Horror Express
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Horror Express (Spanish: Pánico en el Transiberiano, lit. "Panic on the Trans-Siberian")[4] is a 1972 science fiction horror film directed by Eugenio Martín. It is a loose adaptation of John W. Campbell's 1938 novella Who Goes There?,[5] and stars Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, with Alberto de Mendoza, Silvia Tortosa, Julio Peña, George Rigaud, Ángel del Pozo, and Telly Savalas in supporting roles.
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Directed by | Eugenio Martín |
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Story by | Eugenio Martín |
Produced by | Bernard Gordon |
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Cinematography | Alejandro Ulloa |
Edited by | Robert C. Dearberg |
Music by | John Cacavas |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
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Language | English |
Budget | $300,000 |
Box office | 755,542 admissions (Spain)[2] |
Set in 1906, the film's storyline follows the various passengers aboard a European-bound Trans-Siberian Railway train. They are soon stalked, one by one, by an alien intelligence inhabiting the frozen body of an ancient primitive humanoid brought onboard by an anthropologist.