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{{Infobox film
| name = Train| image = trainmovie.jpg
| name = Train| image = trainmovie.jpg
| director = [[Gideon Raff]]
| director = [[Gideon Raff]]
| writer = Gideon Raff
| writer = Gideon Raff
| producer = [[Boaz Davidson]]<br>Danny Lerner<br>Les Weldon
| producer = [[Boaz Davidson]]<br>Danny Lerner<br>Les Weldon
| starring = [[Thora Birch]]<br>Derek Magyar<br>[[Gideon Emery]]<br>Kavan Reece<br>Gloria Votsis
| starring = [[Thora Birch]]<br>Derek Magyar<br>[[Gideon Emery]]<br>Kavan Reece<br>Gloria Votsis
| music = Michael Wandmacher
| music = [[Michael Wandmacher]]
| cinematography = Martina Radwan
| cinematography = Martina Radwan
| editing = Alain Jakubowicz
| editing = Alain Jakubowicz
| released = {{Film date|2008|10|16|[[Screamfest Horror Film Festival]]}}
| released = {{Film date|2008|10|16|[[Screamfest Horror Film Festival]]}}
| distributor = Millennium Films<br/>Nu Image Films| runtime = 94 minutes
| distributor = [[Millennium Films]]<br/>[[Nu Image Films]]
| runtime = 94 minutes
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = English, [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]], [[Russian language|Russian]]
| language = English, Bulgarian, Russian
| budget =
| budget =
}}
}}
'''''Train''''' is a 2008 horror film directed and written by [[Gideon Raff]]; the film stars [[Thora Birch]] and [[Gideon Emery]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Daley |first=Ryan |url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18492 |title=Best & Worst of 2009: Ryan Daley Picks His Bottom 5! |publisher=Bloody-disgusting.com |date=2009-12-23 |accessdate=2015-10-07}}</ref>
'''''Train''''' is a 2008 [[slasher film]] directed and written by [[Gideon Raff]] and starring [[Thora Birch]] and [[Gideon Emery]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Daley |first=Ryan |url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18492 |title=Best & Worst of 2009: Ryan Daley Picks His Bottom 5! |publisher=Bloody-disgusting.com |date=2009-12-23 |accessdate=2015-10-07}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
In Eastern Europe, a group of US college athletes unknowingly board a train that will become one deadly ride. The students are participating in a wrestling championship; they include Todd (Derek Magyer) and his girlfriend Alex (Thora Birch), Sheldon (Kavan Reece), Claire (Gloria Votsis), and young assistant coach Willy (Gideon Emery). After a hard match, they sneak away from their hotel to an underground club. However, the next morning, they return too late for their train to Odessa.
In Eastern Europe, a group of US college athletes unknowingly board a train that will become one deadly ride. The students are participating in a wrestling championship; they include Todd (Derek Magyer) and his girlfriend Alex (Thora Birch), Sheldon (Kavan Reece), Claire (Gloria Votsis), and young assistant coach Willy (Gideon Emery). After a hard match, they sneak away from their hotel to an underground club. However, the next morning, they return too late for their train to Odessa.


Coach Harris (Todd Jensen) has stayed behind to wait for them. At the station, a woman named Dr. Velislava (Koina Ruseva) approaches and explains that train tickets are normally purchased after one has boarded. The coach and team members join her in boarding the train. Two workers from the train take their passports, and later burn them.
Coach Harris (Todd Jensen) has stayed behind to wait for them. At the station, a woman named Dr. Velislava (Koina Ruseva) approaches and explains that train tickets are normally purchased after one has boarded. The coach and team members join her in boarding the train. Two workers from the train take their passports, and later burn them.


In the dinner car, the coach is joined by the doctor, who flirts with him. They go to his room to have sex, but she injects him with a tranquilizer. In the following scene, the coach is seen in a torture chamber, screaming as he is stitched in the abdomen. Meanwhile, the 4 students and the assistant coach drink and play a game truth or dare. Todd gets dared to run down to the end of the train and back in his underwear. He reaches the end of the train and is found by one of the workers who charges at him and captures him. Todd is strung up, has his ribcage broken open, spine severed and eyes removed. Dr. Velislava is then seen fetching a mother who has a son with eye problems.
In the dinner car, the coach is joined by the doctor, who flirts with him. They go to his room to have sex, but she injects him with a tranquilizer. In the following scene, the coach is seen in a torture chamber, screaming as he is stitched in the abdomen. Meanwhile, the 4 students and the assistant coach drink and play a game truth or dare. Todd gets dared to run down to the end of the train and back in his underwear. He reaches the end of the train and is found by one of the workers who charges at him and captures him. Todd is strung up, has his ribcage broken open, spine severed and eyes removed. Dr. Velislava is then seen fetching a mother who has a son with what appears to be severe [[glaucoma]] in his left eye.


The next morning, upon finding Todd still missing, the remaining students and the Willy start looking for the missing members of their group. While searching, Sheldon is attacked by the two demented workers, who drag him to the torture car; his genitalia are cut off and he is stitched back up. Claire reaches the end cart and finds the burnt remains of the passports. She is caught looking for more information and is hooked and dragged to the chamber. Willy and Alex find the torture chamber where Todd is vivisected and Sheldon is alive in a cage. They free him and when they see Todd is still breathing, Sheldon kills him. Just then, the torturer arrives dragging in Claire. Willy and Alex escape, chased by the torturer, but Sheldon and Claire are left behind. Alex and Willy are caught by the doctor; they realize all the other passengers are transplant patients, and tourists are being harvested for organs.
The next morning, upon finding Todd still missing, the remaining students and assistant coach Willy start looking for the missing members of their group. While searching, Sheldon is attacked by the two demented workers, who drag him to the torture car. Dr. Veliskava opens the window to the torture car and allows a middle-aged man to view Sheldon's genitalia, upon his approval, Sheldon's genitalia are cut off without any anesthesia which causes him to blackout. In the next scene he is shown passed out as he is being stitched back up. Claire reaches the end cart and finds the burnt remains of the passports. She is caught looking for more information and is hooked by the mouth and dragged to the chamber. Willy and Alex find the torture chamber where Todd is vivisected and Sheldon is alive in a cage. They free him and when they see Todd is still breathing, Sheldon kills him out of mercy. Just then, the torturer arrives dragging in Claire. Willy and Alex escape, chased by the torturer, but Sheldon and Claire are left behind. Alex and Willy are caught by the doctor; they realize all the other passengers are transplant patients, and tourists are being harvested for organs.


Back in the torture car, Claire is still alive despite having a huge iron hook driven through her jaw. She, Alex, and Willy watch in horror as Sheldon is vivisected and his heart pulled out. While the captors go to another car to perform the transplant, Alex manages to escape and hide in a sleeper compartment. The next morning, at a military checkpoint, the conductor drags Claire off the train to give to the platoon as a bribe. The passengers (including Alex) watch the platoon take Claire (who will presumably be used as a sex slave) as the train pulls away.
Back in the torture car, Claire is still alive despite having a huge iron hook driven through her jaw. She, Alex, and Willy watch in horror as Sheldon is vivisected and his heart pulled out. While the captors go to another car to perform the transplant, Alex manages to escape and hide in a sleeper compartment. The next morning, at a military checkpoint, the conductor drags Claire off the train to give to the platoon as a bribe. The passengers (including Alex) watch the platoon take Claire (who, to judge by her screams, is being sexually assaulted) as the train pulls away.


That night the train reaches what appears to be a huge medieval hospital. Alex, disguised, sneaks off into the building, and soon finds Willy, horribly injured but still alive, chained to a bed. They escape into the woods. In the morning, Alex leaves Willy behind briefly, but then from a distance she sees him brutally murdered by the torturers from the hospital.
That night the train reaches what appears to be a huge medieval hospital. Alex, disguised, sneaks off into the building, and soon finds Willy, horribly injured but still alive, chained to a bed. They escape into the woods. In the morning, Alex leaves Willy behind briefly, but then from a distance she sees him brutally murdered by the torturers from the hospital.


Now determined, she returns to the train, still parked near the hospital and about to pull away to its next destination. Alex kills each of her torturers, douses the train with gasoline and sets it ablaze, and decouples the last car, which slows to a stop. As she stops to look over the bridge, she's attacked by one of the surviving torturers. After a struggle, she manages to subdue him. When he wakes up, he finds himself strapped to the train tracks. Moments later, a train runs over him. Alex escapes down the tracks and enters a wrestling match with grim confidence.
Now determined, she returns to the train, still parked near the hospital and about to pull away to its next destination. Alex kills each of her torturers, douses the train with gasoline and sets it ablaze, and decouples the last car, which slows to a stop. As she stops to look over the bridge, she's attacked by one of the surviving torturers. After a struggle, she manages to subdue him. When he wakes up, he finds himself strapped to the train tracks. Moments later, a train runs over him. Alex escapes down the tracks, and in the last scene, we see her some time later, about to enter a wrestling match with grim confidence.

==Background==
The film was originally set to be a remake of the 1980 horror ''[[Terror Train]]'', which starred [[Jamie Lee Curtis]].<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i420661b19b7a7800373afe68361c63d8 Original Press Release at the Hollywood Reporter] {{wayback|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i420661b19b7a7800373afe68361c63d8 |date=20081015220939 }}</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Thora Birch]] as Alexandra "Alex" Roper
*[[Thora Birch]] as Alexandra "Alex" Roper
*[[Derek Magyar]] as Todd Patterson
*[[Derek Magyar]] as Todd Patterson
*[[Gideon Emery]] as Willy
*[[Gideon Emery]] as Willy
*[[Kavan Reece]] as Sheldon
*Kavan Reece as Sheldon
*[[Gloria Votsis]] as Claire
*[[Gloria Votsis]] as Claire
*[[Valentin Ganev]] as Conductor Vasyl Alekseenko
*[[Ivan Barnev]] as Gregor
*Todd Jensen as Coach Harris
* Nikolay Mutafchiev as Vasily
*[[Zahary Baharov]] as Croupier
}}


==Production==
==Production==
The film was shot on location in [[Bulgaria]] and was originally set to be a remake of [[Terror Train]]. However, it later evolved into an original project, sharing only the setting of a train.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sentientonline.net/?p=1481 |title=Review of Train (2008) – A gory but enjoyable movie starring Gideon Emery |publisher=Sentientonline.net |date=2010-01-08 |accessdate=2014-05-07}}</ref>
The film was shot on location in [[Bulgaria]] and was originally set to be a remake of the 1980 horror film ''[[Terror Train]]'', which starred [[Jamie Lee Curtis]].<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i420661b19b7a7800373afe68361c63d8 Original Press Release at the Hollywood Reporter] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015220939/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i420661b19b7a7800373afe68361c63d8 |date=October 15, 2008 }}</ref> However, it later evolved into an original project, sharing only the setting of a train.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sentientonline.net/?p=1481 |title=Review of Train (2008) – A gory but enjoyable movie starring Gideon Emery |publisher=Sentientonline.net |date=2010-01-08 |accessdate=2014-05-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508031610/http://sentientonline.net/?p=1481 |archivedate=2014-05-08 }}</ref>


==Release==
==Release==
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==External links==
==External links==
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*{{IMDb title|1015474|Train}}

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Latest revision as of 21:50, 11 September 2024

Train
Directed byGideon Raff
Written byGideon Raff
Produced byBoaz Davidson
Danny Lerner
Les Weldon
StarringThora Birch
Derek Magyar
Gideon Emery
Kavan Reece
Gloria Votsis
CinematographyMartina Radwan
Edited byAlain Jakubowicz
Music byMichael Wandmacher
Distributed byMillennium Films
Nu Image Films
Release date
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish, Bulgarian, Russian

Train is a 2008 slasher film directed and written by Gideon Raff and starring Thora Birch and Gideon Emery.[1]

Plot

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In Eastern Europe, a group of US college athletes unknowingly board a train that will become one deadly ride. The students are participating in a wrestling championship; they include Todd (Derek Magyer) and his girlfriend Alex (Thora Birch), Sheldon (Kavan Reece), Claire (Gloria Votsis), and young assistant coach Willy (Gideon Emery). After a hard match, they sneak away from their hotel to an underground club. However, the next morning, they return too late for their train to Odessa.

Coach Harris (Todd Jensen) has stayed behind to wait for them. At the station, a woman named Dr. Velislava (Koina Ruseva) approaches and explains that train tickets are normally purchased after one has boarded. The coach and team members join her in boarding the train. Two workers from the train take their passports, and later burn them.

In the dinner car, the coach is joined by the doctor, who flirts with him. They go to his room to have sex, but she injects him with a tranquilizer. In the following scene, the coach is seen in a torture chamber, screaming as he is stitched in the abdomen. Meanwhile, the 4 students and the assistant coach drink and play a game truth or dare. Todd gets dared to run down to the end of the train and back in his underwear. He reaches the end of the train and is found by one of the workers who charges at him and captures him. Todd is strung up, has his ribcage broken open, spine severed and eyes removed. Dr. Velislava is then seen fetching a mother who has a son with what appears to be severe glaucoma in his left eye.

The next morning, upon finding Todd still missing, the remaining students and assistant coach Willy start looking for the missing members of their group. While searching, Sheldon is attacked by the two demented workers, who drag him to the torture car. Dr. Veliskava opens the window to the torture car and allows a middle-aged man to view Sheldon's genitalia, upon his approval, Sheldon's genitalia are cut off without any anesthesia which causes him to blackout. In the next scene he is shown passed out as he is being stitched back up. Claire reaches the end cart and finds the burnt remains of the passports. She is caught looking for more information and is hooked by the mouth and dragged to the chamber. Willy and Alex find the torture chamber where Todd is vivisected and Sheldon is alive in a cage. They free him and when they see Todd is still breathing, Sheldon kills him out of mercy. Just then, the torturer arrives dragging in Claire. Willy and Alex escape, chased by the torturer, but Sheldon and Claire are left behind. Alex and Willy are caught by the doctor; they realize all the other passengers are transplant patients, and tourists are being harvested for organs.

Back in the torture car, Claire is still alive despite having a huge iron hook driven through her jaw. She, Alex, and Willy watch in horror as Sheldon is vivisected and his heart pulled out. While the captors go to another car to perform the transplant, Alex manages to escape and hide in a sleeper compartment. The next morning, at a military checkpoint, the conductor drags Claire off the train to give to the platoon as a bribe. The passengers (including Alex) watch the platoon take Claire (who, to judge by her screams, is being sexually assaulted) as the train pulls away.

That night the train reaches what appears to be a huge medieval hospital. Alex, disguised, sneaks off into the building, and soon finds Willy, horribly injured but still alive, chained to a bed. They escape into the woods. In the morning, Alex leaves Willy behind briefly, but then from a distance she sees him brutally murdered by the torturers from the hospital.

Now determined, she returns to the train, still parked near the hospital and about to pull away to its next destination. Alex kills each of her torturers, douses the train with gasoline and sets it ablaze, and decouples the last car, which slows to a stop. As she stops to look over the bridge, she's attacked by one of the surviving torturers. After a struggle, she manages to subdue him. When he wakes up, he finds himself strapped to the train tracks. Moments later, a train runs over him. Alex escapes down the tracks, and in the last scene, we see her some time later, about to enter a wrestling match with grim confidence.

Cast

[edit]

Production

[edit]

The film was shot on location in Bulgaria and was originally set to be a remake of the 1980 horror film Terror Train, which starred Jamie Lee Curtis.[2] However, it later evolved into an original project, sharing only the setting of a train.[3]

Release

[edit]

In the United States it was released first with its NC-17 cut (the highest age classification in the USA) in October at the Screamfest Festival according to the website Bloody Disgusting. It was acquired by Lionsgate to trim the movie to an R rating (second highest age classification) for its commercial distribution.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Daley, Ryan (2009-12-23). "Best & Worst of 2009: Ryan Daley Picks His Bottom 5!". Bloody-disgusting.com. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  2. ^ Original Press Release at the Hollywood Reporter Archived October 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Review of Train (2008) – A gory but enjoyable movie starring Gideon Emery". Sentientonline.net. 2010-01-08. Archived from the original on 2014-05-08. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
  4. ^ TRAIN (DVD Review)[dead link]
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