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This is basically Alien on the Transsiberian. It could do with a bit more pace and part of the plot is plainly ludicous. (Does possession give you hairy hands?)
Still, you have Telly Savalas severely overacting as a Cossack in a red robe, and of course Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Plus immortal lines such as:
Police inspector (to Lee & Cushing): But what if one of you is the monster?
Cushing: Monsters? We're British!

The first time I ever saw this movie, I was probably 10 or 12. All the cable-connected TVs in the house were in use, so I set up a little portable B/W TV that I had inherited, and fiddled with the antennas until I got the movie to come in (it was on a local station back before they all became network affiliates) and settled down to watch it in a darkened room. I lasted until the scene where the guys hears noises from the crate, looks in and sees the glowing eyes staring back at him. I didn't work up the nerve to watch the whole movie until I was at least 20 or so. :)

A fun favorite that seems to turn up on cheapo tapes and syndicated TV all the time. Kind of the perfect weekend afternoon movie. Almost seems made to be seen on a TV with rabbit ears or on a low budget independent station with less than perfect signal.

Never really scary, but just atmospheric enough to be enjoyable, and meets or exceeds the low expectations people have when they first see it.

Plus I developed a crush on Helga Line (Natasha, the Russian thief/stowaway) from watching this film.

I really like HORROR EXPRESS. Neat little story, Telly Savalas in an entertaining role, and Zombies on a train at the end. You also get for Peter Cushing and Christophers Lee for the price.

If you get the CATCOM double sided disk then you'll also get BLOOD TIDE which isn't to bad either. Bought it for $4.99 a couple years ago.

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If you like Hammer horrors, then this and "Lair of the White Worm" are probably the nearest things to a Hammer horror, not made by Hammer. I also like the fact that Cushing and Lee are working together, instead of against each other, like in most of their film appearances. (IMHO) a film welll worth seeing, if one has not already seen it.

Lee and Cushing also work with each other & not as enemies in "The Gorgon" and "The Hound of the Baskervilles" -- there may be others, but these occur to me immediately
peter johnson/denny crane