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Horror Express (1973)
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BETTER THAN ANY NASTY 'VIDEO NASTY'
All Aboard the HORROR EXPRESS!!
Next Stop - HELL.....
Get ready for a non-stop, hell-bound ride across the wintry-cold plains of the Siberian Snowfields. A 'Special' guest has just boarded the HORROR EXPRESS. During the long, over-night journey, you can bet, with the next scream of the train's lonely whistle, that it's gonna be a mighty 'interesting' trip, indeed.
Without a doubt, HORROR EXPRESS is a truly gruesome and frightening, little shocker from the good, old 70's.
Directed by EUGENIO MARTIN, HORROR EXPRESS stars PETER CUSHING, as Dr. Wells, and CHRISTOPHER LEE, as Alexander Saxton.
The horrifying story of the hell-bound HORROR EXPRESS is set at the turn of the last century, in the year 1900.
Amongst the darkened, ice caves located high in the northern-most regions of Siberia; Saxton's Research Expedition has uncovered what is believed to be the 'Missing Link'. Though it appears to be dead, this peculiar, lifeless-looking creature is, in reality, only sleeping. It is in a state of frozen animation, although nobody realizes this, since the creature has no detectable heartbeat.
Through the opaque ice the creature's appearance is that of a large, hairy, humanoid, with a fierce set of sharp teeth and claw-like fingertips. In many ways this freakish creature has a striking resemblance to that of the legendary Sasquatch.
After this shaggy, brown creature is carefully cut away from the hardened ice it is placed inside a secure viewing-crate, then carted off to the nearest train station. During the lengthy trip the sleeping creature begins to thaw and breath.
Once boarded onto the Trans-Siberian Express (a.k.a. the HORROR EXPRESS), comfortably housed in its special crate, the creature quickly comes to life. But it cleverly pretends to be otherwise. One by one, curiosity lures the train passengers into the freight car to take a quick gander at this spectacular creature from the mysterious ice caves.
When gazing upon this creature, it immediately hypnotizes its victim with its cruel, red-glowing eyes. Sent into a state of shock, the petrified victim stares in pure terror at the creature while little rivulets of blood begin to trickle down from their eyes. Once the creature has accomplished its fiendish purpose - To telepathically drain the person's mind completely of all memory and knowledge, the horrified victim falls back dead with their eyeballs turned blank and white. (This is a real delightfully hideous make-up effect.)
The ferociously determined creature finally frees itself from the crate. Once loose on the train all hell breaks out, everywhere. Panic is the understatement-of-the-day for the atmosphere that the creature creates on the HORROR EXPRESS. With its immense physical strength and hypnotic psychic-ability the creature wastes no time violently causing eyes to bleed and brains to drain. The creature's primary goal is to harness as much knowledge from as many human brains as possible.
Following a number of carefully monitored experiments, it is soon discovered by Dr. Wells that this impressively powerful creature comes from another galaxy. Its purpose on our earth is to dominate the human race, and, then prepare for the procreation of its own species.
Soon the dead, white-eyed victims are resurrected by their master. And, like brain-dead zombies, join forces with the creature, helping it to round up the last remaining, unmolested passengers for their free, instant-lobotomy.
Dr. Wells and Alexander Saxton bravely battle the zombies, and the relentless, brain-draining creature. Eventually the whole lousy, wicked lot of them are cornered, and, then trapped inside the train's caboose. Without a moment to lose the caboose is successfully separated from the rest of the train and, then, promptly sent crashing over a super-steep cliff in a total blaze of fire.
And, it's 'Good-bye' to the terror on the HORROR EXPRESS.
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