Wow! Such a good movie.

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

for actors more than for story. because it is the film of their. with few clichés and construct of terror, stereotypes and interesting solutions for a trip who is defined by mysteries in decent humor. for the portrait of characters and for the memories about similar films, about the same theme and not real different solutions. a film who preserves the flavor of a genre from a special period. and, sure, maybe, nostalgia.

Well, some writer's imagination was working overtime on this one. The story posits an elaborate theory of an organism or energy form entering a host body two million years ago, which now transfers from host to host when the prior one dies. Once situated, it claims further victims by sucking out their brains through their eyes. Yikes! This must all have been very confusing to Father Pujardov (Alberto de Mendoza) because he thought this was a vampire flick, exclaiming at one point - "Beware the Law of Satan". You really can't blame him though, there was plenty of confusing stuff going on.One of those confusing things was Captain Kojak showing up about an hour into the flick. I know, I know, it was really Captain Kazan, but Telly Savalas was just about ready to begin his run as the lollipop sucking detective of the popular TV series in a short while. He really did look fine decked out in that bright red Cossack costume, no wonder he was such a hit with the ladies.Considering this wasn't a Hammer film, it was a treat seeing Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing team up to solve a problem here instead of being adversaries. For a horror movie, I thought it was a bit surprising that the monster creature was done away with after about forty five minutes, but as I mentioned earlier, the life force kept hopping around to take advantage of whoever came it's way. Which led to a puzzling question - since the monster wanted Professor Saxton (Lee) to set him free inside the body of Pujardov, why wouldn't it have simply taken off earlier when it was atop the train's baggage car after taking it's first victim? Seems like a little plot hole there.What I got the biggest kick out of though was when the professor addressed the assembled passengers aboard the train, warning them all that they should remain situated in groups or pairs so as not to be left alone. So what does he do in the very next scene? - He's wandering around alone investigating things by himself - that just cracked me up. Almost as much as when he explained to Dr. Wells (Cushing) and the Countess (Silvia Tortosa) that his autopsy of the first victim revealed that the man's memory was removed! What!?!? How could he figure that one out? Well, I like to pan these flicks for their pseudo-intellectual babble, but all in all, this wasn't such a bad little horror film. It had an interesting cast and as I say, a lot of pains were taken to fabricate the wild story line. I tell you what though, by the end of the film, it'll make you think twice about booking your next red eye flight.

I saw this first on a rented VHS in mid 80s. My dad used to watch a lot of Hammer films, especially of Lee n Cushing. Now he prefers TV series. Revisited this on a DVD. It hasn't aged well but its a must for all horror fans. A pretty good horror/science fiction movie for its time. Considering its low budget n the time it was made, Horror Express is quite atmospheric and impressive from a production standpoint. It has an amazing cast, Christopher Lee n Peter Cushing n amusing cameo of Telly Savalas. The setting of a high-speed train is a good one to bring out the claustrophobia of horror. Due to the lack of budget n the era, the trans siberian railway networks weren't explored properly. Woody Harrelson's Transsiberian film captured some very good scenes. This movie has a brief autopsy scene which may put off some viewers. The director did a good job of not revealing the creature too much due to its bad moster suit n cheap glowing eyes. The monk looked like a poor mans Robert de niro. There is a scene in which the luggage man sees the monster trying to open up the box n the monstrous hand cud b easily seen. Now rather trying to run or raise an alarm, the luggage guy tries to lock it. The two females, the countess n the spy were gorgeous for that time. In short, a fun monster movie with strong cast n strong script. It shud hav been titled the Thing on a train.

A nice classic horror movie which I was able to catch on BBC recently, some late night. The story combines an age old legend themed horror with some sci-fi elements. The combination struck me as pretty original - especially for its time... and I'm pretty much convinced I saw the prototype of The Terminator (yes, the 1984 one!) here...?!The story is one of many mysterious incidents and deaths and investigations on a moving train, with some scientists, a priest, some Tsarist Russians and miscellaneous victims ready to be mauled by the one who should never have been awakened... The horror elements are relatively convincing, though perhaps a little cheesy at the same time. The acting is pretty good, but with Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee ánd Telly Savalas you've got a good bunch. Ángel del Pozo played really well as the priest as well. Silvia Tortosa and Helga Liné were the designated female beauties to be gazed upon with delight. As I did.A good 7 out of 10.