Product: Night Train to Terror [VHS]
Rating: 5.0
Horrendous Horror Film: Best Viewed Late Night by Adults
Well, I'm very sure that by today's horror standards, Night Train To Terror, released in 1984, is tame, but there were moments in the film that were genuinely frightening in its intensity. On DVD, it has been restored to look crisp and new, with great sound. It all begins with a train ride where abet between God and the Devil, a classic theological theme (as presented in the Book of Job)triggers a series of horror vignettes. The struggle between good and evil abounds in these stories. The first tale is of a man who becomes a guinea pig for a group of doctors who cut off body parts (without anesthesia) to sell them off to schools. The second story is about a wayward young girl who gets trapped in the world of pornography and a deadly cult who play a fatal game of Russian Roulette. This particular one is awfully disturbing, especially a scene in which a Jimmy Hendrix type is electrocuted to a crisp. This material is R-rated and I sense this film probably aired late nights on TV or cable in the 80's. The last story is about a courageous woman whose husband is the Devil incarnate who was also a former Nazi officer. The heroine defeats the devil with a box made of the True Cross. The whole thing is a mixture of cult campiness and 80's nostalgia. The song "Dance With Me" is straight out of early MTV as the young kids dance on the train that is awaiting a collision. Not for the faint of heart.