Night Train to Terror
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Night Train to Terror is an independent horror film
directed by John Carr, Phillip Marshak, Tom McGowan, Jay Schlossberg-Cohen, Gregg C. Tallas, and written by Academy Award winner Phillip Yordan that was released in 1985 and has since become an infamous cult classic
of grade-Z movie
fare.
Footage from this film was also later edited into Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars (1992).
In the end credits, Satan is credited as being played by "Lu Sifer" and God by "Himself".
theatrically by Visto International Inc. in 1985. The film received poor reviews and less than spectacular box office attraction.
The film is often compared to the likes of Plan 9 From Outer Space due to its bad dialogue, poor editing, and numerous continuity errors.
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
directed by John Carr, Phillip Marshak, Tom McGowan, Jay Schlossberg-Cohen, Gregg C. Tallas, and written by Academy Award winner Phillip Yordan that was released in 1985 and has since become an infamous cult classic
Cult Classic
Cult Classic is a Blue Öyster Cult studio recording released in 1994, containing remakes of many of the band's previous hits.-Track listing:# " The Reaper" - 5:05# "E.T.I...
of grade-Z movie
Z movie
The term Z movie arose in the mid-1960s as an informal description of certain unequivocally non-A films. It was soon adopted to characterize low-budget pictures with quality standards well below those of most B movies and even so-called C movies...
fare.
Plot
God and Satan are on board a train and discuss the fate of three individuals. In the first story, "The Case of Harry Billings", a man is kidnapped and taken to an insane asylum where he is put under hypnosis and lures victims to be tortured and murdered as part of an organ-harvesting operation. The second story, "The Case of Gretta Connors", entails two young lovers who become involved in a sinister cult of people fascinated with death. The final story "The Case of Claire Hansen" involves an apprentice to the Devil who is out to destroy mankind and a group of immortals who are out to stop him.Production
Night Train to Terror is actually pieced together from three other films:- Cataclysm (1980)
- Death Wish Club (1983)
- Scream Your Head Off (unfinished)
Footage from this film was also later edited into Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars (1992).
In the end credits, Satan is credited as being played by "Lu Sifer" and God by "Himself".
Release
The film was given a limited releaseLimited release
Limited release is a term in the American motion picture industry for a motion picture that is playing in a select few theaters across the country ....
theatrically by Visto International Inc. in 1985. The film received poor reviews and less than spectacular box office attraction.
The film is often compared to the likes of Plan 9 From Outer Space due to its bad dialogue, poor editing, and numerous continuity errors.