Horror 101 – Episode 141: Terror Train (1980)

Terror wears many disguises… All of them deadly!

We’re going back to 1980 on this show. There are 5 movies that made Jamie Lee Curtis one of the most famous scream queens, ever. Tonight, we bring you another one of those. Since this show is coming out on New Year’s Eve and the setting of this film is also on the same occasion, we’re giving the Horror 101 treatment to Roger Spottiswoode’s Terror Train. Happy New Year to all our listeners!

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

01:00 Prelude to Terror…
04:30 60% of our crew has NOT seen this film…
07:50 The remake and its sequel…
11:40 A Macabre Practical Joke…
15:35 Three years later….Train Party!
17:30 Left on the tracks…
22:06 Lizardman death…
26:40 Mitchy gets hers…
29:00 Moe’s last magic show…
31:00 What do we have in common?
35:00 A vicious battle…
41:15 A SPOILER WARNING!
46:35 Horky’s Call…
50:30 Scoring the Film…
61:00 Conclusion! Happy New Year!!

Terror Train (1980)

Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
Written by: T.Y. Drake

Starring:

Jamie Lee Curtis as Alana
Ben Johnson as Carne
Hart Bochner as Doc
David Copperfield as The Magician
Derek McKinnon as Kenny Hampson
Sandee Currie as Mitchy
Timothy Webber as Mo

All video, pictures and audio used from Terror Train is copyright © 1980 by Astral Bellevue Pathé and Triple T Productions. Used for educational purposes. No reproductions of any kind.