In 2000 Image Entertainment released Horror Express as part of their EuroShock Collection line of horror DVDs. I bought a copy from my place of work at the time, Borders Books and Music in the US. I'd originally seen this classic horror film way back late at night on BBC 1 while my mother worked night-shift in the late 1970s. Boy, did it scare the socks off me. After this baptism I longed to find a decent copy. Image Entertainment's DVD was fine. I still have it. I watched it before watching this new and highly superior restoration by Arrow Films. The difference is extraordinary. The print is ultra crisp and returns this classic back to how I remember seeing it first time around. The Chris Alexander introduction is completely unnecessary and could have been placed in the special features somewhere and not near the play section. As the film begins you may notice "CRISTOPHER LEE" and later on "Pekin'" title typos. Please don't let this put you off. Horror Express was filmed with modified sets from the mediocre Telly Savalas film Pancho Villa. When Peter Cushing began working on Horror Express he was still very distraught over the then recent death of his wife and suggested he might drop out from the filming schedule. His old friend Christopher Lee stepped in and fortunately convinced Cushing to stay on and finish the work alongside him. Lucky us. This film is a pure gem and should be every single serious horror film buff's collection. Arrow have lovingly enshrined and future proofed this horror classic. Buy your copy now before they have all gone.

Big Hinchcliffe era Doctor Who vibes… which is a big complement.