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Although originally planned to be marketed as a remake, "Train" (2008) will not share the storyline of "Terror Train" (1980) but will completely make up a whole new story that follows in the suit of graphic torture films such as "Hostel" (2006), "Hostel: Part II" (2007), and "Turistas" (2006). The only things that "Train" (2008) and "Terror Train" (1980) share in common is the character of Alana Maxwell (Jamie Lee Curtis in "Terror Train" and Thora Birch in "Train") and the train setting."Terror Train" told the story of a vengeful killer seeking revenge among a fraternity that played a cruel-hearted joke on him years beforehand that landed him in a mental institution. The killer attacked on New Year's Eve during a costume party being held aboard a train, where he would take the disguise of his latest victim. "Terror Train" was more of a mystery horror film and had very little blood. It starred Jamie Lee Curtis, Ben Johnson, Hart Bochner, and David Copperfield."Train" follows a path of more recent movies, including the "Hostel" series, where this time around American Athletes in Europe board a train that happens to be run by psychopaths who enjoy murdering and torturing people who take their train. It will star Thora Birch, Gideon Emery, and Derek Magyar and will be more of a bloody, disturbing, and brutal film.
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