BOTB-M #19: Terror Train (1980) VS Prom Night (1980) - Page 3

baggio · 06-16-2006, 09:14 PM

Going with Prom Night

wago70 · 06-16-2006, 11:31 PM

NO FAIR! Well I chose PROM NIGHT. The disco music wins me over each time.

Shokk · 06-17-2006, 01:42 AM

I find both to be overated and tedious..but Terror Train is an easier watch for me.Despite the whole Copperfield thing.

bigwes15 · 06-18-2006, 03:04 AM

Went with terror Train, although to be honest I don't really like either of these very much...and I am a huge slasher fan. Give me Madman by a country mile any day!!

indiephantom · 06-24-2006, 11:06 AM

both are fun. I think "Terror Train" is underrated.

DanceEnergy24 · 07-01-2006, 11:57 AM

Have both on DVD but going with Prom Night. The calls are creepy! I can better understand the killer's motives.

satans-sadists · 10-12-2006, 08:16 PM

Terror Train.

vampyr789 · 01-12-2009, 11:16 PM

as much as i love both slasher classics...i had to go with Prom Night!!! one of my all time fave slashers..gotta love Jamie's dancing!!

thou Prom Night is not the better film, i still like it a bit more than Terror Train

ooh! yeah now im a Maniac!!

Matt89 · 01-12-2009, 11:20 PM

As much as I love both films, Terror Train is the better film. (As I've said before, I personally believe this was the best slasher to come out of the '80s. Well, ONE of the best, anyway.)

~Matt

vampyr789 · 01-12-2009, 11:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt89

(As I've said before, I personally believe this was the best slasher to come out of the '80s. Well, ONE of the best, anyway.)

~Matt

yes you've said that many times....

but i do agree with u Terror Train is one of the best.

spawningblue · 01-12-2009, 11:24 PM

Went with Terror Train. Prom Night is one of the few slashers that I have seen and didn't really like, at all.

Kim Bruun · 01-12-2009, 11:29 PM

I like Prom Night much better than Terror Train. Eddie Benton's chase scene in Prom Night is scary, while Jamie Lee's takes too many breathers to build momentum. Also, the killer in Terror Train is pathetic, while the killer in Prom Night is sad. And I love the cheesy disco music in Prom Night.

01-13-2009, 03:21 AM

Can't believe Terror Train is winning this battle. Prom Night is by far the better movie. The end decapitation is awesome. I saw this in the cinemas when I was kid, was quite scary at the time. The long piece of broken mirror running across the girls neck whilst seeing her eyes roll still makes my squirm. Very effective kill that one.

Matt89 · 01-13-2009, 03:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maniac

Can't believe Terror Train is winning this battle. Prom Night is by far the better movie. The end decapitation is awesome. I saw this in the cinemas when I was kid, was quite scary at the time. The long piece of broken mirror running across the girls neck whilst seeing her eyes roll still makes my squirm. Very effective kill that one.

As much as I love Prom Night, I can't help but disagree. Prom Night has a VERY long period where nothing really happens. It's a long stretch of boredom. It also does have an amateurish look to it, whereas Terror Train has very good cinematography, and its concept was handled a lot better than Prom Night. The beginning and end of Prom Night are certainly better than Terror Train, but the main bulk of Terror Train is much better than Prom Night in my opinion.

The concept of Terror Train is quite brilliant. The whole movie takes place during a masquerade party, which is a clever concept. Everyone's wearing a costume, so nobody really knows who the killer is and when he kills someone, he dresses up in their costume in order to get closer to his next victim. Prom Night has the whole mystery aspect going for it, but it's brought down by its lagging middle half.

I will give Prom Night credit for its chase sequence with Wendy. I love the fact that you hear a pulsating disco beat in the background instead of an atmospheric horror score. It really made the sequence a lot more tense. (Oh and yeah, Kelly's murder scene is fantastic.)

Terror Train is one of the best examples of how to make a slasher without relying on gore. Prom Night is up there as well, but it's not as good as Terror Train for reasons previously mentioned.

~Matt

fattyjoe37 · 01-13-2009, 03:48 AM

Didn't care for Prom Night. Voted for Terror Train.

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Terror Train (1980)	53	56.38%
Prom Night (1980)	41	43.62%
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06-17-2006, 01:42 AM	#33
Shokk Lord Of The Thighs Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Buffalo,New York Posts: 1,489	I find both to be overated and tedious..but Terror Train is an easier watch for me.Despite the whole Copperfield thing. __________________ Are You Morbid..?

06-24-2006, 11:06 AM	#35
indiephantom Horny Spirit Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Ghost World Posts: 3,880	both are fun. I think "Terror Train" is underrated. __________________ My Collection 2011 2010 2009

01-12-2009, 11:16 PM	#38
vampyr789 9, 10. Never Sleep Again. Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 1,632	as much as i love both slasher classics...i had to go with Prom Night!!! one of my all time fave slashers..gotta love Jamie's dancing!! thou Prom Night is not the better film, i still like it a bit more than Terror Train ooh! yeah now im a Maniac!! __________________ "A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake." ~ Alfred Hitchcock New Friday the 13th Boxset Petition Last edited by vampyr789; 01-12-2009 at 11:23 PM.

01-12-2009, 11:20 PM	#39
Matt89 HackMaster Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 3,998	As much as I love both films, Terror Train is the better film. (As I've said before, I personally believe this was the best slasher to come out of the '80s. Well, ONE of the best, anyway.) ~Matt __________________ "If a man can bridge the gap between life and death ... I mean, if he can live on after his death, then maybe he was a great man." - James Dean

06-16-2006, 09:14 PM	#31
baggio HackMaster Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 5,775	Going with Prom Night

06-16-2006, 11:31 PM	#32
wago70 Robinson Crusoe on Mars Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: San Francisco - down by them two ol' sheds Posts: 2,978	NO FAIR! Well I chose PROM NIGHT. The disco music wins me over each time.

06-18-2006, 03:04 AM	#34
bigwes15 Maniac Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 547	Went with terror Train, although to be honest I don't really like either of these very much...and I am a huge slasher fan. Give me Madman by a country mile any day!!

07-01-2006, 11:57 AM	#36
DanceEnergy24 Stalker Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 276	Have both on DVD but going with Prom Night. The calls are creepy! I can better understand the killer's motives.

10-12-2006, 08:16 PM	#37
satans-sadists Humanitarian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 4,866	Terror Train.

01-12-2009, 11:24 PM	#41
spawningblue Deadite Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Posts: 4,364	Went with Terror Train. Prom Night is one of the few slashers that I have seen and didn't really like, at all. __________________ "First you wanna kill me, now you wanna kiss me. Blow." My Movie Collection

01-12-2009, 11:29 PM	#42
Kim Bruun Maniac Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 922	I like Prom Night much better than Terror Train. Eddie Benton's chase scene in Prom Night is scary, while Jamie Lee's takes too many breathers to build momentum. Also, the killer in Terror Train is pathetic, while the killer in Prom Night is sad. And I love the cheesy disco music in Prom Night.

01-13-2009, 03:21 AM	#43
Maniac Guest Posts: n/a	Can't believe Terror Train is winning this battle. Prom Night is by far the better movie. The end decapitation is awesome. I saw this in the cinemas when I was kid, was quite scary at the time. The long piece of broken mirror running across the girls neck whilst seeing her eyes roll still makes my squirm. Very effective kill that one.

01-13-2009, 03:48 AM	#45
fattyjoe37 HackMaster Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: WA Posts: 1,502	Didn't care for Prom Night. Voted for Terror Train.

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