Monster in the night express

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Movie
German title Monster in the night express
Original title Terror Train
Country of production Canada , USA
original language English
Publishing year 1980
length 97 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director Roger Spottiswoode
script TY Drake
production Harold Greenberg
music John Mills-Cockell
camera John Alcott
cut Anne Henderson
occupation

Monster im Nachexpress (Original: Terror Train ; German alternative title: Todesparty 3 , or Terror Train - To get out too late ) is a Canadian / American horror thriller from 1980. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode .

The $ 3.5 million production was shot from November 21 to December 23, 1979 in Montreal , Québec . The film was released in German cinemas on June 18, 1981.

action

At a New Year's Eve party, medical students from the Sigma-Phi-Omega connection play a macabre prank on their mentally unstable and shy fellow student Kenny Hampson. The young man suffers a traumatic experience and ends up in a psychiatric clinic, where he is admitted to the hospital.

Three years later, the same students, including the joker and ringleader Doc, whose best friend Mo and his companion Alana, rent a complete party train for the upcoming graduation party, which also falls on New Year's Eve. The aim of the event is to celebrate the evening together with plenty of alcohol, drugs and sex. The illustrious party company is to amuse itself in costumes and masks with a specially dedicated disco combo along with good-looking magicians . However, unnoticed by the passengers, the masked Kenny sneaks on board to take revenge on his former tormentors for the humiliation he suffered.

The first corpses are soon found, but due to a lack of communication options, the train continues to roll unstoppably through the night. There is no escape for the culprits of the macabre joke. The masked Kenny gradually gets more victims. At some point the suspicion falls on the mysterious Ken, the present magician, who feels a certain affection for Alana. However, when he is found dead, events roll over. Ultimately, after most of those responsible for the prank that was once committed, Alana succeeds in convicting the perpetrator with the help of a conductor. It is Kenny, who disguised himself as Ken's assistant, entered the event. Before he can take revenge on Alana, at the end of the film he is pushed out of the moving train by Carne, the conductor, into a half-frozen river, where he falls motionless to the ground while the train continues its journey.

Awards

Saturn Award nominations
Genie Award nomination
  • 1981: in the category Best Score for John Mills-Cockell
  • 1981: in the Best Production Design category for Glenn Bydwell
  • 1981: in the Best Sound category for Dino Pigat, David Appleby, Austin Grimaldi and Bo Harwood

Reviews

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was an "artfully photographed horror film that played a delightful game with illusion".

The lexicon of horror films quotes Frank Arnold from film-dienst , who only recognizes the “qualities of film” in the script, which, in his opinion, celebrates a remarkable “play with masks and illusions”.

The film's large lexicon of people found that Terror Train was “an extremely fast and exciting horror thriller” and that “its merits, apart from the nerve-racking shock effects, especially in the suggestive camera work”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Info on imdb.com, accessed July 30, 2008.
  2. ↑ Monster in the Night Express in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used
  3. ^ Ronald M. Hahn , Volker Jansen: Lexicon of the horror film. Bastei-Lübbe, 1985, page 308.
  4. ↑ a b Kay Less : The large personal dictionary of the film . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 7: R - T. Robert Ryan - Lily Tomlin. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 427.