The Movie: Horror Express (1972)
What Is It?: Christopher
Lee is a scientist transporting a monkey man that makes people bleed out of
their eyeballs aboard the Trans-Siberian Express. The third act introduction of
some totally unexpected gonzo humor by way of Telly Savalas’s Cossack captain
elevates Horror Express from schlock
masquerading as art to the other way around.
Why Today?: On
this day in 1876, the Transcontinental
Express sets a record by arriving in San Fran from NYC in just 83 hours and 39
minutes.
