Actuakers
One of my all time favorites.
Verity Robins
Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
Cheryl
A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
jacobjohntaylor1
This is one of the scariest movies you will ever see. If it does not scary you no movie will. This movie has a great story line. It also has great acting. There are a lot monsters in it.
begob
A British scientist transports an ancient fossil on the trans-Siberia express, but the fossil wants to bury the passengers ...Nice Hammer-style horror with a well paced story and solid performances. The setting is period cosmopolitanism in colonial Asia, with the usual class-based conservatism of the genre but also a nice line in self awareness: "Monsters? But we're British, you know!" The plot device of the train is well executed, and the development of the threat never goes overboard. The only weaknesses are that there's no character development, and the ending is rushed.Performances are standard from these actors, with a brief flare-up of "what you are I wouldn't eat" from Telly Savalas. Music is of its time - a little grating in the opening sequence, but not excessive.Overall: well told story that sits comfortably in the Hammer tradition.
Spikeopath
It's as nutty as a Dundee Cake is Horror Express, but a wonderful slice of horror it is. Boasting Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing as a twin elegant force that are fighting evil, pic is in safe hands. As the title suggests, story takes place on a train, a Trans-Siberian Express no less. Anthropologist Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton (Lee) has discovered a creature frozen during one of his mountain expeditions, and has it safely locked up during the train journey. Yeah, right! Pretty soon grisly deaths start occurring so Saxton and Dr. Wells (Cushing) must find out what the beast is and how to stop it - if it can be stopped that is...It's a splendid amalgamation of films like And Then There Were None and The Thing from Another World. Although it's often cheap looking, the modest budget actually makes the "B" movie roots engage rather than hinder. Telly Savalas' introduction late in the day doesn't make a lot of sense, and he hams it for all he's worth, but again there's a horror charm about it as the blood does flow and eyeballs do pop. While the revelation and modus operandi of the creature, the science aspects of it, contains good thought and doesn't insult the viewers in spite of the nuttiness of it all.Great fun, so go buy a ticket and get on board. 7.5/10
gilligan1965
I really like this movie...BUT - "What if one of you is the monster?" "MONSTER!?!? We're British!" :D That was Peter Cushing's reply to that question concerning himself and Christopher Lee. :) You see, normal laws of physics and physiology, nor, those of morality, sociology, and, foreign influence, ever applied to the British...hee-hee! :DThe script 'did' get it right about the married Polish Royal couple - Count Marion Petrovski; and, Countess Irina Petrovska (the Polish feminine of such a name ended with 'ska,' and, not 'ski')...but, IMDb managed to get it wrong!?!?Then, there's the 'arrogantly-yet-cowardly-and-supposedly-tough' American' woman who takes a stand (against Captain Kazan - Telly Savalas)...but, then blames it upon another!?!? Very gutsy!?!? :DThen, Telly has a Tokarev pistol...that didn't come out until the 1930s!?!? Maybe it was an American 1911 ACP .45 pistol that came out in 1911...this movie is of 1906. The synchrony is wrong!AND, BEST OF ALL...THERE'S THE DEVOTED FATHER PUJARDOV who wished to be so pious by opposing evil! He's God incarnate; devout to the scriptures and a follower of God...yet, "he agrees to help the 'monster!?!?" Typical of religious leaders, especially those who swear to celibacy, and, then, lay with little boys!?!? He's the BIGGEST HYPOCRITE on the train! "I will teach to end pain; disease; hunger!" Says the devout priest!?!?"Moscow" says to stop the train!?!? In 1906, wasn't St. Petersburg (later. Leningrad) where 'Russian' national/governmental orders originated from?Either way...WHO CARES? I like this movie, and, I just love Silvia Tortosa and Helga Liné the same as I did as a child...SO SEXY! I give this movie TWO STARS for scaring me as a child; and, FOUR MORE STARS for Silvia Tortosa and Helga Liné arousing me! :)
