Stuff To Blow Your Mind Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Horror Express
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Oct 17, 2025 Dive into the chilling world of a 1972 sci-fi horror classic featuring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. The hosts explore the film's unique production background and contrasting performances. Telly Savalas's late arrival brings intensity, alongside discussions of the movie's eerie visuals and thrilling moments aboard a train. Discover bizarre plot twists involving memory absorption and a supernatural creature, topped off with a fiery finale. Uncover why this eerie train ride remains a cult classic and worth revisiting for horror fans!
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Hybrid Genre Creates Cult Appeal
- Horror Express blends Hammer-style period horror with sci-fi and murder-mystery elements on a train setting.
- The film's loose science and wild twists create both confusion and cult appeal.
Toddler's Skeleton Obsession
- Joe McCormick shares that his nearly-two-year-old daughter became obsessed with skeleton drawings and demands others draw them.
- He describes huge cardboard skeletons on the porch and playful naming like 'teeth' and 'big teeth.'
Two Christopher Lee Personas
- Christopher Lee often alternated between a severe and a jolly screen persona.
- In Horror Express he plays a colder, more amoral scientist with a later redemptive moment.