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Terror Train

Terror Train is a 1980 slasher film directed by Roger Spottiswoode — in his directorial debut — written by Thomas Y. Drake, and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Ben Johnson, Hart Bochner, Timothy Webber, Anthony Sherwood, Vanity and David Copperfield. The film follows a group of pre-medical school students holding a New Year's Eve costume party on a vintage…

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Box office
$8 million
Budget
$2.7 million
Cinematography
John Alcott
Countries
Canada · United States
Directed by
Roger Spottiswoode
Distributed by
Astral Films (Canada) 20th Century Fox (International)

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Home media

Reception

Remake

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Terror Train

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Edges145
Triples141
Avg. degree1.99
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Terror Train

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related to Remake · 28
Terror Train → Aaron Martin, According, Alana, Bloody Disgusting, Canadian, Carne, Graham Ludlow, Halloween, Ian Carpenter, Incendo Productions, Included, It, Kaleigh Kavanagh, Lê, Mary Walsh, Montreal, No, October, Paul Lê, Philippe Gagnon
related to Box office · 26
Terror Train → According, After Friday, Canada, Century Fox, Ebert, Friday, Funeral Home, Graduation Day, Grove, He Knows You're Alone, Hell Night, Hollywood, It, Maniac, Mother's Day, My Bloody Valentine, New Year's Evil, Night School, October, Only
related to Filming · 19
Terror Train → Alcott, At, Barry Lyndon, Canada, Christmas, December, Guy Comtois, John Alcott, Kenny's, McGill University, Montreal, New Hampshire, November, Principal, Quebec, The, To, United States, Using
related to Themes · 18
Terror Train → AllMovie, Bloody Disgusting, Ebert, Film, He, However, If, In, It's, John Kenneth Muir, Kenny, Muir, On, Paul Brener, Prom Night, The, The Magician, Zachary Paul
related to Casting · 14
Terror Train → After Halloween, Alana, Alana Maxwell, Canadian, Curtis, Grodnik, Halloween, Jamie Lee Curtis, Paul Lynch's Prom Night, Prom Night, She, Since, Switchback, Toronto
related to Release · 12
Terror Train → Century Fox, Curtis, Groucho Marx, Howard, Prom Night, Regarding, Star Wars, The, The Fog, Three, United States, Variety
Starring · 3
Terror Train → Ben Johnson, Hart Bochner, Jamie Lee Curtis
is a · 3
Terror Train → 1980 slasher film directed by Roger Spottiswoode, imperfect film with dull murder sequences, shrewd manner in which it plays against audience expectations
Countries · 2
Terror Train → Canada, United States
Release dates · 2
Terror Train → October 10, 1980 (1980-10-10) (Canada), October 3, 1980 (1980-10-03) (US)

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Terror TrainBox office$8 million1.00infobox
Terror TrainBudget$2.7 million1.00infobox
Terror TrainCinematographyJohn Alcott1.00infobox
Terror TrainCountriesCanada1.00infobox
Terror TrainCountriesUnited States1.00infobox
Terror TrainDirected byRoger Spottiswoode1.00infobox
Terror TrainDistributed byAstral Films (Canada) 20th Century Fox (International)1.00infobox
Terror TrainEdited byAnne Henderson1.00infobox
Terror TrainLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Terror TrainMusic byJohn Mills-Cockell1.00infobox
Terror TrainProduced byHarold Greenberg1.00infobox
Terror TrainProduction companiesAstral Bellevue Pathé Sandy Howard Productions Triple T Productions1.00infobox
Terror TrainRelease datesOctober 3, 1980 (1980-10-03) (US)1.00infobox
Terror TrainRelease datesOctober 10, 1980 (1980-10-10) (Canada)1.00infobox
Terror TrainRunning time97 minutes1.00infobox
Terror TrainStarringBen Johnson1.00infobox
Terror TrainStarringJamie Lee Curtis1.00infobox
Terror TrainStarringHart Bochner1.00infobox
Terror TrainWritten byT. Y. Drake1.00infobox
Terror Trainis a1980 slasher film directed by Roger Spottiswoode0.90text
Terror Trainis aimperfect film with dull murder sequences0.90text
Terror Trainis ashrewd manner in which it plays against audience expectations0.90text

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