Le Monstre du train

Original title: Terror Train

1980
18
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

15K

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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.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.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.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

15K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 6 nominations total

Kenny Hampson
(as Derek MacKinnon)

Sandee Currie

Mitchy

Timothy Webber

Anthony Sherwood

Jackson

Howard Busgang

Steve Michaels

Brakeman

Greg Swanson

Class President

Vanity

Merry
(as D.D. Winters)

Joy Boushel

Victor Knight

Engineer

Donald Lamoreux

Shovels
(as Don Lamoureux)

Charles Biddle Sr.

Chief Porter
(as Charles Biddles Sr.)

Elizabeth Cholette

Dispatcher

Thom Haverstock

Bill Chase
(as Thomas Haverstock)

Director
- Roger Spottiswoode
Writers
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Trivia
The idea for Le Monstre du train (1980) came from a dream that Daniel Grodnik had. One weekend night after seeing the films La Nuit des masques (1978) and Transamerica Express (1976), Dan woke up and said to his wife, "What do you think about putting Halloween on a train?" His wife answered, "That's terrible." He jotted down "Terrible Train" on a piece of paper on his nightstand. In the morning, he changed the title to "Terror Train", wrote up 22 pages, and made a deal on it with Sandy Howard's company at 3:00 in the afternoon.

Goofs
The train passes the same ice-encrusted curve several times throughout the film.

Quotes
Alana Maxwell: I never knew you liked magic.
Kenny Hampson: I watched you tonight.
[Referring to the magician]
Kenny Hampson: You liked him.
Alana Maxwell: No. Kenny, you're better than he is. I'm sure you're better than he is.
Kenny Hampson: I am. He didn't know how to cut a woman into pieces.

Crazy credits
The 20th Century Fox logo fanfare has been completely silenced.

Connections
Featured in Sneak Previews: Why Would I Lie?, Terror Train, Gloria, Private Benjamin (1980)

Soundtracks
Broken Man
Written by Larry Cohen
Performed by Crime

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Featured review

6/10

Average Slasher Movie

The college students Doc (Hart Bochner), Michelle "Mitchy" (Sandee Currie), Mo (Timothy Webber), Alana (Jamie Lee Curtis), Edward "Ed" (Howard Busgang) and Jackson (Anthony Sherwood) plot a prank for their college mate Kenny Hampson (Derek McKinnon); however the joke goes wrong and Kenny ends up in a mental institution. Years later, Doc and Mo decide to celebrate their graduation with a costume party and a magician (David Copperfield) aboard of a train. In the embarkation platform, Ed is murdered by a killer that wears his costume of Groucho Marx. Then he kills Jackson and wears his costume of The Swamp Thing. The conductor Carne (Ben Johnson) discovers his body, but who might be the masked killer?

"Terror Train" is an average slasher, with a claustrophobic story developed in a moving train. The identity of the killer is discovered but the he and his victims wear costumes and is difficult to identify who might be him. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "O Trem do Terror" ("The Terror Train")

Note: On 09 Sep 2022, I saw this film again.