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Films like Terror Train.

Terror Train (1980) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured slasher / masquerade, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Happy Birthday to Me (1981) poster
1. Happy Birthday to Me1981

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The House on Sorority Row (1983) poster
2. The House on Sorority Row1983

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Eyeball (1975) poster
3. Eyeball1975

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Prom Night (1980) poster
4. Prom Night1980

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Murder Rock (1984) poster
5. Murder Rock1984

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sleepaway Camp (1983) poster
6. Sleepaway Camp1983

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

My Bloody Valentine (1981) poster
7. My Bloody Valentine1981

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Embryo (1976) poster
8. Embryo1976

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Dragonfly for Each Corpse (1975) poster
9. A Dragonfly for Each Corpse1975

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Play Motel (1979) poster
10. Play Motel1979

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Delirium (1987) poster
11. Delirium1987

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Crocodiles (1985) poster
12. Crocodiles1985

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Terror Train’s neighbours — where are yours?

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