Horror Express

Horror Express
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEugenio Martín
Screenplay by
Story byEugenio Martín
Produced byBernard Gordon
Starring
CinematographyAlejandro Ulloa
Edited byRobert C. Dearberg
Music byJohn Cacavas
Production
companies
  • Granada Films
  • Benmar Productions
  • Scotia International[1]
Distributed by
  • Regia Films Arturo González (Spain)[2]
  • Gala Film Distributors (UK)[1]
Release dates
  • 30 September 1972 (1972-09-30) (Sitges)
  • 30 November 1973 (1973-11-30) (New York)[3]
Running time
90 minutes
Countries
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$300,000
Box office755,542 admissions (Spain)[2]

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.

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.

  1. ^ a b Gifford 2016, p. 842.
  2. ^ a b "Panico en el Transiberiano". iicaa Catalogo de Cinespanol. Retrieved 25 November 2020.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Travel the Rail of Horror! Horror Express... Starts Friday". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. 29 November 1973. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Gordon 2013, p. 265.
  5. ^ Tourism in Antarctica: A Multidisciplinary View of New Activities Carried Out on the White Continent