Night Train to Terror
Night Train to Terror
R | 01 May 1985 (USA)
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God and Satan are on a train discussing the fate of three individuals. The stories of the people in question are told in a trio of very strange vignettes. One involves an insane asylum with some very interesting treatment plans. Another involves a 'death club'. The final story shows us the adventures of a server of Satan.

Reviews
Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?
Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
Sabah Hensley This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
Woodyanders This is what you get when three unrelated movies are crudely patched together to form an outrageously tacky'n'trashy horror anthology with one wonderfully awful and idiotic wrap-around section based aboard a speeding train populated by singing and dancing young folks bouncing all over the place while God (smoothly played by Ferdy Mayne sporting a snowy white beard and hair) and Satan (a nicely oily portrayal by Tony Giorgio) debate about the fates of three souls in an adjacent compartment. The messy individual stories deal with a sinister clinic that traffics in human body parts, a young man who falls for a lovely lass who's involved with a creepy death-obsessed club that participates in inventive variants on Russian roulette, and a female doctor and a feisty Jewish holocaust survivor (a jittery Marc Lawrence) who are both terrorized by the son of the Devil. Man, does this uproariously atrocious abomination cover all the essential pleasingly lousy'n'lurid Grade Z cinema bases: Tacky (far from) special effects (the cruddy stop-motion claymation monsters in the last vignette in particular are a sidesplitting sight to behold), wonky continuity, faded names Cameron Mitchell and John Phillip Law desperately trolling for a paycheck, plentiful tasty gratuitous distaff nudity, a seriously loopy and nonsensical script by Philip Yordan, more spastic break dancing than a dozen 1980's rap music videos, cheesy gore, a hapless narrator working serious overtime to give the disjointed tales a slight semblance of coherence, some clumsily staged martial arts, and an insidiously catchy'n'gnarly theme song that once heard is downright impossible to forget. As an added plus, Richard Moll appears in two segments with a full head of hair. A hilariously horrendous hoot and a half!
Bezenby Man, is this a fine slice of fetid, aromatic eighties cheese or what? An anthology movie made from three films edited down, with added gore and effects, linked together by segments involving God and the Devil on a train, trading souls while a typical eighties band plays a song about how everyone's got something to do (except you). Great stuff.The stories themselves are fine too, probably because of all the added blood and gore (and possibly the removal of all the boring bits). The first story involves a man who has been brainwashed into kidnapping people who are then tortured, cut up, and sold onto universities. Sure, it's daft, but way over the top in the gore and nudity stakes, so who's complaining? It's quite nasty, this one. I have no idea what the original film was called.Your second story here is a diluted version of a film called Death Wish Club, which I've heard of but never seen. This involves two young lovers trying to escape the influence of an evil gangster who doesn't want the girl to be free, and ropes (sometimes literally) the two into joining the Death Wish Club, where folks dice with death (rather graphically). Another winner here, although the ending is a bit abrupt and unresolved. I'd read that the stop motion bug thing was added later.Last and lengthiest is an edit of 'The nightmare never ends', another one I'd heard of but haven't seen. We have a Catholic surgeon and her husband, who has just written a book called 'God is Dead'. Meanwhile, you've got Cameron Mitchell on the trail of a seemingly immortal guy called Olivier, who seems linked to some gory murders (courtesy of some hilarious new footage). Olivier wants to recruit the surgeon's husband to work for Satan, but it's obvious to everyone within a 300 mile radius that the guy who doesn't believe in God isn't going to believe in Satan either, stupid. I'm guessing that The Nightmare Never Ends was a bit tame in the killings stake, as the new footage involves a stop motion demon stomping on badly animated people. I liked it and found it creepy in places.The wraparound segment is a hoot too – how can you dislike a film with such a cheesy pop song running through it. This film is daft as hell and a lot of fun. What more do you want from a film? Look – if you're even looking at a review of a film called Night Train to Terror, I'm guessing you're probably not on the lookout for socio-political subtext and meaningful studies of the human condition. What you get here is beheadings, Lycra, sweatbands, boobs, faces exploding, demons, people melting. It's the kind of film where all is good in the world.
johnc2141 I have seen this movie many times,i like horror anthology films like tales from the crypt,asylum,etc;its kind of strange God and Satan on a train deciding the fate of a rock group aboard the train in between three tales.the first involves a few crackpot doctors using an accident victim to get them subjects for experiments and black market body parts.the second about a young couple involved in a death club,the third about a book writer who is an agnostic and a demonic man.don't want to spoil it by giving too much detail,i do know the last segment is actually from a movie from 1972.night train has a pretty good cast.Cameron Mitchell,Marc Lawrence,John Phillip Law,Richard Moll.released in 1984 and it shows.i would tag this as a good halloween movie,its got plenty of gore,in the first tale.and heres a fact Marc Lawrence plays a duel role in the last story,as a police dectective and a concentration camp survivor.this was directed by Phillip Yordan who also did day of the triffids,another good movie.night train to terror is really an odd movie but its original.8 out of 10
sanjr1 OK, Before I go any further I just want to state that I am of sound mind & I don't drink(much) or do drugs. Why am I stating this to you?? Because I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!! I'm not even going to summarize what it's about, That's been done by quite a few people on this page. Just let me say that this flick(It's not a film people...it's a flick. Trust me on this one)is the most hilariously bad compendium of what you would need in a bad mov....oops, I mean flickBad story(ies)? Check. Bad acting? Check. Bad cinematography? Check. Bad special effects? Check. But lots of movies have all 3 of these checks. So what makes this one so special?? You have GOT to see it to believe it. It is so incredibly, Astoundingly bad that your jaw will drop as you try to comprehend what's going on. But afterwards you too will just nod in agreement with me that you were entertained far more than you realized.Did I mention the theme song? I mean I guess it's the theme song since it's played pretty much throughout the flick. Once you hear it you will dig at your eyeballs with a icepick to try & make you forget it. It's that catchy people. I wish I could find it on an MP3.I actually saw this on 42nd street back in the late 80's on a triple bill with a couple of chop socky flicks & it has never really left my mind since. I purchased the DVD 6-7 years ago from a discount outlet for $5.00. I don't know if it's still available but if you see it anywhere BUY IT! You will be entertained beyond all belief. But you ask...If this flick is so great why a 9 & not a 10?? What movie is really a 10 anyways?? No film is perfect people, You know that. But I love this flick guys. I really love it. I have made it my mission to force everyone I know to watch it & marvel at the goodness that is "NIGHT TRAIN TO TERROR".You Have Been Warned........