Night Train To Terror was billed to me as being a "super gory" mid 80s fright fest. Of that I must disagree.Night Train To Terror is about the struggle between good and evil. Really, no kidding. The devil and God are riding on a train and reviewing "cases" to decide who goes to hell and who gets into heaven. So, it's structure is akin to Creepshow and Trilogy of Terror but its implementation is mediocre at best.
I enjoyed the overall idea of the film very much but each of the stories feel more like misfires then slam dunks which given the subject matter certainly could have been. The plots of each are pretty good though a bit unoriginal. The pacing and the clarity of each is where the real problem lies. The gore found in the film is fairly plentiful but is mostly very cheesy and unbelievable. We're talking mannequins squirting blood. The acting is pretty good, even featuring Richard Moll, Bull from Night Court. The soundtrack in the film is atrocious however. There's an especially irritating and silly dance sequence used as an extremely clumsy segue between scenes. In fact that's a pretty accurate description of the film as a whole, clumsy.
Overall Night Train To Terror has an interesting story but the implementation of the story is clumsy and silly. This makes for an entertaining ride as long as you have a good sense of humor and enjoy the absurd. Watch it if you dig 80's cheese and have some friends to share the experience with.
Gore - mild/medium
Nudity - none
Overall - 5/10
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