# Terror Train (1980)

> A masked killer turns a graduation masquerade aboard a moving train into a tightly confined revenge-driven slaughterhouse.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/26149

## Facts

- Runtime: 97 min
- Genres: Horror, Thriller
- Director: Roger Spottiswoode
- Cast: Ben Johnson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hart Bochner, Sandee Currie, Timothy Webber, Derek McKinnon, Anthony Sherwood, Joy Boushel
- TMDB rating: 5.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081617/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: eerie, sleek, tense, halloween night, late night horror marathon

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