Alien Express
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| writer = Tom Alexander
Brian Smith
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| director = Turi Meyer
| starring = Lou Diamond Phillips
Amy Locane
Barry Corbin
Todd Bridges
| theme_music_composer = Tom Batoy
Franco Tortora
| country = United States
| language = English
| producer = Terence M. O'Keefe
Scott Vandiver
| editor = Matthew Booth
| cinematography = Michael G. Wojciechowski
| runtime = 120 minutes
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| network = Sci Fi Channel
| released = {{Start date|2005|08|13}}
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Alien Express (also known as Dead Rail) is a 2005 television film directed by Turi Meyer and stars Lou Diamond Phillips, Amy Locane, Barry Corbin, and Todd Bridges.{{Cite web|url=https://www.moriareviews.com/sciencefiction/alien-express-2005.htm|title=Alien Express (2005)|website=Moriareviews.com|date=2 December 2007}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/3839/alien-express-2005/|title=Alien Express (2005)|website=Dreadcentral.com|date=14 August 2005}} The film was released direct-to-video on August 13, 2005, when it was aired on Sci Fi Channel.
Plot
A new super train is speeding passengers to Las Vegas, along with a U.S. Senator from Texas running for president, when a meteorite crashes into a car near the tracks, releasing a tiny creature. The train stops to survey the damage, and the police are called. This stop allows the creature to board the train before it once again speeds off. Once it kills and consumes everyone aboard the train, it begins to grow and multiply into many differing creatures.
Cast
- Lou Diamond Phillips as Vic Holden
- Amy Locane as Rosie Holden
- Barry Corbin as Senator Frank Rawlings
- Todd Bridges as Peter
- Steven Brand as Paul Fitzpatrick
- Joseph Daniel Hamilton as Sam
- Sean Bott as Russell
- Steffanie Sampson as Dispatcher
- Scott Vandiver as Scotter
- Stephen Rippey as Robert
- Dee Macaluso as Martha Rawlings
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0450258}}
Category:2005 television films
Category:American science fiction horror films
Category:2000s science fiction horror films
Category:American horror television films
Category:American science fiction television films
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