Horror Express

From The Grindhouse Cinema Database

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Main Details

  • Released on September 30, 1972 (Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival)
  • Color
  • Running Time: USA:90 min | USA:88 min | Spain:84 min
  • Production Co: Benmar Productions | Granada Films
  • Distribution Co: Astral Films (1974) (Canada) (theatrical) | Scotia International (1974) (USA) (theatrical)
  • Directed by Eugenio Martin
  • Written by Arnaud d'Usseau, Julian Zimet
  • Starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alberto de Mendoza
  • Produced by Bernard Gordon, Gregorio Sacristán
  • Original Music by John Cacavas
  • Cinematography by Alejandro Ulloa
  • Film Editing by Robert C. Dearberg

Plot Summary

  • While traveling on the Trans-Siberian Express, an anthropologist and his rival must contain the threat posed by the former's cargo: a prehistoric ape which is the host for a lifeform that is absorbing the minds of the passengers and crew.

Also Known As

  • Dödsexpressen (Sweden)
  • Expresso do Horror (Brazil) (DVD title)
  • Kauhun pikajuna (Finland) (video title)
  • Pánico en el Transiberiano (Spain)
  • Panic in the Trans-Siberian Train (International) (English title)
  • Terreur dans le Shanghaï-Express (France)
  • Panic in the Trans-Siberian Train

Taglines

  • Can it be stopped?
  • A nightmare of terror travelling aboard the Horror Express!
  • Your Non Stop Ride to Hell Boards at 8 P.M.
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