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Director:
Douglas Curtis
Writer (WGA):
Greg Collins O'Neill (written by)
Release Date:
1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Comedy more
Plot:
Jason (David Naughton) moves into an abandoned train car where he resurrects the vicious ghost of his landlady's dead husband... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Slow moving, but surprisingly engaging B horror fare more

Cast

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David Naughton ... Jason McCree

Judie Aronson ... Kim
Kevin McCarthy ... Vincent Tuttle
Jeff Conaway ... Bud Sorenson

Dani Minnick ... Joanne
Ernestine Mercer ... Mrs. Erickson
John Carl Buechler ... The Mister
Gary Brockett ... Ghost Mister
Steve Lundquist ... Dwight
Bill Stevenson ... Kerry
Michael Scott-Bicknell ... Chuck
David Coburn ... Harris

Nicole Hansen ... Clarice
Sandra Margot ... 19-year-old Girl
Robert Ruth ... Telephone Man
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Additional Details

Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Australia:M | UK:18 | USA:R

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Slow moving, but surprisingly engaging B horror fare, 2 October 2000
Author: millennia-2 from In shame (2005 update)

''The Sleeping Car' is by no means a good film. It's slow moving, lacks any atmosphere, and gets rather tedious at times, but it still manages to deliver the goods, or at least some of them. The production values are passable, but far from bad, and the script works to a degree, but for some reason the pieces don't fall into place as they should. The body count is only four, making it too tame to be a slasher movie (though it does hint at that, especially during the overlong climax), but too juvenile to be a psychological thriller/horror film.

The acting isn't bad, but it sure isn't all that great. It seems like the actors were booked for three or four days for filming, and just wanted to get it over with, so they didn't seem to put a lot of effort into it. No one in particular stands out, and the characters don't make the movie any more interesting. On top of that, none of the characters are very well developed, with the exception of the professor, so that does little to help the cause.

Still the movie does have several things working for it, not the least of which is some pretty impressive special effects for a movie of this caliber. Another is the creative and very gruesome death scenes, which may be the best part of this 'not quite there, but close' horror flick

6/10

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