Directors:Philip Marshak; Jay Schlossberg-Cohen; Gregg G. Tallas; Tom McGowan; John Carr
AMG Rating:
Genre: Horror
Movie Type: Supernatural Horror
Themes: Train Rides
Main Cast: John Phillip Law, Cameron Mitchell, Marc Lawrence, Charles Moll, Meridith Haze
Release Year: 1984
Country: US
Run Time: 98 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
This unusual horror anthology mixed edited-down versions of one unreleased feature and two previously released films (Death Wish Club and The Nightmare Never Ends) with newly shot wraparound footage to create a surreal combination of crazed plotting and grindhouse gore. The framing device consists of God and Satan on a train full of breakdancing teenagers telling each other stories about humans. The first story focuses on an institute for the mentally ill that is really a cover for a black market organ-harvesting operation. The second story focuses on a man who falls for a woman who is part of group of people that attempt suicide for fun. The final story tells the tale of a group of mortals who attempt to stop Satan from returning to earth to begin the apocalypse. Each episode combines deranged plot twists with heaping helpinds of sex and violence, resulting in a film that plays like a lysergic and deranged variant on comparatively sedate horror anthologies like Creepshow. Night Train to Terror didn't enjoy a great deal of box-office success, but has gone on to enjoy a lengthy life on home video, where it continues to astound (and confound) viewers with its blood-spattered weirdness. ~ Donald Guarisco, All Movie Guide
Faith Clift - Claire Hansen; Ferdy [Ferdinand] Mayne - God; J. Martin Sellers - George Youngmeyer; Lu Sickler - Devil; Charles Parker - Man In Bar
Credit
Anthony Doublin - Animator, Philip Marshak - Director, Jay Schlossberg-Cohen - Director, Gregg G. Tallas - Director, Tom McGowan - Director, John Carr - Director, Steve Nielson - Editor, Evan Stoliar - Editor, Susan Haljan - Cinematographer, Jay Schlossberg-Cohen - Producer, William Stromberg - Special Effects, Philip Yordan - Screenwriter
