Terror Train (1980)
Terror Train (1980)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Ben Johnson
Carne
Jamie Lee Curtis
Alana
Hart Bochner
Doc
David Copperfield
The Magician
Derek MacKinnon
Kenny Hampson
Sandee Currie
Mitchy
Daniel Grodnik
Writer
Timothy Webber
Mo
Judith Rascoe
Writer
Anthony Sherwood
Jackson
Steve Michaels
Brakeman
Howard Busgang
Ed
Greg Swanson
Class President
Steve Michaels
Brakeman
Roger Spottiswoode
Director
Vanity
Merry
T.Y. Drake
Writer
Joy Boushel
Pet
Harold Greenberg
Producer
Victor Knight
Engineer
Donald Lamoreux
Shovel
John Mills-Cockell
Composer
John Alcott
Cinematographer
Charles Biddle Sr.
Chief Porter
Elizabeth Cholette
Dispatcher
Anne Henderson
Editor
Ingrid Fischer
CastingDirector
Thom Haverstock
Bill Chase
Anna St. Johns
CastingDirector
Peter Feingold
Senior
Richard Weinstein
Pledge
Glenn Bydwell
ProductionDesigner
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 3, 1980
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
Content RatingR
Budget$3,500,000
Genres
Wiki.
Terror Train is a 1980 slasher film directed by Roger Spottiswoode in his directorial debut and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Ben Johnson, and Hart Bochner. The film follows a group of pre-medical school students holding a New Year's Eve costume party on a moving train who are targeted by a killer who dons their costumes. It features supporting performances from Sandee Currie, Anthony Sherwood, and David Copperfield.
The concept for the film was based on an idea by executive producer Daniel Grodnik, who sought to "make Halloween on a train". A full-length script for the film was composed by T. Y. Drake, and production began within four months. The film was shot in Montreal between late November and late December 1979, shortly after Curtis had completed filming for Prom Night (1980). Terror Train had to have a primarily Canadian cast and crew to qualify for a tax credit.
An independently produced film, Terror Train was purchased for distribution by the major studio 20th Century Fox, which had yet to release a slasher film; the studio spent an estimated $5 million on an expansive marketing campaign for the film. It was released theatrically in the United States on October 3, 1980, grossing $8 million during its theatrical run. The film's gross disappointed 20th Century Fox. Writer David Grove attributed the movie's box office performance to an oversaturation of the slasher film market.
Terror Train garnered a mixed reception, with several reviewers considering it an above-average example of its subgenre. Critics noted the film's themes of revenge, illusion, and genderfucking. Terror Train became a cult classic, inspiring a remake in 2022, which was followed by a sequel that same year.