moonspinner55 Three years after a fraternity prank on a virginal pre-med student ends badly, with the unfortunate young man apparently carted off to a mental hospital, the same hedonistic classmates responsible for the gag board an excursion train on New Year's Eve dressed in costumes. Before the train even gets rolling, one of the kids is killed and his mask stolen by a psychopath, who stalks the others in cramped corridors, sleeper cars and the office/locker-room. Despite a fine pedigree, with direction by Roger Spottiswoode and cinematography from John Alcott, this extremely muddled, non-scary slasher flick is awfully thin and incredibly dull. Ben Johnson plays the train conductor who finds a costumed corpse in the bathroom, but is then bamboozled by the killer who takes the place of the deceased and pretends to be drunk (but what about the blood on the sink and on the body?). Jamie Lee Curtis, overstretching her stint as the '80s Scream Queen, does nothing here she didn't already do in "Prom Night", released a few months prior in 1980. Magician David Cooperfield supplies the evening's entertainment, but what is the point of staging magic tricks in a movie? They can easily be faked, much like the acting, writing and directing in "Terror Train". *1/2 from ****

Dom Nickson Spoiler Alert!!! I bought this at F.Y.E. not expecting much because I'm a slasher movie fan who realized that these kinds of movies are getting pretty ridiculous. The main reason I decided to pick this one out was that I noticed it has Jaime Lee Curtis the most well known scream queen. This film really wasn't all that good as a storyline I mean I'm still confused on why the heck the killer just snapped and decides to kill people, I'm still confused on what I saw in the opening, and I'm still confused at what this film was trying to do. There was barely any killing, the characters were unlikable, and the killer's identity was pretty obvious with that opening sequence. This film wasn't the worst slasher film ever but it was pretty bad compared to slasher films like Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Nightmare on Elm Street. I decided to give this film 4 out of 10 because I liked the costumes, I liked Jamie Lee Curtis, and I liked the setting. Everything else though is just eh.

DustinRahksi I didn't even know this film existed until I saw it at HMV, I picked it up along with a couple other scream-factory Blu-rays. I honestly didn't have high hopes for this film, but it actually wasn't too bad. As usual the cover art is great, very appreciated from a fan of collector editions.I have to say, the first 15 minutes were awful, you get some stupid kids pulling pranks and yelling constantly. But once they got on the train, the film picked up. I didn't think a train setting could be pulled off as well as it was in this film, it's a great change of pace for a slasher film. The train almost feels cozy and has a good atmosphere to it. Jamie lee Curtis wasn't as useless as she was in The Fog, which was refreshing. The kills weren't over the top and sickening, I'm okay with that. My favourite character was Ben Johnson as the conductor, it's rare for an older man to be the star of a horror film. Then we got David Copperfield doing magic tricks, which were interesting. I biggest complaint is how the film went on and on, when it should have already ended.Overall, it was a pretty enjoyable film, I recommend it to fans of slasher films. Even if you are not a fan, it's still a good waste of time.

Brian T. Whitlock (GOWBTW) The college days, fraternity and sorority gathering together for a New Year party. There, they have a young pledge who is very timid, goes to meet this young woman. The woman in the bed though wasn't her, it was a corpse! What happens next is far from funny. He ends up in a mental hospital. Now that they are seniors, the gang have their party, on an steam train. How nice. That is why they call it, "Terror Train". Everyone are supposed to enjoy their last year of college, now suddenly, no one is able to go off into the world. All because of a prank done 3 years earlier. The victim has escaped, and has boarded on the train undetected by anyone. One by one, he gets those responsible in gruesome fashion. But when he confronted Alena (Jamie Lee Curtis), he became very unhinged when he kissed her. It appeared that his act of revenge dominated his judgment, and it really sent him over the edge. Jamie Lee Curtis is known well in "Halloween" and "Prom Night".David Copperfield shed some light with his magic. He made the movie more fun. Riding the can be either fun or scary, this movie has a lot in store. 2 out of 5 stars