死亡列车 (1980)
Terror Train
本片描述的是一群大学生在火车上开化妆舞会，不料一名在兄弟会中遭受戏弄的大学新生在心理失衡下混入了这班列车，他不断换装，伺机用各种手法把大学生一个一个杀掉。 本片的女主角Jamie Lee Curtis凭《月光光心慌慌》崛起之后，成为低成本恐怖谋杀片的热门红星。加拿大影坛见猎心喜，遂邀请她主演了这部以火车为故事舞台的影片，并聘请《闪灵》、《发条橙》的名摄影师约翰．阿考特掌镜，导演则由加国的罗杰．斯波蒂斯伍德担任。剧情描述一群大学生在火车上开化妆舞会，不料一名在三年前晚会中遭受戏弄的大学新生在心理失衡下混入了这班列车，他不断换装，伺机用各种手法把大学生一个一个杀掉。相对于同类电影而言，本片的故事场景比较特别，气氛的处理也相当令人毛骨悚然，是一部在制作上有不俗表现的影片，可惜情节安排仍不得不屈从于同类谋杀片的俗套，始终就未能更上一层楼。女主角Jamie Lee Curtis仅1980年就出演 “the fog”、“Porm Night”和“Terror Train”三部恐怖片，凭借其在这几部片中令人惊砺的尖叫，在好莱坞获得“Scream queen”之称。
演员阵容
- 本·约翰逊 — Carne
- 杰米·李·柯蒂斯 — Alana
- 哈特·博赫纳 — Doc
- Sandee Currie — Mitchy
- Timothy Webber — Mo
- Derek MacKinnon — Kenny Hampson
- Anthony Sherwood — Jackson
- 乔·波希尔 — Pet
- Vanity — Merry
- Greg Swanson — Class President
- Howard Busgang — Ed
- David Copperfield — Magician
趣闻
Terror Train is a 1980 Canadian slasher film directed by Roger Spottiswoode — in his directorial debut — written by Thomas Y. Drake, and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Ben Johnson, Hart Bochner, Timothy Webber, Anthony Sherwood, Vanity and David Copperfield. The film follows a group of pre-medical school students holding a New Year's Eve costume party on a vintage excursion train who are targeted by a killer who dons their costumes.
Production
After Halloween (1978) grossed nearly $60 million, film producers wanted to exploit its success, leading to a horror movie boom in the following two years. Film critic Roger Ebert said horror movies made in the wake of Halloween tended to include attacks on young girls, knives, and blood. Producer Daniel Grodnik had the idea for the film's central narrative, which he had wanted to be "like Halloween on a train".
The film was the first motion picture directed by Roger Spottiswoode (a former editor for Sam Peckinpah), who was hired to direct the film by Howard on the condition that he also edit it. Anne Henderson was later brought in to edit. Because it was made under a Canadian tax shelter, Daniel Grodnik was appointed executive producer, as he was legally unable to serve as a primary producer.
There was no stage show magician in the original script, but producer Howard was a fan of magic tricks and illusions, so a magician character was written in. Prior to pre-production, the film's title changed from Terrible Train to Switchback to Train to Terror to Terror Train.
Since the film was made under a Canadian tax shelter, nearly all of its cast and crew had to be Canadian. Grodnik sought Jamie Lee Curtis for the lead role of Alana Maxwell based on her performance in Halloween. After Halloween, Curtis auditioned for many films, but only received offers for horror parts. She didn't feel she was in a position to turn them down.
Curtis completed filming another slasher film, Paul Lynch's Prom Night (1980), which she filmed in Toronto, shortly before filming for Terror Train began. She felt Alana was similar to the character she played in Prom Night, but stronger and more sophisticated. Curtis hoped she could add depth to the character.
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