Night Train to Terror is an anthology of three films produced by Philip Yordan. All three of these stories are actual movies that were horribly trimmed down to fit in an hour and a half time frame.
The first story is by far the most confusing. A man by accident kills his new wife in a car accident. When he awakens he is in a mental institution. Richard Moll plays a crazed employee that seems to like to chop people up with an assortment of knives. The problem with this story is the editing is so bad that we really don't have any idea of what is going on. The full length movie, though, looks like it could have been a fun mad doctor type of film.
The second story is about a rich tycoon who falls in love with a woman who doesn't love him. As a result, she falls in love with another man which drives the rich tycoon crazy. He kidnaps the both of them and forces them to play games that result in death. Once again, this story is very poorly edited and a lot of what happens doesn't make much sense. This is another story that looks like it made a great horror movie.
The third story I actually own. It is from the movie Cataclysm and it has to do with Satan in human form. Richard Moll once again stars in this film. If you want a full review of that movie check out the IMDb site for it. The movie does contain some great stop motion animation I might add.
All in all, Night Train to Terror is not a great movie. But, it works as a great advertisement for these three movies. I know after watching Night Train I want to check out the full length versions of the stories. One more thing, unless you are still living in the 80's, beware of bad 80's music plays from the start of the film and between each segment. 5/10
The first story is by far the most confusing. A man by accident kills his new wife in a car accident. When he awakens he is in a mental institution. Richard Moll plays a crazed employee that seems to like to chop people up with an assortment of knives. The problem with this story is the editing is so bad that we really don't have any idea of what is going on. The full length movie, though, looks like it could have been a fun mad doctor type of film.
The second story is about a rich tycoon who falls in love with a woman who doesn't love him. As a result, she falls in love with another man which drives the rich tycoon crazy. He kidnaps the both of them and forces them to play games that result in death. Once again, this story is very poorly edited and a lot of what happens doesn't make much sense. This is another story that looks like it made a great horror movie.
The third story I actually own. It is from the movie Cataclysm and it has to do with Satan in human form. Richard Moll once again stars in this film. If you want a full review of that movie check out the IMDb site for it. The movie does contain some great stop motion animation I might add.
All in all, Night Train to Terror is not a great movie. But, it works as a great advertisement for these three movies. I know after watching Night Train I want to check out the full length versions of the stories. One more thing, unless you are still living in the 80's, beware of bad 80's music plays from the start of the film and between each segment. 5/10