Last Stop on the Night Train(1975)L'ultimo treno della notte(original title).Margaret and Lisa, high school friends, take the night train from Germany to Verona to spend Christmas with Lisa's family. They flirt mildly with male passengers, including two randy delinquents in their 20s, Blackie and Curly. The four of them end up in a first-class cabin with a well-dressed woman of about 30 who has pornographic photographs in her valise. Egged on by the woman, the thugs and a male visitor to the cabin menace and then assault Margaret and Lisa. Meanwhile, we also see Christmas Eve and morning scenes at Lisa's home, where her parents are polite to each other while discussing divorce. On Christmas morning, they go to the station to meet the girls. Will they be on the train? Written by<jhailey@hotmail.com>... Synopsis Last Stop on the Night Train(1975)L'ultimo treno della notte(original title)
Movie Title: Last Stop on the Night Train(1975)L'ultimo treno della notte(original title)
Run Time: 94 min
Rating: 6.1 / 10
Genres: Horror
Release Date: 8 April 1975 (Italy)
Director: Aldo Lado
Writer: Roberto Infascelli ,Renato Izzo, ... and other credits
Actor: Flavio Bucci,Macha Méril,Gianfranco De Grassi
Aldo Lado's "Night Train Murders" aka "The Late Night Trains" is a "Last House on the Left"(1972)rip-off.Unlike Craven's shocker this one is very serious-there is no comedy here.The film is extremely suspenseful and pessimistic.For thirty minutes Lado creates a slow burn of quiet menace,eventually uniting very sadistic Macha Meril(she played the psychic in Argento's "Deep Red"),two thugs and and the two girls(Irene Miracle and Marina Berti).When the terror begins,it's cold and unmerciful.The scenes of sexual humiliation and violence are pretty hard to stomach,even though they are often suggested off camera or hidden in the darkness of the train carriage.The knife rape scene is very disturbing.The score by Ennio Morricone is extremely beautiful and haunting.The acting is very good,particularly from Macha Meril.The film is pretty tough to find,but if you like sleazy and nasty Italian cinema give this one a look.10 out of 10.
