Night Train to Terror is a movie — well, three movies — that has fascinated me for years. I’ve written about the film more than once but I decided to put a video essay together on just how strange it is and how wonderfully odd the people who made it are.

Get ready for nearly half an hour of a deep dive into everything I know about this movie, creator Philip Yordan, the actors, the music and more.

Thanks to genre historian Mike Justice for contributing to this video.

Further reading:

• Film Noir Society: The Phillip Yordan Story
• Original review of the film
• Second review of the film (this ran in Drive-In Asylum #14)
• Third review of the film
• Death Wish Club
• The Nightmare Never Ends
• Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars
• Savage Journey
• Cry Wilderness