Roger Spottiswoode, vet editor who co-authored a respected book on the subject with Karel Reisz, makes a competent directing debut here.
The intention here was to make a thriller, a suspense movie about some people trapped on a train, waiting for an unknown killer to strike. The problem is that they don't do very much else except wait.
The premise - a crazed killer abused years before returns to wreak vengeance on the young - is so familiar that the audience can predict (and does: loudly) every "shock." [15 Oct 1980]
Terror Train is a curious hybrid that doesn't seem to know just what it wants to be. It has, I guess, few artistic pretensions, and yet it's not a rock-bottom-budget, schlock exploitation film.
Awards
Genie Awards
• 3 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 2 Nominations
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
