 The idea for Terror Train came from a dream that Dan Grodnik (qv)  had. One weekend night after seeing the films  _Halloween (1978)_ (qv) and _Silver Streak (1976)_ (qv), Dan woke up  and said to his wife, "What do you think about putting Halloween on  a train? His wife answered, "Thats terrible. He jotted down  "Terrible Train" on a piece of paper on his nightstand. In the  morning he changed the title to TERROR TRAIN, wrote up 22 pages, and  made a deal on it with Sandy Howards company at 3 in the afternoon.