

Horror Express
A nightmare of terror travelling aboard the Horror Express!
Mysterious and unearthly deaths start to occur while Professor Saxton is transporting the frozen remains of a primitive humanoid creature he found in Manchuria back to Europe.
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6.3/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $300K
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- monster
- based on novel or book
- loss of loved one
- monk
- expedition
- cossack
- alien
- train
- creature
- alien invasion
- gothic horror
- stockings
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Spain, United Kingdom
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR3 Dec 1973
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical20 Jun 1974
- Physical15DVD16 Oct 2006
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1830 Sept 1972
FranceFR
- TheatricalU28 May 1975
GermanyDE
- Theatrical163 Jan 1974
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1821 Jun 1974
SpainES
- Theatrical30 Sept 1972
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Horror Express was released on 30 September 1972.
Audience reviews
3- J7.5/10
John Chard
11/28/2015
One of our links is missing! 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 …
- W7/10
Wuchak
3/16/2019
***Originally titled "Panic on the Trans-Siberian Express"*** A British anthropologist (Christopher Lee) discovers a frozen prehistoric “missing link” in 1906, Manchuria, and transports it to Europe by train. All hell breaks loose when the eerie thing escapes and preys on the passengers. Peter Cushing plays a colleague while Telly Savalas hams it up as an intimidating Cossack officer in the last act. A joint U…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
5/28/2023
Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Telly Savalas - yes, Kojak himself, star in this Anglo-Spanish horror flick about a beastie unearthed in China that wreaks havoc on the train that is bringing it back to Europe. The story is actually quite good; though the quality of the print I saw was pretty dreadful so sadly it became more of a perseverance exercise, than one of enjoyment. The direction is quite taut, and it buil…
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