Review: Horror Express
Filmed in Spain, this oddball flick set in 1906 has pompous and impatient anthropologist Christopher Lee apparently finding the ‘missing link’ and transporting this ‘fossil’ on the Trans-Siberian Express to China. Not surprisingly to anyone who has seen a genre movie before, the ape-man thaws and starts picking off passengers. The ape-man appears to have weird, otherworldly powers and proves a dangerous foe for Lee and his fellow doctor Peter Cushing. Telly Savalas turns up at the 11 th hour to have fun chewing scenery as a blustering Russian Cossack officer trying to make sense of everything. Cheaply made, extremely silly, this 1973 Eugenio Martin ( “Nightmare Inn” ) horror-sci-fi flick is entertaining nonetheless. This is especially so for fans of Lee, who for once has the larger part than his frequent co-star Cushing. I will never tire of watching Lee failing to suffer fools. Cushing is fine, but his character is far less interesting. He does get the film’s best/worst line ho