Horror Express  /  DVD-Video
Widescreen 1.66:1 Color  /  Production Year: 1972  /  Region 1

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Select Product View: General Info Empire Reviews 2 Customer Comments Suggestions Used Product Box Cover Screen Shots Email a Friend Overall Rating: 3.63 out of 5, including 2 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Synopsis In the early 1900s, anthropologist Alexander Saxton (Christopher Lee) unearths in China what he believes to be the scientific find of the new century: the centuries-old frozen body of a gigantic ape-like man, a veritable "missing link." Booking a ticket on the train back to Europe with his crated-up, but still very healthy discovery, he joins an international group of passengers on a nightmarish adventure aboard the Horror Express. Even before the train embarks, things are amiss: a theif who tries to pick the lock on the monster's box is discovered stone-dead, his eyes turned completely white like two poached eggs. After the creature awakens and begins knocking off other travelers, Saxton is eventually forced to enlist the help of rival scientist Dr. Wells (Peter Cushing). The two Bristish doctors soon begin a cat-and-mouse game of discovery, learning bits of information about the creature - which turns out to be a non-corporeal alien intelligence only temporarily inhabiting the ape-man - and trying to stop its bloddy rampage through the train as it steals enough information from the brains of various passengers to enable it to return home. Horror Express is a relentlessly entertaining cult favorite and by far the best 1970s pairing of genre stalwarts Cushing and Lee, this time around not as enemies (as in their Hammer Dracula pictures), but as reluctant comrades forced to combat a malign, extraterrestrial, and almost diabolical creature bent on human destruction. Cast & Crew Actors:  • Peter Cushing  • Christopher Lee  • Telly Savalas  • Silvia Tortosa Writers:  • Julian Halevy  • Arnaud D'Usseau Producers:  • Bernard Gordon Directors:  • Eugenio Martin Product Information Features: Features Not Specified Video: Widescreen 1.66:1 Color Audio: (more info) ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono SPANISH: Dolby Digital Mono Studio: Image Ent. Production Year: 1972 Release Date: 3/21/2000 Length: 88 mins Rating: R Chapters: 18 Packaging: Snap Case Number of Discs: 1 Disc: SS-SL Item Code: ID6158TVDVD UPC Code: 014381615821 Browsei Category: Movies Genre: Horror, Monsters Bargains: Under $13 Studios: Image Ent. Customers who bought this Title also bought Horror Of Dracula  DVD-Video Reviews Overall Rating: 3.63 out of 5, including 2 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Customer Review The Express rolls again... - 4 out of 5  (8/27/2001) This has to be my most favorite film of all time. It is the one film I enjoy watching time and time again. The presentation by Image Entertainment is flawless, the film has never looked and sounded so good. The widescreen presentation is superb. The cast is great, a fantastic pairing for Cushing and Lee, look out for the gorgeous Helga Line as a spy, and Telly Savalas is brilliant. Director Eugenio Martin delivers the goods in this Euro horror, this one is for horror fans and those who enjo   more >> Customer Review Good Cushing and Lee vehicle - 3.25 out of 5  (11/8/2000) The Image DVD is definitely the way to go as it is letterboxed; picture and sound quality are fine. Nice packaging; liner notes are excellent. This is another fine entry in Image's Euroshock Collection. The film itself has an excellent cast, and it's great fun to see Lee and Cushing play off each other. Telly Savalas also makes an appearance at the film's climax. If you liked seeing this movie on television during the '70's and '80's, you will appreciate how good the film looks here.   more >>