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[[File:terror_train_ver2_1731.jpg|frame|German poster.]]
[[File:terror_train_ver2_1731.jpg|frame|German poster.]]


Hey you!
Hey you!


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<small>Aw man....</small>
<small>Aw man....</small>


And that's how the plot goes for this 1980 [[Slasher Flick]] directed by Roger Spottiswoode<ref>(who also did ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies (Film)|Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' and ''[[The 6th Day (Film)|The 6th Day]]'')</ref> and starring [[Jamie Lee Curtis]], Ben Johnson and the aforementioned [[David Copperfield]].
And that's how the plot goes for this 1980 [[Slasher Flick]] directed by Roger Spottiswoode<ref>(who also did ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' and ''[[The 6th Day]]'')</ref> and starring [[Jamie Lee Curtis]], Ben Johnson and the aforementioned [[David Copperfield (novel)|David Copperfield]].


A remake was in development, but it eventually [[Divorced Installment|evolved]] into the ''[[Hostel]]''-esque ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1015474/ Train]'' (which retains the ''Terror Train'' title in Japan).
A remake was in development, but it eventually [[Divorced Installment|evolved]] into the ''[[Hostel]]''-esque ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1015474/ Train]'' (which retains the ''Terror Train'' title in Japan).
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=== ''Terror Train'' will be stopping in:: ===


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* [[Axe Before Entering]]: And quite literally too.
* [[Axe Before Entering]]: And quite literally too.
* [[An Axe to Grind]]
* [[An Axe to Grind]]
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* [[Covers Always Lie]]: Out of the 5 costumes in the german poster above, the killer wears only three of them.
* [[Covers Always Lie]]: Out of the 5 costumes in the german poster above, the killer wears only three of them.
* [[Deadly Prank]]: The [[Prank Date]].
* [[Deadly Prank]]: The [[Prank Date]].
* [[Death By Mocking]]
* [[Death by Mocking]]
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: The killer {{spoiler|is struck from the train with a shovel and drops into the icy river below}}.
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: The killer {{spoiler|is struck from the train with a shovel and drops into the icy river below}}.
* [[Everyone Is a Suspect]]
* [[Everyone Is a Suspect]]
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* [[Final Girl]]: Alana.
* [[Final Girl]]: Alana.
* [[Flashback Echo]]: How the killer is done in.
* [[Flashback Echo]]: How the killer is done in.
* [[Go Mad From the Revelation]]: Opening scene's [[Prank Date]] does this to Kenny, though according to Alana he was mentally unstable even before that.
* [[Go Mad from the Revelation]]: Opening scene's [[Prank Date]] does this to Kenny, though according to Alana he was mentally unstable even before that.
* [[Holy Backlight]]: Used in the magician's card act.
* [[Holy Backlight]]: Used in the magician's card act.
* [[Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday]]
* [[Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday]]
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* [[New Year Has Come]]
* [[New Year Has Come]]
* [[Not Quite Dead]]
* [[Not Quite Dead]]
* [[Off With His Head]]
* [[Off with His Head]]
* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: The magician does it at one point.
* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: The magician does it at one point.
* [[Once Is Not Enough]]
* [[Once Is Not Enough]]
* [[Peek a Boo Corpse]]
* [[Peek-a-Boo Corpse]]
* [[Red Herring]]: {{spoiler|The Magician}}.
* [[Red Herring]]: {{spoiler|The Magician}}.
* [[Revenge By Proxy]]
* [[Revenge by Proxy]]
* [[Shaming the Mob]]: When the agitated partiers think {{spoiler|that the magician is behind the killings}} and are preparing for an attack, Carne talks them down.
* [[Shaming the Mob]]: When the agitated partiers think {{spoiler|that the magician is behind the killings}} and are preparing for an attack, Carne talks them down.
* [[Shovel Strike]]
* [[Shovel Strike]]
* [[Stage Magician]]: Did we mention David Copperfield? [[Department of Redundancy Department|I'm sure we did]].
* [[Stage Magician]]: Did we mention David Copperfield? [[Department of Redundancy Department|I'm sure we did]].
* [[Stuffed in A Fridge|Stuffed In A Trunk]]: {{spoiler|David Copperfield, again}}.
* [[Stuffed in A Fridge|Stuffed In A Trunk]]: {{spoiler|David Copperfield, again}}.
* [[Thriller On the Express]]
* [[Thriller on the Express]]
* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Crossdresser]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Crossdresser]]}}


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Latest revision as of 13:51, 30 March 2022

German poster.

Hey you!

Me?

Yeah, you! Would you like to board a train which celebrates New Year's Eve all through the night while it is reaching it's destination? It has plenty of cool costumes, food, mind-altering substances and loose women! You could say it is the very definition of Cool Train!

Oh, I don't really know....

It also has David Copperfield performing magic acts.

Oh cool!

Now that you're onboard, you should also know that there's also a disgruntled killer, who was a victim of a nasty prank couple of years ago, among the guests. Have fun!

Aw man....

And that's how the plot goes for this 1980 Slasher Flick directed by Roger Spottiswoode[1] and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Ben Johnson and the aforementioned David Copperfield.

A remake was in development, but it eventually evolved into the Hostel-esque Train (which retains the Terror Train title in Japan).

Tropes used in Terror Train include:
  1. ↑ (who also did Tomorrow Never Dies and The 6th Day)
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