The Ghost Train - 1941

Ok, I am fully convinced the person that put together this horror list either wasn't paying attention or didn't watch some of these movies. I'll explain later.

A group of people misses their connection because a moron stops the entire train when his hat flies out the window. This man reminded me of Kay Kiser from You'll Find Out. He even looked like him, too. The weather turns bad, and the group decides they're spending the night in the station. The stationmaster warns them the building is haunted by a train, and they should beware. He leaves, and shenanigans ensue. The strange man (I'm calling him Shaggy), makes jokes and eventually pulls out a record player and starts singing a song. Enter the hero of the film, Richard. He sacrificed his game of chess to spare everyone more inane singing by throwing the record player outside on the train tracks. What a hero!

About halfway through the movie, the stationmaster comes back and croaks on the floor. Then a dramatic woman bursts through the door and claims she simply must be at the station. The ghost train is coming tonight! Her brother is trying to get her out of there, and the others are trying to help her. When the ghost train comes roaring by, it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems.

This was not a horror movie. This was an episode of Scooby Doo before Scooby Doo existed. There's a conspiracy to keep people away from the station because it's being used to smuggle weapons to the Nazis. They've come up with the Ghost Train myth to keep people out of the area, and they even have a ghost! Also, I'm giving credit for the solving of the mystery to Richard, because I love that he punched Teddy (I guess he's the Scooby in this scenario?) in the face. I wish he could've punched Shaggy, but it was glorious enough when he demolished the man's music. When Teddy wakes up, he's upset they won't be there when the Ghost Train comes back so they can expose the villains, but they would have been outnumbered had they stayed. I'm still calling it a Scooby Doo episode. I mean, people did die, so I'm calling it Hardcore Scooby Doo. Also, they left the bird lady at the station. That was a bit rude.

Those Nazi sympathizers would've gotten away with it if it wasn't for that stupid meddling moron and his hat...