10 Best Horror Movies That Take Place On A Train
8. Death Line - 1972 (Also Known As Raw Meat)
Death Line plays with urban legends of the London Underground, of which there are many.
Students Patricia and Alex discover that one of these urban legends, about miners trapped in 1892, is very true. They stumble across the remnants of those workers, who indeed survived and had to turn to the only source of sustenance available - each other. Patricia discovers this first hand when the only surviving cannibal kidnaps her from her subway train one evening.
The film is an interesting study in resilience - exactly how far would people go to not only ensure their own survival, but ensure that their families lived on? The notion of a whole society of humans that lived secluded underground, eventually losing the ability to speak (the cannibal can only say 'mind the doors') and taking to killing subway passengers for food is a chilling one. Despite trying to communicate with him, Patricia fails to connect with the cannibal in any way, and we see just how far gone his humanity is.
The film also clearly sets out a working-class vs upper class divide. The 1892 miners were left trapped because the company considered them expendable. Consequently, the government is trying to cover up the kidnappings. There's really no good guys here.
Despite the social commentary, it is a horror movie through and through, featuring decomposing bodies, violent deaths, practical effect blood and gore, and a hulking monster.
This is a hidden classic of British horror.