Horror Express (1972)
- Original title
- Pánico en el Transiberiano
- Directed by
- Eugenio Martín
- Genre
- horror film, science fiction film, mystery film
- Country
- United Kingdom, Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 340 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1906 a frozen prehistoric creature is found in a cave in Manchuria and loaded onto a train. The creature turns out to be a shape-shifting alien that kills the passengers and steals their memories.
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What happens
Horror Express (Spanish: Pánico en el Transiberiano, lit. 'Panic on the Trans-Siberian') is a 1972 science-fiction horror film directed by Eugenio Martín, and starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and Telly Savalas; with Alberto de Mendoza, Silvia Tortosa, Julio Peña, George Rigaud, Ángel del Pozo, Helga Liné, and Alice Reinheart in supporting roles. Inspired by John W. Campbell's novella Who Goes There?, the film is set in the year 1906, and its storyline follows the various passengers aboard a European-bound Trans-Siberian Railway. They are soon stalked, one by one, by an alien intelligence inhabiting the frozen body of an ancient primitive humanoid brought onboard by an anthropologist. A Spanish and British co-production, the film premiered at the 1972 Sitges Film Festival, where it won the Critics' Award for Best Script. It has developed a cult following among horror film fans. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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