{"id":37101,"date":"2016-08-18T09:59:37","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T16:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37101"},"modified":"2024-06-30T12:29:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T19:29:19","slug":"terror-train-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37101","title":{"rendered":"Terror Train (1980)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I hate magic. It&#8217;s just tricks.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-37105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Poster-768x1165.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Poster-675x1024.jpg 675w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Poster.jpg 1947w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nSeveral years after playing a vicious prank on a classmate (Derek McKinnon), a group of pre-med students dressed in various costumes &#8212; including a monk (Hart Bochner), Groucho Marx (Howard Busgang), an alien lizard (Anthony Sherwood), a witch (Sandee Currie), and a bird (Timothy Webber) &#8212; find themselves serially murdered on a New Year&#8217;s Eve train trip featuring a magician (David Copperfield) as a guest performer. While the conductor (Ben Johnson) tries his best to protect the passengers, the lone survivor (Jamie Lee Curtis) is still at risk.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ben Johnson Films<\/li>\n<li>Horror Films<\/li>\n<li>Magicians<\/li>\n<li>Murder Mystery<\/li>\n<li>Revenge<\/li>\n<li>Serial Killers<\/li>\n<li>Trains<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nJamie Lee Curtis developed a well-deserved reputation as a &#8220;scream queen&#8221; after her starring turn in <em>Halloween<\/em> (1978), and she lives up to it in this inferior but reasonably shock-filled thriller, set on a train moving through remote and snowy territory. John Alcott&#8217;s rich cinematography is appropriately atmospheric, and the presence of real-life magician David Copperfield is an inspired component of the script, contributing to a pervasive sense of tricks lurking around every corner. Otherwise, this is simply standard slasher-fare, with only one likable character (Curtis) and a somewhat inevitable ending (albeit it with a creative twist to the &#8220;reveal&#8221; of the killer). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jamie Lee Curtis as Alana<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Curtis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Curtis-1024x565.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Curtis-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Curtis-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Curtis-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Curtis-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Curtis.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Many effectively scary moments<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Scary.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Scary-1024x565.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Scary-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Scary-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Scary-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Scary-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Scary.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>John Alcott&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Cinematography-1024x565.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Cinematography-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Cinematography-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Cinematography-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Cinematography-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Terror-Train-Cinematography.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though fans of the genre will want to check it out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0081617\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/56986\/terror-train\/\">DVD Talk Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/horror\/terror-train-1980.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2859&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/us\/film\/terror-train\">Time Out Capsule Review (spoilers alert!)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I hate magic. It&#8217;s just tricks.&#8221; Synopsis: Several years after playing a vicious prank on a classmate (Derek McKinnon), a group of pre-med students dressed in various costumes &#8212; including a monk (Hart Bochner), Groucho Marx (Howard Busgang), an alien lizard (Anthony Sherwood), a witch (Sandee Currie), and a bird (Timothy Webber) &#8212; find themselves serially murdered on a New Year&#8217;s Eve train trip featuring a magician (David Copperfield) as a guest performer. 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