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* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Father Pujardov resembles UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk both in appearance and in role.
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* ParasiticImmortality: [[BigBad The unnamed alien]] terrorizing the titular Orient Express train is revealed to be a formless EnergyBeing who can leap from lifeform to lifeform, and by the time of the film has already lived for millions of years at the very least. Should its current host be killed and the alien be unable to find a new body to inhabit, it will die, which is ultimately how the protagonists kill it during the ending, by derailing the train off of a cliff, with the alien still inside.
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** Though the alien being is the dominant threat of the film, the Cossack officer Captain Kazan is menacing enough to push straight past mere AssholeVictim into more important “bad guy” territory, especially with his ColdBloodedTorture of innocent passengers. He and his men do pull an EnemyMine with the two main characters and the other passengers once they find out who the creature is, [[RedShirt not that it]] [[MookHorrorShow helps much]]...
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** Though the alien being is the dominant threat of the film, the Cossack officer Captain Kazan is menacing enough to push straight past mere AssholeVictim into more important “bad guy” "bad guy" territory, especially with his ColdBloodedTorture of innocent passengers. He and his men do pull an EnemyMine with the two main characters and the other passengers once they find out who the creature is, [[RedShirt not that it]] [[MookHorrorShow helps much]]...much]]...
* CutTheJuice: The alien cuts the lights to the train after being outed, enabling it to use its powers more freely.
* CutTheJuice: The alien cuts the lights to the train after being outed, enabling it to use its powers more freely.
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:The alien is finally killed when the train is sent [[DisneyVillainDeath over a cliff]] and then [[EveryCarIsAPinto explodes]].]]
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** IdiotBall: The Captain just saw a half-human monster running away wounded and barely did anything to stop the crazed monk, which he had just suspected to be an accomplice ''during the very same scene''. With one hesitation he sealed his fate and that of his men.
* IdiotBall: The Captain just saw a half-human monster running away wounded and barely did anything to stop the crazed monk, which he had just suspected to be an accomplice ''during the very same scene''. With one hesitation he sealed his fate and that of his men.
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** VillainousValor: While the Cossacks are butchered one by one, the Captain does his best to resist the creature's mental powers, while [[TakingYouWithMe struggling inch by inch to wrestle it or bring a sword to it]].
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* JustTrainWrong: The train interior sets and the train model used for the exterior shots were the same sets used for the 1972 biopic of Pancho Villa. Just as expectable, they barely resemble the Imperial Russian express trains [[TheEdwardianEra of the 1900s]]. This turns in a plot hole as the monster cuts the electric lighting wire to be able to kill the armed Cossacks in the dark. Imperial Russian rail cars usually had [[SchizoTech lanterns with candles or oil lamps inside]] so it had to smash by hand each and every lamp to achieve this.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Countess Irina confronts Saxton about whether the monster he found is the killer, she makes him realize how callous his behavior has been by asking "And you don't care?"
--> '''Saxton''': A baggage man, and a thief... You're right madame. I don't care... [[BaitAndSwitchComment as much as I should]].
--> '''Saxton''': A baggage man, and a thief... You're right madame. I don't care... [[BaitAndSwitchComment as much as I should]].
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* HotBloodedSideBurns: Inspector Mirov has thick sideburns that connect to his mustache and is a firm, determined man who tries to shoot the monster, won't be deterred from important courses of action, and sometimes shows exasperation with Wells and Saxon.
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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: The two soldiers led by Inspector Mirov wear Imperial Russian infantry uniforms with dark blue (Cadet Corps) not red (regular Army) shoulder boards. Cossacks led by Captain Kazan were supposed to be from a Siberian-stationed regiment, yet their uniforms look more like the black-faced-red of the Kuban Host than either Amur, Ussuri or Transbaikal units.
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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: The two soldiers led by Inspector Mirov wear Imperial Russian infantry uniforms with dark blue (Cadet Corps) not red (regular Army) shoulder boards. Cossacks led by Captain Kazan were supposed to be from a Siberian-stationed regiment, yet their uniforms look more like the black-faced-red of the Kuban Host than either dark-green-faced-yellow of the Amur, Ussuri or Transbaikal units.
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** MinorInjuryOverreaction: Father Pujardov is struck over the arms and torso with a rather puny whip, more like a [=BDSM=] prop, yet he falls down like a man hit by a steel chain. It was supposed to represent the original Nagaika whip carried by Cossacks, but that was similar in construction to a [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_(law_enforcement)#Blackjacks_and_saps leather blackjack]], wielded like a flexible club in combat and could easily put an opponent to the ground.
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** MinorInjuryOverreaction: Father Pujardov is struck over the arms and torso with a rather puny whip, more like a [=BDSM=] prop, yet he falls down [[ChainPain like a man hit by a steel chain.chain]]. It was supposed to represent the original Nagaika whip carried by Cossacks, but that was similar in construction to a [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_(law_enforcement)#Blackjacks_and_saps leather blackjack]], wielded like a flexible club in combat and could easily put an opponent to the ground.
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** RealityIsUnrealistic: The Captain, until he fires the first shot, does nothing else than mocking and bullying everyone in sight, his troopers, the railway clerks, the passengers, [[ClicheStorm while masquerading as some fantasy Asian Khan with a Kindjal at his belt]]. As the 19th century Russian classical literature tells, [[JustifiedTrope this was exactly the kind of officer the authorities in St. Petersburg assigned to the most disliked missions in the remotest corners of the Empire just to get rid of him]].
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** VillainousValor: While the Cossacks are butchered one by one, the Captain does his best to resist the creature's mental powers, while [[TakingYouWithMe struggling inch by inch to wrestle it or bring a sword to it]].
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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety:
** While both infantry soldiers and Cossacks hold their rifles in appropriate stance (barrel pointed upwards or in other safe direction) Captain Kazan plays in the most negligent manner with pistol confiscated from Inspector Mirov, finger in trigger guard, barrel towards the public.
** Also the Captain shouts that everyone is under arrest and proceeds to hit and insult them, without searching for weapons first. He had no way to guess which of them was the mysterious murderer at that point.
** While both infantry soldiers and Cossacks hold their rifles in appropriate stance (barrel pointed upwards or in other safe direction) Captain Kazan plays in the most negligent manner with pistol confiscated from Inspector Mirov, finger in trigger guard, barrel towards the public.
** Also the Captain shouts that everyone is under arrest and proceeds to hit and insult them, without searching for weapons first. He had no way to guess which of them was the mysterious murderer at that point.
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** Another IdiotBall [[MST3KMantra to advance the plot]]: Professor Saxton hesitates ''twice'' to shoot, leaving the monster time to revive its zombie victims. First time he might have been tempted, twice the same scene is just pushing his luck.
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** IdiotBall: The Captain just saw a half-human monster running away wounded and barely did anything to stop the crazed monk, which he had just suspected to be an accomplice ''during the very same scene''. With one hesitation he sealed his fate and that of his men.
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** MinorInjuryOverreaction: Father Pujardov is struck over the arms and torso with a rather puny whip, more like a [=BDSM=] prop, yet he falls down like a man hit by a steel chain. It was supposed to represent the original Nagaika whip carried by Cossacks, but that was similar in construction to a [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_(law_enforcement)#Blackjacks_and_saps leather blackjack]], wielded like a flexible club in combat and could easily put an opponent to the ground.
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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: The two soldiers led by Inspector Mirov wear Imperial Russian infantry uniforms with dark blue (Cadet Corps) not red (regular Army) shoulder boards. Cossacks led by Captain Kazan were supposed to be from a Siberian-stationed regiment, yet their uniforms look more like the black-faced-red of the Kuban Host than either Amur, Ussuri or Transbaikal units.
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* OrientExpress: Well, ''Trans-Siberian'' Express, but most of the associated tropes still apply.
