Horror Express
1972 · Movie · R · 87 min · ★ 6.3 · 74% critics
A scientist brings a frozen prehistoric creature onto a long train journey from Asia to Europe, hoping to study it. When strange deaths begin to spread through the cramped cars, passengers grow suspicious and panic rises as a small group tries to understand what’s hunting them before the trip turns into a nightmare.
Also known as Panic in the Trans-Siberian Train · Horror Express: The Enigma
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Details
- Original title
- Pánico en el Transiberiano
- Years
- 1972
- Release date
- 1972-09-30
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (335 votes)
- Budget
- $300,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a fast, oddball 1970s horror ride with a train setting, grisly shocks, and a sci‑fi twist; Not for you if you need grounded logic or deep character drama, and it may remind you of The Thing.
Pros: tense train-bound mystery; creepy creature concept; fun, pulpy energy | Cons: uneven final stretch; cheesy science moments; thin character depth
Themes
- monster
- based on novel or book
- loss of loved one
- monk
- expedition
- cossack
- alien
- train
- creature
- alien invasion
- gothic horror
- stockings
- +7 more
Cast & crew
Christopher Lee
as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
Peter Cushing
as Dr. Wells
Telly Savalas
as Captain Kazan
Alberto de Mendoza
as Father Pujardov
Silvia Tortosa
as Countess Irina Petrovska
Julio Peña
as Inspector Mirov
Ángel del Pozo
as Yevtushenko
Helga Liné
as Natasha
Alice Reinheart
as Miss Jones
José Jaspe
as Conductor Koniev
Directed by Eugenio Martín