Terror Train [Collector's Edition]

Director: Roger Spottiswoode, Harold Greenberg, Anne Henderson

Overview

During a New Year's party aboard a moving train, a college fraternity begins losing members and collecting corpses. It would seem that after being the victim of a cruel hazing prank by the aforementioned frat, a mentally fragile student arrives in costume to take his revenge upon the lot. Features a loud performance by Jamie Lee Curtis, and David Copperfield appears as a magician, of all things.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/16/2012
UPC:	0826663135817
Original Release:	1980
Rating:	R
Source:	Shout Factory Theatr
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:37:00
Sales rank:	20,584

Special Features

Interview with Production Executive Don Carmody, Producer Daniel Grodnik, Production Designer Glenn Bydwell and Composer John Mills-Cockell; Theatrical Trailer; TV Spot; Still Gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ben Johnson	Carne
Jamie Lee Curtis	Alana
David Copperfield	Magician
Hart Bochner	Doc Manley
Derek McKinnon	Kenny Hampson
Sandee Currie	Mitchy
Timothy Webber	Mo
Anthony Sherwood	Jackson
Howard Busgang	Ed
Steve Michaels	Brakeman
Greg Swanson	Class President
D.D. Winters	Merry
Joy Boushel	Pet
Victor Knight	Engineer
Vanity	Merry
Nadia Rona	Corpse
John Mills-Cockell	Composer

Technical Credits

Daniel Grodnik

Tom Y. Drake

Caryl Wickman

Lamar Card	Executive Producer
Bo Harwood	Sound Mixer,Sound/Sound Designer
Harold Greenberg	Producer
Austin Grimaldi	Sound/Sound Designer
Donald Caulfield	Key Grip
Sandy Howard	Producer
Ingrid Fischer	Casting
Anna St. Johns	Casting
Daniel Grodnik	Executive Producer,Screenwriter
Tom Y. Drake	Screenwriter
Caryl Wickman	Screenwriter
Josef Elsner	Special Effects

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Bonus Features
Destination Death - An Interview with Producer Daniel Grodnik
Riding The Rails - An Interview with Production Executive Don Carmody
All Aboard! An Interview with Production Designer Glenn Bydwell
Music For Murder - An Interview with Composer John Mills-Cockell
TV Spot
Still Gallery
Trailer
Credits

Editorial Reviews

Terror Train is a commercially successful example of the slasher genre but, like many of its brethren, it's a middling piece of work. T.Y. Drake's script is built on a clever conceit -- a killer who can take on any number of guises by stealing the costumes of his victims during a costume party -- but it falls down seriously in other areas. For one thing, the script's nominal heroes are a bunch of spoiled brats who do little to earn the viewer's sympathy and the plot never builds a real sense of urgency once it gets going. Roger Spottiswoode's direction gives the film an atmospheric style, thanks in large part to the excellent photography by John Alcott, but he allows the pacing to drag frequently and never brings a real sense of tension to the story. Jamie Lee Curtis turns in a strong, emotionally-committed performance but doesn't really get to show off her abilities until she faces off with the killer near the end. The climax is a fairly effective piece of work and boasts some haunting final imagery but it's too little, too late. As a result, Terror Train is too mediocre a piece of work to raise interest from anyone but the genre's most devoted fans.