In 1980, Canada delivered one of the most mind boggling slasher films of all time. Terror Train, directed by Roger Spottiswoode, threw Halloween, Friday the 13th, Animal House, Runaway Train and stage magic into a body bag, shook it up and dumped out a glorious Frankenstein monstrosity featuring Jamie Lee Curtis and David Copperfield. Forty-two years later, this classic oddity gets a modern yet mostly faithful retelling courtesy director Philippe Gagnon.
The premise is exactly the same: a well-to-do fraternity holds a Halloween bash on a privately chartered train only to have their numbers picked off one-by-one. There’s a mysterious magician, played by Tom Rozon in the finest Gary Numan impersonation ever, and an angry killer bent on revenge for the misdeeds of said fraternity. Costumes exchange and body counts rise as both guests and train employees realize someone is out to get them. The main difference is a twist...
The premise is exactly the same: a well-to-do fraternity holds a Halloween bash on a privately chartered train only to have their numbers picked off one-by-one. There’s a mysterious magician, played by Tom Rozon in the finest Gary Numan impersonation ever, and an angry killer bent on revenge for the misdeeds of said fraternity. Costumes exchange and body counts rise as both guests and train employees realize someone is out to get them. The main difference is a twist...
- 10/28/2022
- by Chuck Foster
- DailyDead
Stars: Matias Garrido, Corteon Moore, Robyn Alomar, Noah Parker, Dakota Jamal Wellman, Tim Rozon, Mary Walsh, Emma Elle Paterson, Tori Barban | Written by Ian Carpenter, Aaron Martin | Directed by Philippe Gagnon
Released in 1980 the original Terror Train was one of the many slashers to be released in the wake of Friday the 13th and Halloween. Benefiting from the presence of that film’s star, Jamie Lee Curtis it did well at the box office and has built a following over the years. There was even an attempt to remake it in the early 2000s, but that ended up morphing into Train, a film that sucked even by torture porn standards.
Since the original was a favourite of mine, I was initially interested when I heard it had been remade and was scheduled for an October release. However, when I heard Tubi was involved, a lot of that interest faded. As...
Released in 1980 the original Terror Train was one of the many slashers to be released in the wake of Friday the 13th and Halloween. Benefiting from the presence of that film’s star, Jamie Lee Curtis it did well at the box office and has built a following over the years. There was even an attempt to remake it in the early 2000s, but that ended up morphing into Train, a film that sucked even by torture porn standards.
Since the original was a favourite of mine, I was initially interested when I heard it had been remade and was scheduled for an October release. However, when I heard Tubi was involved, a lot of that interest faded. As...
- 10/25/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Remakes like Philippe Gagnon's "Terror Train" will always face comparison complaints based on their existence, which is why I try my best in reviews to treat them as standalone. Critique the movie you're given — like this bargain bin, zero momentum slasher. "Terror Train" is the latest in a string of Tubi originals taking the Syfy route of The Asylum-level productions, filled with shoddy effects and worse performances. "Terror Train" is a deadly whodunit without any terror, proving itself inadequate before tickets are punched and conductors discover passenger corpses.
Writers Ian Carpenter and Aaron Martin take the "frat hazing gone wrong" route when a pledge at [insert generic Greek letters] kisses a corpse (as a prank) and instantly goes insane. Alana (Robyn Alomar) is the sorority sister who lured the eventual psych asylum patient into a bedroom with promises of sex, now stuck with the guilt. Her boyfriend Mo (Corteon Moore) and his best...
Writers Ian Carpenter and Aaron Martin take the "frat hazing gone wrong" route when a pledge at [insert generic Greek letters] kisses a corpse (as a prank) and instantly goes insane. Alana (Robyn Alomar) is the sorority sister who lured the eventual psych asylum patient into a bedroom with promises of sex, now stuck with the guilt. Her boyfriend Mo (Corteon Moore) and his best...
- 10/21/2022
- by Matt Donato
- Slash Film
"I'm done waiting, this ends now!" The entirely free streaming service Tubi has debuted an official trailer for a horror remake titled Terror Train, originally a cult classic from 1980 with Jamie Lee Curtis. It'll be available for streaming on Tubi tomorrow, and it's entirely free to watch. The film follows a college student as she boards a "party train" for Halloween, but then ends up fighting for her life when a mysterious assailant begins killing the people one-by-one. The original movie involves a similar premise - three years after a prank goes wrong, the six college students responsible are targeted by a masked killer at a New Year's Eve party aboard a train. The 2022 remake stars Robyn Alomar, Corteon Moore, Romy Weltman, Tori Barban, Matias Garrido, & Kenny Wong. This killer clown in this looks scary, but the rest of it looks like a made-for-tv campy, cheap slasher. Perfect for Halloween!
- 10/20/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"Once the ride starts, the terror never stops." Entirely free streaming service Tubi has revealed a very short teaser trailer for their new horror remake of Terror Train, originally a cult classic from 1980 with Jamie Lee Curtis. This remake is being marketed as "Tubi's take on a cult classic" which is funny because I didn't realize the Tubi brand was so strong they could offer their own "take" on remakes? Weird. The film follows a college student as she boards a "party train" for Halloween, but then ends up fighting for her life when a mysterious assailant begins killing the people one-by-one. The original movie involves a similar premise - three years after a prank goes wrong, the six college students responsible are targeted by a masked killer at a New Year's Eve party aboard a train. The 2022 remake stars Robyn Alomar, Corteon Moore, Romy Weltman, Tori Barban, Matias Garrido,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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