Terror Train (1980) Revisited – Horror Movie Review

A new episode of our Real Slashers video series has been released under the “Revisited” banner on our JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel, and in this edition of the slash-happy show we’re celebrating the New Year with 1980’s Terror Train! Starring Halloween heroine Jamie Lee Curtis, this New Year slasher was directed by Roger Spottiswoode from a screenplay by T.Y. Drake and has the following synopsis:

During a hazing, a fraternity of pre-med students has a particularly sinister prank in store for one their more timid pledges. With the help of a coed, Alana Maxwell, they pull off the prank so well that the pledge needs to be institutionalized as a result. After several years pass and people forget the incident, those involved with the prank are ready to celebrate their graduation by having a costume party on a train, but they haven’t escaped their past yet.

Curtis was joined in the cast by Ben Johnson, Hart Bochner, Sandee Currie, Timothy Webber, and Derek MacKinnon, with an appearance by Vanity (credited as D.D. Winters), plus David Copperfield as The Magician.

Here’s what Real Slashers is all about:

Ahhh the 80’s. A simpler time where the blood ran red, the boobies swung freely, and the weed was copiously smoked. A time where rampant killers were simply excuses for excessive sex and over the top murder. Yes, we’re looking at an era where the slasher movie ran wild over cinemas everywhere. Today, we’re looking at “Real Slashers.”

The show is Written, Narrated, and Edited by Tyler Nichols, Produced by John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

A few sample episodes of Real Slashers can be seen below. To see more, and to check out some of our other shows, head over to the JoBlo Horror Originals channel – and subscribe while you’re at it!