Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Kirpianuscus for actors more than for story. because it is the film of their. with few clichés and construct of terror, stereotypes and interesting solutions for a trip who is defined by mysteries in decent humor. for the portrait of characters and for the memories about similar films, about the same theme and not real different solutions. a film who preserves the flavor of a genre from a special period. and, sure, maybe, nostalgia.

Bezenby This is one of those films that starts out great and remains so for the entire duration. It's also The Thing: Train Version, so that helps. And it's got Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and Telly Savalas in it. And Victor Isreal and I'm seeing him everywhere these days.Lee plays an English aristocrat out pilfering from other cultures in the name of science, and this time he's picked himself up a creepy looking frozen fossil that he intends on talking back to England via the Trans-Siberian express. Peter Cushing is a friendly scientific rival who ends up on the same train. Plus there's loads of non-English actors but who cares about them, eh? Thing is, this fossil is still alive, and smart, and likes to suck people's brains out through their eyes (not literally, but it's still a great effect when the victim's eyes bleed and turn white). The fossil himself looks pretty creepy too, and makes his way through a rather large amount of the cast (and then turns some of them into zombies!).Lee is at first disbelieving, and Cushing is brought in to do autopsies on various corpses, plus there's the problem that the fossil/monster thing can switch bodies - but who can tell who is the Thing and how will Kurt Ruseetlwhoisjdh.Lee and Cushing are always great so there's no worries there. Savalas turns up later and does his thing too. There's plenty of atmosphere here, and the bodies literally pile up towards the end. And for those that doubt - it's online free. Why argue with that? And I've just read they only had one train carriage to film in? Madness.

GL84 When a professor ships a fossil of a prehistoric ape-man back to the UK from China, the train-ride back becomes the hunting ground for the reawakened creature as he targets the passengers onboard, forcing a few survivors to stop the creature before it kills them all.For the most part this one was a decent mid-70s Eurohorror. One of the more enjoyable elements here comes from the rather fun amount of confrontations with the creature, as this one manages to provide that facet quite nicely throughout here. There's some fine scenes in the first half as there's the rather enjoyable excavation scene getting the creature out of the ice and loaded onto the train while it's escape from containment is quite creepy as well with the inhuman hand reaching out to get the lock replaced and then confronting the guard trying to stop it. The fact that it's loose and constantly on the prowl makes other really fun encounters as the patrolling guards encountering it in the kids' room or the creature getting the drop on the thief in the luggage compartment where they first encounter the creature makes for some rather fun times here. When the second half features the idea of the supposedly-dead creature still haunting the train this one becomes even more fun with the fever-pitch suspense driving idea of the creature's true whereabouts and identity this has quite a lot more to really like with their search for the hiding place on-board with the search being completely unaware of the shape-shifting abilities and using the fact that this one features the creature hiding in plain sight going for some pretty ingenious stalking scenes with the creature going after those who it thinks knows it's true identity resulting in plenty of fine stalking sequences on the train. With the body- hopping allowing for some rather enjoyable sequences bringing out the rather fun and exciting final half where they get the outside officers resulting in the wild massacre of the staff and the big final resolution where they finally manage to stop the creature once and for all through a rather ingenious method here, it provides a rather enjoyable finish to this one. Alongside the great creature design and the high body-count, this one really gets a lot to like here even though there's a few flaws on display. The film's biggest flaw is the fact that it commit the cardinal sin that these should never do, kill off the creature in the first half so it's not visible for the second half, and those scenes sitting around the train simply waiting around for a plan of action are dreadfully dull. Likewise, the fact that it pulls the trump-card of it's powers at the very end here is somewhat confusing as there's almost no reason for it to accomplish this at this point in the film and it really could've used some work in that area describing it's powers and motivation. It's still somewhat fun, but these flaws here do drag this down.Rated PG: Violence and Language.

Andrei Pavlov Good sides Location. The whole story happens on the train. It's peculiar. Remember "Blood" (the video game)? The most thrilling level (my opinion) was on the train that was running through the darkness. Music. It's impressive. Actors. They are grand and gorgeous. All the ladies and gentlemen are hoity-toity from top to toe. Cossacks. To witness this kind of cliché (in costumes and behaviour) is entertaining.Bad sides Cossacks. Yes, they are in a bad one too. They are not just funny but pathetic too. And they are speaking English which makes them unrealistic (couldn't they hire real Russian actors with minimum lines and maximum show-off?). Russian characters here DO look fake. Western audience will not notice it probably.Ugly sides Words. Too much explanation near the ending (by the beast itself). It spoils the enigma of the initial scary moments. Too many words in a horror flick should be avoided. And making speeches about the terror from the outer space is boring. Fake monk. Absolutely unrealistic and loony monk. Instead of battling the beast he kneels before him asking for power, but in the beginning of the movie he acts like a prophet. His way of behaviour and looks are very unorthodox for an orthodox priest (too much make up is used by the actor, by the way), so the director shouldn't have put him in the movie (or at least on the train) at all to keep this feature running in the right direction. In "Exorcist" the priest is credible and perhaps that is why that cinema became a worthy classic. And do you remember the priest in "Prince of Darkness"? He is depicted as a buffoon too. Can't put "a worthy classic" tag on it too.Verdict: being very well polished on the outside (costumes, music, scenery), the cinema is shallow in its impact upon the viewer, mostly due to unrealistic characters. And there is not a single tough screen guy or a memorable lady to rely on or to sympathize with - just cannon fodder.Sorry for this sketchy comment, much is left to be added still.The IMDb rating for this one is OK, - a 5 out of 10 from my side. Thanks for attention.